PNE WIND AG is closer to construction of the 252 MW Gode Wind II offshore wind farm in the German North Sea zone – and Vestas confirms its position as wind turbine supplier.
28 February, 2011
Converteam has developed a high temperature superconducting hydropower generator that could also be transferred for wind power applications.
28 February, 2011
The Energy Strategy 2050 looks at how Denmark could become independent from coal, oil and gas by 2050 and significantly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, using more renewable energy.
28 February, 2011
Gamesa saw a 54% dip in net profits to €50 million in 2010 compared to 2009, as the financial crisis impacted demand.
25 February, 2011
DONG Energy has confirmed the development of its 320 MW offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 off the coast of Germany, representing an investment of around €1.25 billion.
24 February, 2011
The wind turbine manufacturer will install its specialist offshore wind equipment in 2012.
24 February, 2011
Finnish authorities grant a water permit to the Suurhiekka wind farm, the country’s first offshore wind project.
24 February, 2011
The ship-based Aquarius Solar and Wind Marine Power System is being developed by Eco Marine Power.
23 February, 2011
Eneco will builds a 900 MW offshore wind farm off the Dorset and Hampshire coasts, UK.
22 February, 2011
The UK Energy Minister has seen a strong interest in marine energy technology for the European fund.
22 February, 2011
The vessel will be used to transport and install wind turbines for an offshore wind farm in Germany.
21 February, 2011
A wind map of Lebanon has been developed by GL Garrad Hassan to support the country’s emerging wind industry.
18 February, 2011
Vestas has joined the WindFloat Project for floating offshore wind turbine platforms using a semi-submersible structure.
18 February, 2011
The UK wind industry has agreed on a protocol on payments from wind farms to community benefit funds specifying a £1000 minimum payment per year per MW of installed power over the lifetime of a wind farm, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne will announce today.
16 February, 2011
Gamesa will develop 600 MW of wind projects in the Jilin province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China with two Chinese partners.
16 February, 2011
Wind turbine manufacturer quietrevolution receives £5 million in project financing from Hazel Capital for the deployment of its qr5 wind turbine.
16 February, 2011
Shetland Wind Power has agreed to exclusively sell Proven Energy products in the small wind energy sector.
14 February, 2011
Vestas has issued a statement confirming rumours that it is in talks with Swedish Arise Windpower for a 200 MW wind power project in Sweden.
11 February, 2011
The 230 MW Humber Gateway offshore wind farm off Yorkshire, UK, has been given planning approval by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
10 February, 2011
Vestas saw a 25% increase in profits to €156 million in 2010 despite having a “tough year”.
10 February, 2011
International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has signed an agreement with Argentinean renewable company Nowa Energía.
10 February, 2011
Gamesa is hoping to install four wind turbines in an experimental Spanish offshore station.
10 February, 2011
LM Wind Power is developing what it calls “the world’s longest wind turbine blade every produced” for Alstom’s 6 MW offshore wind turbine.
09 February, 2011
Renewable energy consultancy, GL Garrad Hassan, launches a wind resource map of Great Britain in order to meet the renewed onshore wind activity since feed-in tariffs were introduced last year.
09 February, 2011
Alstom Grid will construct an offshore topside and substructure to hose the electrical offshore substation for at Borkum West II offshore wind farm for Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co KG.
08 February, 2011
A wind turbine test site for prototyping and certificaion, said to be the largest in Europe, has opened in the Netherlands.
08 February, 2011
Three wind farms in Hungary have been sold to Spanish company Iberdrola Renovables.
08 February, 2011
Romax Solutions Pvt Ltd has opened a Wind Business Centre in Chennai, India.
07 February, 2011
A joint industry project (JIP) led by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has looked at offshore monopile wind turbine structures to improve the calculation of the axial load capacity and to review current design practices.
07 February, 2011
Wind, solar and bioenergy developer Juwi has opened subsidiaries near Cape Town and Santiago.
07 February, 2011
Risø DTU is looking into ways of improving wind turbine blade testing with partners from the across the industry with the aim of improving wind turbine blade structures and design.
04 February, 2011
REpower saw its net profit fall 18.4% to €26.2 million for the first 9 months of the fiscal year ending March 2011.
04 February, 2011
Asia leads the growth in global wind power, which grew 35.8 GW in 2010 bringing total global capacity to 194.4 GW – up 22.5% from 2009, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) says.
03 February, 2011
Lack of a cohesive national policy is restricting the development of renewable energy in Australia, according to Datamonitor.
03 February, 2011
Gamesa India has met with 52 of its wind turbine component suppliers “to make progress on standards for quality, response capability and the development of efficiency improvement solutions.”
02 February, 2011
LM Wind Power has signed the United Nations Global Compact and pledges to become ‘greener and cleaner’ in its operations.
02 February, 2011
The number of people employed in the wind energy industry in the UK has risen by 91%, according to a study by RenewableUK.
02 February, 2011
Suzlon will deliver 1 GW of wind turbines to Caparo Energy (India) Ltd (CEIL) for wind power projects to be developed in India by March 2013.
01 February, 2011
Vattenfall has started the cable laying process to connect the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm to the UK national grid.
01 February, 2011