AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) division and Dutch consortium partner Keppel Verolme B.V. will build an offshore wind substation in German waters.
30 April, 2010
A 250lb air-dropped German WWII bomb has been safely detonated on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site.
30 April, 2010
Indian Energy Ltd has closed project finance with State Bank of India for its 16.5 MW wind farm at Theni in Tamil Nadu, India.
29 April, 2010
Vestas has entered agreements with EDP Renováveis and four Chinese power producers for the delivery of up to 2298 MW of wind turbines.
29 April, 2010
The US Department of the Interior (DoI) has approved the first US offshore wind farm – the Cape Wind project – off the coast of Massachusetts.
29 April, 2010
The UK offshore wind industry has reached 1 GW of installed capacity as two offshore wind farms off the coast of Britain began generating electricity: Robin Rigg operated by EON and Gunfleet Sands operated by DONG Energy.
28 April, 2010
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has received another follow-on order for 30 sets of wind turbine power electronic components from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HII).
28 April, 2010
Germany’s first offshore wind farm, alpha ventus, has been formally commissioned 45 km off the coast of Borkum island in the North Sea.
27 April, 2010
Small wind power in China could reach 3-10 GW of installed capacity in 2010 if a set of measures laid out by a small wind roadmap for China.
27 April, 2010
Skykon A/S has acquired facilities of 100,000 m2 at the former Lindoe shipyard in Denmark for the development offshore wind products for projects in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
27 April, 2010
GE is now offering full service agreements covering planned and unplanned maintenance and operation needs on all new GE 2.5xl wind turbines in Europe.
26 April, 2010
Wind power could reduce electricity prices according to a European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) study.
26 April, 2010
On average, it takes 42 months to get building consent for a wind farm in the EU, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
23 April, 2010
Wind energy could meet 50% of the EU’s electricity demand in 2050, according to speakers at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC 2010) in April.
23 April, 2010
Wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa has launched an online wind forecasting tool for wind farms, the Mega system.
23 April, 2010
REpower Systems AG will deliver 44 wind turbines to Al Yel ELektrik, a subsidiary of Akuo Energy SAS, for a Turkish wind project.
22 April, 2010
Wind energy developer West Coast Energy Ltd and micro-generation energy company Ensign Energy Ltd have formed a joint venture (JV) for renewable micro-generation projects in the UK.
22 April, 2010
Eurotunnel has inaugurated its 2.5 MW wind farm in Coquelles, France.
21 April, 2010
Wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Glasfiber has changed its name to LM Wind Power.
21 April, 2010
Lockheed Martin will deliver a long-range air surveillance radar system to the UK overcoming sensor performance issues commonly caused by the rotating blades of wind turbines.
20 April, 2010
Siemens Energy is launching its SWT-3.0-101 3 MW direct drive wind turbine.
20 April, 2010
WinWinD’s delivery of a 24 MW wind farm to Aseri, Estonia, has been confirmed.
20 April, 2010
With an aggregated export of DKK41.7 billion (> €5.6bn) in 2009 the Danish wind industry maintained the high export figures from record breaking 2008 despite the financial crisis.
19 April, 2010
Glasgow-based measurement and testing specialist, TUV NEL, and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to assist the growth of the UK’s wind energy industry.
19 April, 2010
Windstream Wolfe Island Shoals Inc will develop Canada’s first offshore wind farm.
16 April, 2010
Global wind power capacity could increase by 160% over the next five years, according to the Global Wind Energy Council’s (GWEC) annual wind industry forecast.
15 April, 2010
Platina Partners LLP is buying 52 MW of the 140 MW Fruges wind farms in Pas de Calais, France, worth €71.3 million.
15 April, 2010
GDF SUEZ has completed the construction of its first UK wind farm project at Craigengelt, near Stirling, in Scotland.
13 April, 2010
Eneco UK Ltd has received the rights to develop a 51 MW wind farm on the Lochluichart Estate in the Scottish Highlands from Infinergy, which has developed the project through to Section 36 consent.
12 April, 2010
DONG Energy has submitted a binding tender to build a 400 MW offshore wind farm outside Denmark.
12 April, 2010
First Wind has completed the 26 MW expansion of the Stetson Wind project in Maine, New England, USA.
09 April, 2010
AMSC is supplying 24 D-VAR based interconnection system modules for the 206 MW Collgar Wind Farm in Western Australia.
09 April, 2010
Siemens will deliver 208 MW worth of wind turbines to two wind projects – one in Germany and one in Canada.
09 April, 2010
REpower will deliver 15 wind turbines to Poland and 18 wind turbines to Italy, totalling 67.65 MW.
09 April, 2010
Ontario in Canada will generate C$9 billion in private sector investment and create 20,000 jobs from new contracts for renewable energy projects.
09 April, 2010
The US wind energy industry employs 85,000 people, according to the annual industry market report released by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
08 April, 2010
WindWinD says its new wind turbine facility, based in Hamina, Finland will produce 3 MW wind turbines and increase its total capacity potential tenfold.
08 April, 2010
Pattern Energy Group LP and Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board have entered into a 27-year power purchase agreement for the 138 MW St. Joseph wind farm in the Manitoba community of St. Joseph.
08 April, 2010
Vestas has announced three wind turbine supply deals to the USA, Australia and Turkey over recent weeks totalling up to 460 MW.
08 April, 2010
Mariah Power, developer of the Windspire® vertical axis wind turbine, is changing its name to Windspire Energy, Inc.
07 April, 2010
The UK Government has pledged £4 million to a partnership to fund a new radar system for the Greater Wash to address wind turbine interference.
07 April, 2010
The Governor of Virginia has signed renewable energy legislation aiming to make the state ‘the energy capital of the east coast.’
07 April, 2010