REpower is supplying a total of 43.05 MW of its 2.05 MW, MM82 wind turbine to Energiekontor UK Construction Ltd.
30 November, 2010
Risk management company Det Norske Veritas (DNV) will certify an offshore wind high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station being built by grid operator TenneT in the German sector of the North Sea.
29 November, 2010
Natural Power will be the coordinator for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the offshore elements of the Narec Offshore Wind Demonstrator Scheme in the UK.
29 November, 2010
LM Wind Power Blades will deliver its 61.5 m wind turbine blades for the 48 REpower 6M offshore wind turbines which will be installed as part of phase II and III of the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm.
29 November, 2010
Gamesa together with other companies and research institutions are looking at developing a 15 MW offshore wind turbine by 2020.
26 November, 2010
REpower will supply 48 of its 6M offshore wind turbines for expansion phases 2 and 3 totalling 295 MW of the Belgian offshore wind farm Thornton Bank.
26 November, 2010
quietrevolution has signed an exclusive agreement with RWE Innogy for the sale of its small wind turbines specifically designed for populated areas.
25 November, 2010
SMart Wind has submitted a Scoping Report to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) detailing the proposed approach to the development of the first offshore wind farm projects in the 4 GW Hornsea Zone, UK.
25 November, 2010
Draka Offshore will provide the array cabling for the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm in Germany from Visser & Smit Marine Contracting.
25 November, 2010
RAG Montan Immobilien and RWE Innogy plan to turn a waste heap into a power plant combining wind power with pumped storage.
25 November, 2010
Vestas says it has been selected as the preferred technology partner for 1655 MW of wind turbine projects in Galacia, Spain.
24 November, 2010
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received a Type Certificate from GL Renewables Certification (GL) for their wind turbine SHI 2.5 MW, load class IEC 2A.
23 November, 2010
Indian Tata Power is investing €806.7 million win wind power, as it aims to increase the share of renewable energy in its portfolio.
23 November, 2010
Vestas will deliver 34 of its V90-1.8 MW wind turbines to Emgasud S.A. for its Rawson I-II wind farms in the Chubert Province, Argentina.
23 November, 2010
Wind farm developer PNE WIND AG has completed the 12 MW Oldendorf wind farm in Lower Saxony, Germany.
22 November, 2010
In connection with a change in its accounting policies, Vestas has revised its forecast for 2010 to revenues of €6.8 billion.
22 November, 2010
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has received almost £1.1 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to aid in the development and uptake of small wind turbine technologies.
22 November, 2010
Finland's Moventas is due to expand its Chinese operations into manufacturing in line with the growing Asia Pacific market for industrial and wind turbine gear business.
19 November, 2010
Energy business analysts Douglas-Westwood expects to see offshore wind expenditure of €38 billion over the next five years.
19 November, 2010
Gamesa has held its inaugural 2010 Patents and Inventors Contest recognising two patent for wind turbine innovations among its employees.
18 November, 2010
KMT Robotic Solutions Inc and Stiles Machinery Inc have announced the sale of a wind turbine blade root end cut and drill system to Energetx Composites LLC.
17 November, 2010
UK’s Ofgem has announced a £1.9 billion tender round for transmission links to 2.8 GW of offshore wind farms.
17 November, 2010
Vattenfall has received planning permission for a 56 MW wind farm in Northumberland, UK.
16 November, 2010
Vestas will deliver 100 MW of wind turbines to a number of wind power projects around Europe in the second half of 2011.
12 November, 2010
The UK Carbon Trust’s competition for safe access to offshore wind turbines, has seen more than 600 organisations from all over the world registering.
12 November, 2010
Victoria, Australia, could benefit by up to A$9 billion in renewable energy investment under current State Government policies, according to a Clean Energy Council report.
12 November, 2010
Gamesa has been hit by the financial and a difficult regulatory backdrop in the first 9 months of 2010, with its net profit tumbling 71% to €25 million.
12 November, 2010
REpower Systems AG recorded a 24.6% increase in its net result to €21.8 million in the first half (H1) of the financial year 2010/2011.
