Suzlon Blade Technology and Idé-Pro Engineering & Software A/S have signed a three year contract under which Idé-Pro will deliver a complete integrated solution for the design of future wind turbine blades to Suzlon worldwide.
21 December, 2010
A consortium of PGGM and Dutch Ampère Equity Fund, managed by Triodos Investment Management, are buying a 24.8% stake in the 367 MW Walney offshore wind farm in the UK from DONG Energy.
20 December, 2010
NGenTec Ltd has secured investment of £2 million from Amsterdam based SET Venture Partners and Scottish Enterprise’s Scottish Co-investment Fund for the design, manufacture and testing of its multi-megawatt offshore wind turbine generator technology.
16 December, 2010
SunPower Corp has closed its €195.2 million solar bond issuance associated with the company's 44 MW Montalto di Castro solar park in Italy.
16 December, 2010
Renewable energy consulting firm PMSS will aid REpower Systems AG with health, safety and environmental management of the 150 MW Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm in the UK.
16 December, 2010
The proposed European Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Scotland has been awarded a grant of up to €40 million from the EU through the European Economic Recovery Plan.
15 December, 2010
BayernLB is contributing €26 million for the 30 MW Seyitali-Aliaga wind farm in the northwestern Turkish province of Izmir.
13 December, 2010
Private equity firm Nevis Capital has acquired UK small wind turbine installer Shetland Wind Power Ltd in a multi-million pound transaction.
10 December, 2010
Wind power can and must make a significant contribution to saving the climate, according to international wind industry representatives at the Global Wind Energy Council´s (GWEC) ‘Wind Power for a Low Carbon Economy’ conference at COP-16 in Cancún, Mexico.
09 December, 2010
Conergy AG is selling off its German and French wind development and operating business to an investment fund managed by Impax Asset Management, as part of its programme to refocus on its core solar business.
09 December, 2010
Irish renewable energy group Gaelectric has received planning approval for a 15 MW wind farm at Inishative, near Pomeroy, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
07 December, 2010
Samsung and partners is setting up a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Tillsonburg and wind turbine wind tower plant in Windsor, Ontario.
07 December, 2010
Converteam and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) will jointly develop fully direct current (DC) technologies aiming to reduce total cost of ownership of offshore wind power generation and distribution by 10-20%.
07 December, 2010
An agreement to develop an offshore electricity grid has been signed by 10 Ministers from all the European North Sea countries.
06 December, 2010
Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe Ltd (MPSE) plans to invest up to £100 million in an engineering facility to carry our research and development into offshore wind turbine technology in Edinburgh, Scotland.
03 December, 2010
Siemens has opened a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China, and a wind turbine nacelle production plant in Hutchinson, Kansas, as well as selecting Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada for a Canadian wind turbine blade site.
03 December, 2010
The offshore wind industry has moved from a niche market to a maturing industry, however securing funding and low returns on investment are major issues for players in this sector, according to KPMG.
02 December, 2010
Gamesa and Eolia Renovables de Inversiones will develop two wind energy projects in Mexico, for which Gamesa will supply wind turbines with a combined installed capacity of 324 MW.
02 December, 2010
Gamesa will set up a 300 MW wind turbine nacelle facility in Brazil following a memorandum of intentions with Jacques Wagner, Governor of the Brazilian state of Bahia.
01 December, 2010