A report commissioned by The Crown Estate, UK, and undertaken by BVG Associates, concludes that £2 billion will be spent annually on the manufacture of composite wind turbine blades for offshore wind farms in Europe by 2020.
30 June, 2011
ABB will provide wind energy storage for Falbygdens Energi's power distribution network at a substation in Falköping, Sweden.
30 June, 2011
DONG Energy and Bladt Industries have inked a framework agreement on long-term cooperation for manufacturing foundations for DONG’s upcoming offshore wind farms in Northern Europe.
30 June, 2011
Heliocentris Energy Solutions has purchased all assets of the bankrupt P21 through a new subsidiary.
30 June, 2011
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) will sell its 50% interest (36 MW) in the Braes of Doune onshore wind farm, Scotland, to a Climate Change Capital-managed fund for an overall cash consideration of £61.3 million.
30 June, 2011
Several companies are discussing fundamentally different strategies for either global outsourcing for components or internally combining manufacturing processes for wind turbines.
30 June, 2011
FIM Services has acquired the 9.35 MW Mynydd Portref wind farm in Wales from Tegni Cymru Cyf (TCC).
29 June, 2011
Iberdrola Renewables and AREVA will bid for two of the five offshore wind farm zones that will be launched by the French Government in July.
29 June, 2011
Bioenergy is already around double the size of nuclear energy globally, according to the World Bioenergy Association
29 June, 2011
Australia’s renewable energy industry backs ‘The Senate Inquiry into the Social and Economic Impact of Rural Wind Farms’.
29 June, 2011
DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables have agreed to construct the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the UK under a 50/50 partnership.
29 June, 2011
A wind turbine nacelle testing facility is planned for 2014 in Bremerhaven, Germany, with backing from Federal and state governments.
28 June, 2011
Siemens will supply 108 offshore wind turbines to DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables’ 389 MW West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
28 June, 2011
Svitzer UK and Sanderson Maritime have launched an offshore ‘hotel’ concept for accommodation for the offshore renewable sector.
27 June, 2011
Gamesa has secured a site for its Offshore Wind Technology Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, which could see the creation of 40 jobs.
27 June, 2011
The first foundation at 295 MW Thornton Bank 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium has been installed.
27 June, 2011
Ampere Equity Fund, managed by Triodos Investment Management, has acquired a 39.6 MW portfolio of three operational wind farms in Germany from affiliates of Hurrikan Power Funding Holding GmbH.
27 June, 2011
WinWinD is investing €8 million to develop a 3 MW arctic wind turbine as part of a European consortium.
24 June, 2011
WinWinD will supply, commission and operate a 250 MW wind farm in India under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Suryachakra Green Power.
24 June, 2011
To install cabling to enable the transmission of renewable energy from Orkney to the Scottish mainland could come in at an average annual cost of £0.92 per customer.
24 June, 2011
Stena Line’s passenger ferry, Stena Jutlandica, has seen the installation of two small wind turbines to supply electricity to the ferry going between Sweden and Denmark.
23 June, 2011
REpower Systems SE will deliver 13 of its 3.4M104 wind turbines to Alerion CleanPower SpA for the 44 MW San Marco in Lamis wind farm in Italy.
23 June, 2011
Siemens Energy is supplying 21 of its 2.3 MW wind turbines for an offshore wind farm in Rudong County, Jiangsu province, China.
21 June, 2011
Vestas will deliver 30 of its V100 2.6 MW wind turbines to Sjisjka Vind AB for a wind farm in Sweden.
20 June, 2011
GE will supply 40 of its 2.5 MW wind turbines for four wind farms in Laholm, Boxholm and Mjölby in Southern Sweden for Stena Renewable Wind Energy Company of Göteborg.
17 June, 2011
Siemens plans to invest over €150 million over the next two years to expand its wind power business.
16 June, 2011
The new LM Wind Power blade will be the longest composite blade structure in the world at 73.5 m (equivalent to a 24 storey building), creating an impressive swept area with a 150 m rotor diameter.
16 June, 2011
Wind power could avoid €23.7 billion in fuel costs from coal, gas and oil for electricity production in 2015, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
15 June, 2011
The 56 MW Mark Hill and 120 MW Arecleoch wind farms in South Ayrshire, Scotland, have been officially opened by ScottishPower Renewables.
14 June, 2011
Alstom will build and service three wind farms in Brazil for Brasventos SA under a €200 million contract.
14 June, 2011
A dry dock is being constructed in the North of England as part of a new marine energy test facility
14 June, 2011
WindMade, the industry initiative for the labelling of wind power, has appointed its first CEO, Henrik Kuffner, former Director General of the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO).
13 June, 2011
SWAY, which is planning to develop a 10 MW floating offshore wind turbine, has installed its first prototype off the coast of Bergen, Norway.
13 June, 2011
Vestas is confirming negotiations on a 300 MW wind turbine order for Canada.
10 June, 2011
Gamesa is selling a 30 MW wind farm development in Tarragona, Spain, to wind farm developer Greentech Energy Systems.
10 June, 2011
Energetx Composites of the USA and wind turbine blade designer Aeroblade of Spain have entered into a Manufacturing Master Supply Agreement through which Energetx will become Aeroblade’s manufacturing partner in North America.
09 June, 2011
Siemens has installed the first prototype of its 6 MW offshore wind turbine, the SWT-6.0-120, with direct drive technology.
09 June, 2011
Hexcel has announced that its test laboratory at Duxford, Cambridge, UK, has been certified by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) for the mechanical and analytical testing of wind energy products.
09 June, 2011
Siemens has announced the creation of up to 340 UK jobs as part of a new high voltage transmission project based in Manchester.
08 June, 2011
REpower saw a 4% drop in net income for the fiscal year 2010/2011 to €55.6 million, which has been a tough year for the wind power industry.
07 June, 2011
Wind turbine prices will continue to drop as a result of persisent problems in the supply chain, according to a new report.
07 June, 2011
Ashland Performance Materials will showcase its portfolio of wind energy products at the Offshore Wind China 2011 in Shanghai this month.
03 June, 2011
Evance Wind Turbines’ R9000 5 kW small wind turbine has been granted Conditional Temporary Certification (Conditional Certification) by the Small Wind Certification Council (SWCC).
03 June, 2011
The first wind turbine at the Clyde onshore wind farm under construction in South Lanarkshire, UK, has started producing electricity for the national grid.
02 June, 2011
Sorgenia (CIR group) and investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP (KKR) have formed a joint venture (JV) for the production of wind energy in France.
02 June, 2011
On 15 June 2011, 'Global Wind Day', citizens from around the world can discover the benefits of wind energy while having fun, says the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
02 June, 2011
Gamesa has inaugurated its fifth factory, which will assemble 2 MW nacelles for the G9X wind turbine range with an annual capacity of 500 MW, in China in the city of Da’an in Jilin province.
01 June, 2011