12 November, 2010
Nordex has reduced its 2010 revenue target to €1 billion, compared to the previous €1.2bn, as sales fall due to “weak market conditions”.
11 November, 2010
DONG Energy’s 9 months report for 2010 shows a 54% increase in revenue from wind and hydropower.
11 November, 2010
French wind turbine technology provider NHEOLIS and Chinese UPS manufacturer Xiamen Kehua Hengsheng Co Ltd have set up a small wind turbine joint venture (JV).
10 November, 2010
REpower Systems AG will supply a 3.4 MW REpower 3.4M104 wind turbine to Hamburg Energie for the Georgswerder Energieberg.
10 November, 2010
Floating offshore wind turbines with a rating of 20 MW could be possible, according to the DeepWind project lead by Risø DTU.
09 November, 2010
Plans for wind farms are often opposed by air traffic control services and defence organisations on the grounds that they interfere with radar. UK technology organisation QinetiQ and turbine manufacturer Vestas are developing a 'stealth' technology for wind turbine blades.
09 November, 2010
Gurit has announced that its new wind turbine blade repair system, RENUVO™, has received Germanischer Lloyd (GL) certification.
09 November, 2010
Siemens will provide maintenance for the offshore wind farm grid connections HelWin1 and BorWin2 in the North Sea for an initial period of five years.
09 November, 2010
Royal Haskoning will co-ordinate the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for project one of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone in the UK.
08 November, 2010
PNE Wind AG’s third quarter (Q3) 2010 consolidated loss halved to €1.7 million as revenues soared nearly 280% to €15m.
08 November, 2010
Statkraft has entered into long-term power purchase agreements with two wind farms in Scotland and Wales as Statkraft launches its Renewable Power Purchase business in the UK.
06 November, 2010
Offshore wind, wave and tidal energy could technically provide all of Europe’s future electricity demand, according to a group of industry experts and scientists under the EU ORECCA project.
05 November, 2010
Subsea UK has urged the renewable energy sector to take its lead from the maritime offshore industry by adopting universal safety practices to ensure that ‘good business is always safe business’.
05 November, 2010
GE will deliver 55 of its 1.6 MW wind turbines to Suncor Energy for wind power projects in Alberta, Canada.
05 November, 2010
Vestas has received an order for 86 MW of wind turbines to an undisclosed customer for wind projects in the state of Bahia and Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil.
05 November, 2010
Anti wind farm campaigners could cost local and regional communities across England £1.3 billion in lost investment, jobs, community activities and increased business rates for local authorities, according to RenewableUK.
05 November, 2010
Belgian glass reinforcements supplier 3B has been appointed exclusive distributor in Europe and Asia of US company Webcore Technologies' TYCOR® W fibre-reinforced core material for utility scale wind turbine blades.
04 November, 2010
New European Commission guidelines aim to ensure that the development of wind farms in Natura 2000 areas is compatible with the EU’s Birds and Habitats Directives.
03 November, 2010
An investment fund to help Scotland develop its global offshore wind industry has been announced by First Minister Alex Salmond.
03 November, 2010
In our new blogs, Paula Mints reports back from the CSP Project Development USA Conference, and Elizabeth Block gives her take on the European Future Energy Forum (EFEF).
02 November, 2010
Senior oil and gas executives and leading figures from the renewable energy industry will gather in Aberdeen next month for a summit to drive forward collaboration between the two sectors.
02 November, 2010
By 2050 Europe could get up to 50% of its electricity needs from renewable marine sources, according to a report by the Marine Board of the European Science Foundation.
02 November, 2010
RES has submitted a planning application for the 25.3 MW Glenchamber Wind Farm, located between New Luce, Kirkcowan and Glenluce, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
01 November, 2010
The EU Commission has granted €30 million to the alpha ventus offshore wind farm, according to the German Federal Environment Ministry (BMU).
01 November, 2010
Refining and smelting methods for new types of ores are needed to secure the supply of rare metals and minerals for the renewable energy industry, according to the Geological Society of America.
01 November, 2010