Wind power News for September 2014

Wind power News Archive

Vanguard to handle crane operations for Port Elizabeth wind energy project Vanguard to handle crane operations for Port Elizabeth wind energy project

Specialist in turnkey heavy lift and transport tapped to position 20 Vestas V112, 3.0MW WTG’s at an average rate of two a week.

Scottish Government approves new wind farm in South Lanarkshire

51MW Middle Muir Wind Farm to feature the highest turbines on the UK mainland to date.

First Wind announces Oakfield Wind project

148 MW wind farm is the company's largest in New England to date

US Energy Department backs wind turbine research and development

DoE allocates $2 million to support manufacturing of taller wind turbine towers.

GE’s 'Wind PowerUp' services promise to boost power output

Customized software-enabled platform to be installed at five GE customer wind farms in Germany and Romania.

United States DOE announces clean energy project initiative

US Government allocates $5 million to develop clean energy projects at Federal facilities.

DNV GL announces joint industry project

Aim is to increase turbine reliability by improving life-time calculations of slewing bearings.

US Department of Energy expands Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative

Energy Department takes major steps to boost energy productivity and manufacturing in the United States. .

Availon GmbH launches energy management business

New subsidiary offers customer-specific energy management, wind performance forecasts, direct marketing support, contract management and further commercial services.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick meets with UK wind power players in London Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick meets with UK wind power players in London

Governor’s visit aimed at strengthening UK and US offshore wind relations.

Mainstream Renewable Power to build Ghana's first utility-scale wind farm

225 MW wind power project represents a total investment of USD525 million.

RES Offshore wins Moray Firth development contract

Moray Offshore Renewables selects RES to provide management contractor services for the first project within the Moray Firth round-3 zone, located off the north-east coast of Scotland.

REA offers UK’s next government the ‘blueprint’ for green energy

Proactive British renewable energy association sets out comprehensive ‘manifesto’ for renewable heat, power and transport.

Energy specialist PMSS America, Inc names new senior vice president

Doug Pfeister joins renowned renewable energy consultancy

Scotland's 'Meet the Energy Experts’ conference piques the interest of inventors and investors alike

Special event brought together more than 100 professionals looking to develop renewable energy or related technologies.

ABB wins $800 M order for Scotland’s Caithness-Moray subsea renewable energy power link ABB wins $800 M order for Scotland’s Caithness-Moray subsea renewable energy power link

High voltage direct current light power link to enable integration of 1,200 MW of renewable energy.

Gamesa signs 48-MW supply agreement with China-based Everbright

As part of the deal, Gamesa will install 24 units of the G97-2.0 MW at Changfangshan wind farm, located in the Shanxi province.

Actis to invest $250M in Mexican renewable energy platform

Emerging market investor cites Mexico’s ample natural resources, an evolving and supportive regulatory framework and a deep project finance capacity.

The Canadian Wind Energy Association and Hannover Fairs USA announce formal programme for CanWEA 2014 conference

Annual wind energy exhibition to be held from 27-29 October in Montreal, Quebec.

Last week's top 3 stories on RenewableEnergyFocus.com

The following stories generated the most clicks on RenewableEnergyFocus.com last week: Renewables in smart grids: Part I; ‘Mini power station’ vision pulls in £800,000 for IE-CHP;NEC Energy Solutions to install energy storage system in California

UK emerges as global market leader in the offshore wind power market

New GlobalData report shows UK wind power market represents a cumulative installed capacity share of around 52%.

Vestas receives 58 MW order in Poland

EDF Energies Nouvelles orders 29 V100-2.0 MW turbines for wind power project in Rzepin.

Deadline extended for 2015 AWEA Windpower show

Potential presenters at AWEA Windpower may submit editorial abstracts up to 8 September