Universtiy of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center granted up to $4 million to fund offshore wind energy project. Habib Dagher, the director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, is busy planning the first phase of a “potential $93.2 million deepwater offshore wind demonstration project by the U.S. Department of Energy. The DOE held … Continue reading UMaine Developing Offshore Wind Turbines
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Vestas To Supply 37 Wind Turbines For Wind Farm In South Africa
The wind power project, consisting of 37 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines, will be installed in the province of Hopefield at the Western Cape of the country. Vestas, the world leader in wind energy, is pleased to announce a 67 MW order from Umoya Energy for South Africa. The turbine delivery is planned for the second … Continue reading Vestas To Supply 37 Wind Turbines For Wind Farm In South Africa
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Goldwind Announces Third Quarterly Results for 2012
As of December 31, 2011, Goldwind’s accumulated installation capacity of wind turbines reached over 12 GW, including 10GW of PMDD wind turbines, equivalent to 9.6 million tons of coal saved per year, 23.94 million tons of carbon emissions reduced per year, or 13.11 million cubic meters of newly planted forest. Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology … Continue reading Goldwind Announces Third Quarterly Results for 2012
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Test center for mega wind turbines opens in Denmark
An answer to the world’s need for more renewable energy is to develop larger wind turbines that produce significantly more energy. To achieve exactly this, Denmark inaugurates a test centre that can make the next generation of mega wind turbines a reality. The first wind turbine to be tested measures 197 meters, but the facility … Continue reading Test center for mega wind turbines opens in Denmark
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Vestas To Supply Wind Turbines For Three Wind Farms In France
Vestas has received an order from Ostwind, for delivery of 12 units of the V90-3MWwind turbine for the Atrebatie wind power project in France. The 12 wind turbines will compose three wind farms of four V90-3.0 MW turbines each: Le Bois du Haut, Le Vert Galant, and Garimetz, all located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, with a … Continue reading Vestas To Supply Wind Turbines For Three Wind Farms In France
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GE Celebrates 300 Wind Turbines Installed in Brazil
GE has installed 300 wind turbines in Brazil and will open two local service centers by 2014. GE celebrates its 10th year in the wind industry. As the GE fleet expands, the company also is announcing its plans to open two local service centers by 2014, representing a $1.5 million investment in Brazil. The … Continue reading GE Celebrates 300 Wind Turbines Installed in Brazil
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Minnesota Wind Farm To Feature Gamesa’s New Low-Wind Turbines
Exergy Development Group’s 36 MW Big Blue Wind Farm, which will be built in south central Minnesota, will feature Gamesa’s newest wind turbine model. Gamesa will start the delivery of its first G97-2.0 MW in the United States in the Big Blue wind farm that Exergy Development Group promotes in the town of Blue Earth, … Continue reading Minnesota Wind Farm To Feature Gamesa’s New Low-Wind Turbines
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NaturEner to move wind turbines to protect birds
EVWIND The 189 MW Rim Rock Wind Farm is currently under construction on private lands near Kevin Rim, an area known to harbor up to 60 active nests of 10 raptors species in a given year. At the urging of Montana Audubon, NaturEner voluntarily agreed to relocate each of 25 wind turbines to provide a … Continue reading NaturEner to move wind turbines to protect birds
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Bigger wind turbines are better for the environment.
EVWIND Much of the emphasis on green living today is all about scaling down: own a bike and not a SUV, for example. But when it comes to wind turbines a new study has found that the reverse is true: bigger turbines are better for the environment. Since the founding of EWEA some 30 years … Continue reading Bigger wind turbines are better for the environment.
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Offshore wind power: Iberdrola’s wind farm with 80 wind turbines in Germany
British company Gardline Group and GEO of Denmark, both leading companies in their field, will carry out the geological seabed surveys, the first step in this offshore wind energy project Wikinger will have a capacity of 400 megawatts (MW) and is expected to come into operation in 2016 The findings will be used … Continue reading Offshore wind power: Iberdrola’s wind farm with 80 wind turbines in Germany
Continue readingVestas receives order for 99 MW in India
Vestas has received an order for 60 units of the V82-1.65 MW wind turbine for a wind power project located in Theni in the state of Tamil Nadu, South India.
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