China is expected to have reached a total installed wind power capacity of 248 GW in 2020 representing a compound annual growth rate of almost 23%.
31 January, 2011
GE will provide servicing for wind farm developer Cobra Energia in Spain under a 10 year agreement.
31 January, 2011
Vestas has opened an office in Bucharest to serve the wind energy market in Romania and the Balkan region.
31 January, 2011
Chinese wind turbine blade producer, Tianjin Dongqi Wind Turbine Blade Co Ltd has been awarded GL Shop Approval from GL Renewables Certification for composite wind turbine blades production.
28 January, 2011
Ofgem E-Serve has announced the 8 qualifying bidders competing to provide high-voltage transmission links for three UK offshore wind projects.
28 January, 2011
Siemens will install a grid connection for DanTysk offshore wind farm, part of the SylWin offshore wind farm cluster in the North Sea for TenneT.
27 January, 2011
Allianz has invested over €1 billion in 30 wind farms and solar parks in Germany, France and Italy since 2005.
27 January, 2011
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has been awarded a US$9 million follow-on order for wind turbine electrical control systems from Indian manufacturer Inox Wind.
27 January, 2011
Through designing methods for detecting positive sequences, wind turbines operating at high potential could obtain more stable grid connection, according to a recent PhD thesis.
26 January, 2011
RWE npower renewables has announced the new manufacturer of wind turbine foundations for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in North Wales.
26 January, 2011
Gamesa has entered the Asia-Pacific market with the sale of 9 wind turbines to Pioneer Generation for a New Zealand wind farm.
26 January, 2011
Siemens has signed an agreement with Associated British Ports to build a factory for offshore wind turbines in Hull, UK.
24 January, 2011
Gamesa maintains its number one position in the Spanish wind market with a 2010 market share of 50.18% – an increase from 2009’s 34.4%.
24 January, 2011
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa plans to set up its offshore wind technology centre in Glasgow, Scotland, creating 130 jobs.
21 January, 2011
Offshore Ship Designers have designed an offshore wind farm maintenance vessel said to improve uptime of deepwater wind turbines.
20 January, 2011
GE will deliver wind turbines to wind farm developer Monsson Alma for two projects that will add 35 MW of wind capacity to Romania.
20 January, 2011
Gamesa will supply 20 MW of wind turbines to Kiroba Elektrik Uretim for the Madranbaba wind farm in Aydin, Turkey.
20 January, 2011
Europe is now close to 3 GW of installed offshore wind power capacity, according to numbers from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
20 January, 2011
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has entered into an alliance with five companies to make its offshore wind programme more efficient.
20 January, 2011
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) will deliver its D-VAR reactive compensation solution for wind farms to wind farms in the UK.
19 January, 2011
The first deliveries of wind turbines and towers have started for Vattenfall’s 150 MW Osmonde Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea.
19 January, 2011
A global consumer label identifying corporations and products made with wind energy is being put together by businesses and non-profit organisations under the name WindMade.
19 January, 2011
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has won the US$1.5 million 2011 Zayed Future Energy Prize for its pioneering role in the wind energy industry.
19 January, 2011
The wind turbine factory in Machrihanish in Argyll has resumed production after parent company Skykon filed for bankruptcy.
18 January, 2011
The UK offshore wind farms Greater Gabbard and Walney have generated electricity for the first time, says Scottish and Southern Energy Plc (SSE).
17 January, 2011
Bureau Veritas has issued guidelines for the classification and certification of floating offshore wind turbines specifying the environmental conditions under which they may serve.
17 January, 2011
REpower Systems AG will deliver 54 of its MM82 wind turbines and 96 MM92 units to Saint-Laurent Énergies Consortium (SLE) for the 300 MW Lac Alfred wind farm in Québec, Canada.
17 January, 2011
Solar has taken the lead in the UK renewable energy market as a result of favourable feed-in tariffs, according to a new report by technology analyst Greenbang.
17 January, 2011
The Government's national clean energy organisation said a lack of local demand for renewable energy was to blame.
13 January, 2011
Built on the same platform as the company’s 60-metre XHD system, the 80-metre tower incorporates bolted joints for a stiffer, stronger tower to measure the wind at taller heights.
13 January, 2011
American Superconductor Association (AMSC) has granted its sixth wind turbine licence in China to Beijing JINGCHENG New Energy (JCNE).
13 January, 2011
Vestas will deliver 19 of its V90 2 MW wind turbines with a hub height of 125 m to BOREAS Energie GmbH for a 38 MW wind project in Germany.
12 January, 2011
Shepherd Construction will build three facilities for test rigs for full-scale wind and marine prototypes for the UK National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth.
12 January, 2011
GW will supply 18 wind turbines for a new project in one of France's most windy areas.
12 January, 2011
Nordex has installed two 2.5 MW N100/2500 wind turbines at Dradenau sewage treatment plant in Hamburg, Germany.
11 January, 2011
Siemens Wind Power will supply DONG Energy with three new offshore wind turbines as part of a £50 million project.
11 January, 2011
RWE Innogy has more than doubled its wind capacity in Poland following the purchase of Gamesa's 32 MW Piecki wind farm and the 35 MW Tychowo site.
11 January, 2011
Draka Offshore will provide subsea array cabling for the 576 MW Welsh Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm under a €25 million inter-array cabling contract with RWE npower renewables.
07 January, 2011
NV Nordisk Vindkraft AB and HgCapital have signed agreements for the sale, construction and financing of the 41 MW Åmliden wind farm in Malå Municipality, Västerbotten, Sweden.
07 January, 2011
REpower Systems AG has reduced its outlook for 2011 now expecting performance of €1.25-1.35 billion from the previous estimate of €1.5-1.6bn.
06 January, 2011
Vestas will deliver 7 of its V112 3 MW wind turbines to Erneubare Energien Teetzleben GmbH & Co KG for the 21 MW Breesen-Teetzleben Wind Farm in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
06 January, 2011
RES has received consent from the Scottish Government to build the 99 MW Dunmaglass Wind Farm south of Inverness, Scotland.
05 January, 2011
South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co Ltd is buying over US$10 million worth of wind turbine electrical control systems from American Superconductor (AMSC).
04 January, 2011
Vestas will deliver a total of 240 MW of wind turbines to projects in Germany and Poland over the next two years.
04 January, 2011