Gamesa and Iberdrola have signed a new framework agreement for a minimum of 50% of the total wind turbine fleet Iberdrola buys for its renewable energy business on Spanish and international markets between 2013 and 2022 – or until reaching a total of 3.8 GW.
30 December, 2011
Renewable energy sources generated 9% of the UK's electricity in the third quarter of 2011, according to figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
30 December, 2011
SIAC Wind Energy's Bergey Excel-S 10 kW wind turbine has obtained MCS certification, qualifying it for use in the UK.
30 December, 2011
Gamesa is selling two wind farms located in Lugo and Tarragona, Spain, totalling 42 MW to Gas Natural.
29 December, 2011
Nordex is one step closer to series production of the N117/2400 onshore wind turbine with the installation of the first unit at the Stadum citizens’ wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
29 December, 2011
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28 December, 2011
According to media reports, the company is finding it tough to "make money" from solar.
22 December, 2011
The 5th annual World Future Energy Summit (WFES) will be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from 16-19 January at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
21 December, 2011
Bayer MaterialScience LLC has developed a new polyurethane-based composite technology for stronger, longer wind blades, said to improve fatigue and fracture toughness properties over current commercial epoxy-based systems.
20 December, 2011
Siemens Energy will build the 288 MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
20 December, 2011
Siemens Plc and Associated British Ports (ABP) have submitted applications to Hull City Council for the development of facilities for wind turbine storage, handling, assembly and testing at the proposed Green Port Hull facility in the UK.
19 December, 2011
Siemens and Shanghai Electric will set up two joint ventures (JVs) for the Chinese wind power market.
16 December, 2011
WiseEnergy Group will manage up to 500 MW of solar and wind power projects in South Africa on behalf of ix:Africa, an impact investment fund seeking to raise €400 million to dedicate to renewable energy projects in Africa.
16 December, 2011
REpower will deliver a total of 35 MW of wind turbines for the 24.6 MW Hall Farm, developed by RidgeWind, and the 10.25 MW Earls Hall Farm, developed by RENERCO in the UK.
15 December, 2011
The UK's Crown Estate has launched offshore wind and tidal stream leasing rounds to select developers to take forward up to 800 MW of projects in Northern Ireland waters.
15 December, 2011
The Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network (MaRINET) is a €9 million, EU-funded initiative to provide access to test facilities in specialist marine renewables energy centres across Europe.
14 December, 2011
Principle Power Inc and Energias de Portugal (EDP) have deployed the first full-scale, 2 MW offshore WindFloat offshore wind turbine solution off the coast of Aguçadoura, Portugal.
12 December, 2011
Ampere Equity Fund, managed by Triodos Investment Management, has acquired 90% of four onshore wind farms from DunoAir totalling 51 MW and an option to buy an additional wind farm with a capacity of 12.6 MW.
09 December, 2011
Clyde Blowers is acquiring the wind gear manufacturer Moventas Wind Ltd and the industrial gear manufacturer Moventas Santasalo Ltd for €100 million, following Moventas Ltd's bankruptcy filing this summer.
09 December, 2011
AREVA Wind has extended its M5000 offshore wind turbine platform with the M5000-135, featuring a 135 m rotor.
07 December, 2011
The construction of grid connections for German offshore wind farms in the North Sea is facing delays, says transmission system operator TenneT.
07 December, 2011
RenewableUK has welcomed a series of UK Government announcements giving strong support to the renewable energy sector.
06 December, 2011
Seventeen EU countries have over 141 GW in total of offshore wind energy capacity built, under construction, consented, or planned in Europe.
06 December, 2011
Over €51 billion is expected to be spent on new offshore wind installations over the next five years, according to a new report by Douglas-Westwood.
05 December, 2011
The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has signed a £14.8 million contract with Shepherd Construction to delivery a 3000 m² building for offshore wind turbine drive train testing for nacelles up to 15 MW.
02 December, 2011
The European Investment Bank will provide £150 million of long-term funding to Vattenfall's 300 MW Thanet Offshore Wind Farm.
02 December, 2011
REpower Systems SE will install two of its 6M offshore wind turbines for RWE Innogy near Eemshaven, the Netherlands.
01 December, 2011