The world?s first full-scale floating wind turbine ? StatoilHydro?s Hywind pilot ? is being officially inaugurated in the North Sea.
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China’s first offshore wind farm connected to the grid
Shanghai Donghai Wind Power Generation Co., Ltd. inaugurates the first three generating sets at East Sea Bridge Wind Farm, which is the first offshore wind farm in China and in Asia, were connected to the grid.
Continue readingAMSC India Formed to Address India?s Rapidly Growing Wind Energy
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has announced that it has formed AMSC India to serve India’s wind energy and power grid markets with AMSC’s power electronics and superconductor-based solutions.
Continue readingFirst wind power produced by E.ON’s Robin Rigg offshore wind farm
Energy company E.ON has today announced that the first power had been produced by its Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth. Ian Johnson, Robin Rigg Project Manager, said: “This is fantastic news”.
Continue readingNorthern Power Systems Launches Canadian Wind Business
The company celebrated its most recent Northwind 100 installation in Kensington, Prince Edward Island where the turbine will completely power the town’s wastewater treatment plant.
Continue readingWind power in Iraq? – MainWind has announced that they completed the installation of 2 wind masts in Iraq
Near the city of Sulaimaniyah the company installed 2 wind measurement masts to collect wind data for the local Government of Sulaimaniyah.
Continue readingGamesa will supply a total of 26 Gamesa G87-2.0 MW wind turbine generators to EUFER
Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica has entered into two new agreements with the company ENEL Unión Fenosa Renovables for the supply of twenty-six Gamesa G87-2.0 MW wind turbines (52 MW).
Continue readingGamesa suministrará 26 aerogeneradores a Eufer con 52 MW eólicos
La compañía eólica suministrará a EUFER un total de 26 aerogeneradores correspondientes al modelo Gamesa G87-2.0 MW.
Continue readingDener Ingeniería realiza una instalación fotovoltaica en una nave industrial en Barcelona
La empresa cántabra de energías renovables Dener Ingeniería ha realizado ya la instalación fotovoltaica en la localidad de Sant Feliu de Llobregat, en Barcelona, en una nave industrial.
Continue readingGE Energy vende 101 aerogeneradores en Rumania
General Electric es el segundo fabricante mundial de aerogeneradores y la primera empresa eólica EE UU. En 2008 Rumania sólo tenía 10 megavatios eólicos, pero el panorama cambiará este año.
Continue readingGE Wind Energy supply 101 of its 2.5xl wind turbines to CEZ Romania for Cogealac wind farm
GE Energy today signed an agreement to supply up to 101 of its 2.5xl wind turbines to CEZ Romania for Cogealac, the second phase of the Fantanele wind project.
Continue readingEDF Energies Nouvelles Commissions Two New Wind Farms in France
EDF Energies Nouvelles (Paris:EEN) announced the commissioning of the Canton de Bonneval and Veulettes wind farms, both located in the northern half of France with respectively 24 MW and 8 MW in installed capacity.
Continue readingRamco Energy PLC moves focus offshore
Ramco Energy PLC is to sell off its oil and gas interests and focus solely on its offshore wind power operations. Ramco’s subsidiary SeaEnergy Renewables Ltd (SERL) has secured a net 456 MegaWatts of offshore wind farms.
Continue readingShowa Shell Solar Co. will build a third plant for thin-layer photovoltaic cells in Miyazaki (Japan)
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. said Monday its wholly owned subsidiary Showa Shell Solar Co. will build a third plant for thin-layer photovoltaic cells in Miyazaki Prefecture at a cost of 100 billion yen.
Continue readingOerlikon Solar and Tianwei open 46 MW solar thin-film production in China
Oerlikon Solar and Tianwei have completed one of mainland China?s largest thin-film solar panel factories, which in the first phase could produce 500,000 thin-film solar modules totalling 46 MW per year.
Continue readingFirst Solar to Produce Twice as Much as Leading Crystalline Solar Module Suppliers in 2009
Leveraging its low-cost thin-film process, U.S.-based First Solar Inc. is set to surpass its crystalline competitors to become the world?s largest producer of Photovoltaic (PV) cells in 2009, according to iSuppli Corp.
Continue readingEl impacto ambiental de la energía eólica por José Santamarta
Cuando se aborda el impacto ambiental de una fuente de energía ha de estudiarse el ciclo completo. Entre todas las fuentes energéticas, la eólica, junto con la solar directa, es la menos dañina.
Continue readingLa energía eólica despega en América Latina
Hasta el momento, los 769 MW de potencia instalada en la región representan menos del 0,5% mundial, pero en 2009 se instalarán 1.200 MW eólicos y un mínimo de 1.500 MW en 2010.
Continue readingWind Turbine Systems & Components Market in the US
Demand for wind turbine systems and components is expected to increase 6.8 percent per year to $10.1 billion in 2012.
Continue readingLooking out to sea by Christian Kjaer (EWEA)
Offshore wind energy technology is making the transition from a concept with massive potential to a fast-evolving industry with increasing investment and political support.
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