The global wind energy market, which saw capacity grow 22.3% from 2009 to 2010, is set to see continued steady growth to 2020, according to GlobalData's report Wind Power - Global Market Size, Turbine Market Share, Installation Prices, Regulations and Investment Analysis to 2020.
30 November, 2011
SolarFuel GmbH will build a pilot e-gas facility for car maker Audi by 2013 – converting electricity surpluses from wind and solar installations into renewable methane.
30 November, 2011
Siemens Energy has launched its 6 MW direct drive offshore wind turbine, the SWT-6.0, at the European Offshore Wind Energy Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
29 November, 2011
European wind power production could meet 31% of the EU's 20% emissions reduction target and even enable an increase in EU's climate goals, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
29 November, 2011
ZF Friedrichshafen AG has completed the compulsory acquisition of all remaining shares of gear and torque specialist Hansen Transmissions International, and all outstanding rights under the Hansen warrant plans.
29 November, 2011
Gamesa has sold its 38 MW Chestnut Flats wind farm in Pennsylvania, USA, to EDF Energies Nouvelles' subsidiary enXco.
25 November, 2011
Major global companies including Motorola Mobility, Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg, Method and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.) will procure at least 25% of their operations’ power consumption from wind energy as they commit to become certified under the WindMade consumer label.
24 November, 2011
Mobimar Ltd is building a trimaran crew transfer vessel for Meriaura Ltd, which could extend the access window to offshore wind farms by three months every year.
24 November, 2011
AREVA will test its M5000 5 MW offshore wind turbines in the new full load test bench in Bremerhaven, Germany, to check the functionality under nominal load conditions of all assembled nacelles prior to commissioning.
22 November, 2011
wpd has signed a contract to build the 36.8 MW Ponikve wind farm 45 km north west of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
22 November, 2011
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has welcomed a bipartisan Governors' Wind Energy Coalition endorsement of legislation for a four year extension to the production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy.
17 November, 2011
The SMart Wind consortium, led by Mainstream Renewable Power and the Project and Structured Finance unit of Siemens Financial Services, has secured grid capacity for the second GW of its 4 GW Hornsea offshore wind farm, UK.
17 November, 2011
The Isle of Wight – a peaceful, modest-sized island off the English south coast – plans to become a net energy exporter of energy by 2020, while halving residents’ energy bills, eliminating waste going to landfill, and creating a significant number of green technology jobs. The EcoIsland initiative is the largest single sustainability project in the UK.
16 November, 2011
South Korea is investing WON10.2 trillion (US$9 billion) in offshore wind, aiming to build 2.5 GW by 2019.
15 November, 2011
First Wind has ordered 77 of Vestas' V100 1.8 MW wind turbines, totalling 139 MW, for two wind projects in the USA.
15 November, 2011
Onshore wind energy could reach parity with fossil fuel generated electricity by 2016, according to analyst Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
15 November, 2011
Gamesa has met its sales forecast for the full year of 2011 by the end of the third quarter, with 2805 MW – 94% of which has been outside Spain.
14 November, 2011
The wind energy market is poised for greater consolidation which will see the emergence of fewer, but stronger, participants, according to analysts Frost & Sullivan.
11 November, 2011
Communities Against Turbines Scotland is organising a conference against Scotland's plans for large wind farm build-out.
11 November, 2011
REpower Systems SE will supply 75 of its MM82 and MM92 wind turbines to EDF EN Canada Inc for the 150 MW Massif du Sud wind farm on the south shore of Québec City, Canada.
10 November, 2011
The prototype of Gamesa's G128 4.5 MW wind turbine erected at an R&D wind farm in Jaulín, Zaragoza, Spain, reached 97.34 MWh operating at 100% availability on 6 November.
09 November, 2011
Siemens has secured orders for 6 wind turbine projects in North America since July, totalling US$900 million and over 670 MW.
09 November, 2011
ACCIONA Energía will build a 49.5 MW wind farm in Costa Rica, which will produce electricity for the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE).
09 November, 2011
UK small wind turbine manufacturer Ampair has designed a wind, solar photovoltaic (PV) and diesel powered range, the containerPod™, for providing platform power for the offshore wind measurement sector.
08 November, 2011
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced the 2011 AWEA Awards, honouring wind industry supporters, leaders, innovators and advocates for their outstanding efforts on behalf of wind energy at AWEA’s Wind Energy Fall Symposium in Carlsbad, CA, USA.
08 November, 2011
China could have 1 TW of wind power by 2050 with wind supplying 17% of electricity production, compared to today's 1%, according to the National Development and Reform Commission’s Energy Research Institute (NDRC ERI) with support from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
07 November, 2011
Nordex will supply 14 of its 2.5 MW wind turbines, the N90-2500 series, for the Pant-y-Wal and Fforch Nest wind farms in Wales.
04 November, 2011
Siemens Energy has opened a new wind power distribution facility in Wichita, Kansas, USA, to serve the Americas.
04 November, 2011
Wind turbine prices in the US have fallen by nearly a third on average since 2008, according Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (Berkeley Lab) report 'Understanding Trends in Wind Turbine Prices Over the Past Decade'.
03 November, 2011
AMSC has terminated the acquisition of The Switch Engineering Oy due to “adverse market conditions”.
02 November, 2011
The European Parliament has voted to create a dedicated budget line for wind energy research and development with €1 million for 2012.
01 November, 2011
China Ming Yang has been granted potential financing of up to US$5 billion from the China Development Bank Corp for further developments of wind power in China and around the world.
01 November, 2011