Gamesa has recently developed its first offshore prototype, with installation by GES, a provider of construction and maintenance services for the wind and solar industry. Gamesa’s G128-5.0 turbine has been assembled in the Arigana Quay in the Canary Islands, while the different components of the 5 MW were produced in Spain and shipped to the … Continue reading GES installs Gamesa offshore wind turbine
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The various components of Alstom’s 6MW offshore wind turbine, currently one of the most powerful on the market, are in the process of being loaded onto the liftboat or self-elevating wind turbine installation and crane unit, “Bold Tern”, in the port of Ostend, Belgium. The vessel, owned by Fred Olsen Windcarrier, specialists in the transport … Continue reading Alstom
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Construction of new offshore wind farm Eneco Luchterduinen starts
Today marks the start of the construction of Eneco Luchterduinen Wind Farm, five years after the completion of the last Dutch offshore wind farm, the Princess Amalia Wind Farm. The new wind power project is a joint venture between energy company Eneco and Japan
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Enel Green Power Making Solar Power Grow in Romania
With more than 25 megwatts of solar photovoltaic power being put online between July and October, Enel Green Power is following up the rapid growth of wind power over the last two years in Romania with a similar performance in PV solar power. On October 7, EGP connected to the grid the Colibasi solar power … Continue reading Enel Green Power Making Solar Power Grow in Romania
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DOE highlights wind energy financing model by United Wind
Company's New Financing Model Helps Lower Costs for Distributed Wind Projects, Captures First Institutional Capital Investment for WindLease Platform. United Wind, a leading provider of distributed-scale wind energy through its WindLease™ platform, today announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has highlighted its wind energy financing programs within the organization's 2012 Market Report on Wind … Continue reading DOE highlights wind energy financing model by United Wind
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Trelleborg wins cable protection contract for world
Trelleborg Group’s offshore operations has been awarded a contract to supply the Furukawa Electric Company with cable buoyancy and protection, for an experimental floating wind turbine project off the coast of Fukushima, Japan. The project, which is being headed up by The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Japan, will be the world’s largest floating wind … Continue reading Trelleborg wins cable protection contract for world
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New power lines set to transform Texas wind energy market
With little fanfare, Texas is just weeks away from wrapping up a nearly $7 billion effort to add vast amounts of wind power to its energy grid. By the end of December, developers expect to flip the switch on the final electrical transmission projects built under the state's Competitive Renewable Energy Zone, or CREZ, initiative
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First Solar to Build 250MW Power Plant in California for NextEra Energy Resources
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced today it has entered into an agreement to construct a 250 megawatt (MW)AC solar power plant in Riverside County, California, for a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. The McCoy Solar Energy Project will be located on approximately 2,300 acres of mostly public land provided by the Bureau of … Continue reading First Solar to Build 250MW Power Plant in California for NextEra Energy Resources
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1 wind farm entered service in Q3, but 7,562 MW now under construction
Only 43 MW of wind capacity was brought online in the third quarter of 2013, continuing a yearlong trend of minimal wind capacity installations in the U.S., but construction activity is ramping up as the industry seeks to tap into the extended production tax credit. Though developers are now getting projects underway, the first three … Continue reading 1 wind farm entered service in Q3, but 7,562 MW now under construction
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Moog Launches New AC Modular Pitch System with Optimized Performance for Wind Turbines
Moog, a leader in providing blade pitch control, slip ring and rotor monitoring solutions for the wind energy industry, today announced the launch of its new AC Moog Wind Turbine Pitch System in China. cheap adobe software Adopting a compact modular architecture, the new system has distinct advantages in safety, reliability and an overall reduction … Continue reading Moog Launches New AC Modular Pitch System with Optimized Performance for Wind Turbines
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EWEA statement on EU electricity infrastructure PCI list
Commenting on the first Union-wide list of EU electricity infrastructure 'projects of common interest' for possible funding under the EUR5.85 billion Connecting Europe Facility published today, The European Wind Energy Association's Senior Regulatory Affairs Advisor Paul Wilczek said: “The fact that there are very few potential meshed offshore grid projects and zero supergrid projects in … Continue reading EWEA statement on EU electricity infrastructure PCI list
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France is to lend
France is to lend €100-million (R1.3-billion) to South African state company Eskom to help finance a 100 megawatt (MW) concentrated solar power plant near Upington in the Northern Cape. Eskom and the French Development Agency (AFD) agreed on Monday night, during French President Francois Hollande's state visit to South Africa, to facilitate the signing of … Continue reading France is to lend
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Intermittence of wind energy hardly affects CO2 emissions in Spain
Researchers at the UPM have found that real contribution to emissions targets is positive even in energy markets with high penetration of wind energy. computer antivirus software The finding has generated the first comprehensive analysis on interaction between wind parks and thermal power plants in Spain and has concluded that global balance of CO2 reduction … Continue reading Intermittence of wind energy hardly affects CO2 emissions in Spain
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Fossil-funded think tank strikes out on cost of wind energy
After two failed attempts to attack wind energy earlier this month, the fossil-fuel-funded Institute for Energy Research (IER) has now struck out swinging (strikes one and two are documented here). windows antivirus software Strike three comes from a report written by Michael Giberson that relies on obsolete data and largely regurgitates anti-wind myths that have … Continue reading Fossil-funded think tank strikes out on cost of wind energy
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GE and GDF SUEZ Energy Romania Fuel Wind Energy Growth in Romania
GE finalized the installation and started the testing of 20 GE 2.5-103 wind turbines for a 50-megawatt (MW) wind energy project under construction by GDF SUEZ Energy Romania in the town of Baleni, located in Romania’s southeastern Moldavian region. When it begins operating, the wind farm will generate enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent … Continue reading GE and GDF SUEZ Energy Romania Fuel Wind Energy Growth in Romania
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Leading U.S. Companies Make Big Investments in Solar Energy
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Vote Solar Initiative (Vote Solar) today released the annual Solar Means Business report identifying major commercial solar projects and ranking America
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Siemens wind turbine installed at SSE in the UK
6MW turbine SWT-6.0-154 installed on the SSE test site in Hunterston, Scotland. Siemens boosts its commitment in the United Kingdon. Siemens has now installed a market-ready version of its new 6 megawatt (MW) gearless wind turbine on the test site of the power utility SSE, the UK's largest generator of renewable energy. Together with its … Continue reading Siemens wind turbine installed at SSE in the UK
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Wind energy is a good deal
The opinion piece by Marc Brown (“Wind power not competitive with conventional sources” Oct. 8), formerly with the Koch brothers-funded Freedom Works and now the head of an anti-clean energy group, that refuses to disclose its funding sources, relies heavily on debunked fossil fuel industry propaganda in its attacks on wind energy. computer softwares First, … Continue reading Wind energy is a good deal
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Case-studies prove off-grid renewables adaptability to developing and emerging countries
The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), the only international business association focused on the promotion of off-grid renewable energy solutions for rural electrification in developing countries, has published today its most recent edition of
Continue readingMarubeni announces Fukushima Recovery, experimental offshore floating wind farm project
A consortium made up of Marubeni (project integrator), the University of Tokyo(technical advisor), Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, JapanMarine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel& Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric, Shimizu,and Mizuho Information &Research have beenparticipating in an experimental offshore floating wind farm project sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industrysince March … Continue reading Marubeni announces Fukushima Recovery, experimental offshore floating wind farm project
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