SKF has been awarded a contract with Guohua Energy Investment, a major Chinese energy company. SKF will supply 180 SKF WindCon systems for the monitoring of wind turbines.
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UK Announce Plans to Build Wind Farm On Island’s Coast
Ocean Electric Power Propose Wind Farm for North West Coast of Island. If successful in their bid then Ocean Electric Power would base the station along the coast of Ballaugh and Jurby.
Continue readingGaelectric has received planning approval for a wind farm at Cregganconroe (Northern Ireland)
The Cregganconroe wind farm will require a total investment of approximately ?22 million, and is just one of a number of wind power projects that Gaelectric currently has in planning in Northern Ireland.
Continue readingCG Belgian installs offshore wind power project
Belwind park is being built in two stages of 55 wind turbines each, with a total capacity of 330 MW. The total project cost is approximately 610 Mio EUR of phase 1 and the windfarm will produce 1.1 TWh annually.
Continue readingWind power Gamesa eyes Scottish sites for its new base
Renewable energy firm Gamesa is a world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of wind turbines. It operates in 20 countries across four continents, producing more than 20,000 MW of power.
Continue readingGerman investors would supply the first wind farm in Belarus
?We will add power engineering, primarily renewable energy sources, to basic industries. Now we will do our utmost so that German investors would supply the first wind power plant in Belarus,? said Sergei Sidorsky.
Continue readingWind energy to contribute additional 2500 megawatts in Egypt
Field studies are under way to set up a wind farm, the first to be set up by the private sector, he added. It will be situated in the Gulf of Suez and will be operational by 2014.
Continue reading3TIER Offers Access to More Accurate Global Wind Data
3TIER® launched on-demand online access to its Reference Wind Time-Series, a new product which significantly increases the accuracy of wind energy production estimates for any location worldwide.
Continue readingXtreme Power Selected to Optimize Hawaii?s Largest Solar Farm
Effectively incorporating solar power is essential to the Aloha State?s ambitious renewable energy goals as outlined in the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative.
Continue readingDow, MAG and Astraeus to Advance Wind Power Industry Technologies
?This collaboration will create enhanced and innovative solutions that we believe will assist in transforming the growing wind energy industry.?
Continue readingE.ON officially opens one of the UK?s largest offshore wind power plants
E.ON has officially opened its largest UK offshore wind farm in Cumbria.
Continue readingWind energy helps cut CO2 emissions by 900,000 tons in Taiwan
Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said Thursday that its 10 years of efforts to develop wind power have helped to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the country.
Continue readingVattenfall launches world?s largest offshore wind farm
The Thanet Offshore Wind Farm is a significant investment in renewable wind energy for the company.
Continue readingWindstar financial close now scheduled for October 2010
Western Wind Energy Corp (“Western Wind” or the “Company”) is continuing to work through the documentation with its lenders for the Windstar project financing.
Continue readingLake Erie Energy selects three companies to develop offshore wind power project
General Electric is the intended supplier of the project’s direct-drive offshore wind turbines and maintenance.
Continue readingWindPower Innovations Announces Talks with Alaska Villages Electric Co-op
AVEC is in the process of upgrading and increasing the operating efficiency of its power plant facilities and distribution lines, along with expanding its wind energy segment.
Continue readingElecnor surpasses 300 MW of wind power in Brazil
The Elecnor Group, through its subsidiary Enerfín, already has over 300 MW of wind energy awarded in Brazil after the tender award on 26 August.
Continue readingBreath of Fresh Air: Interview with Oliwia Mroz
Oliwia Mroz, a wind energy enthusiast from Poland, has participated in EWEA?s campaign to get every wind turbine in Europe adopted.
Continue readingChina’s alternative power generation expansion world-leading
Wind farms will use wind turbines to produce 90.17 gigawatts, accounting for 78 percent of China’ s wind power.
Continue readingMHI To Provide 2.5 MW Wind Turbine Technology To Yinxing Energy (China)
MHI meanwhile has been aiming to boost wind turbine production under license in China. The agreement between MHI and Yinxing Energy thus meshes the needs of both companies.
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