Wind power News for July 2016

Wind power News Archive

Siemens secures follow-up onshore wind project in Australia Siemens secures follow-up onshore wind project in Australia

Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply, install and commission 32 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.2 megawatts and a rotor diameter of 113 meters, for the Hornsdale Stage 2 onshore wind farm in South Australia.

Vattenfall to fund Scottish offshore wind farm

Vattenfall has announced its decision to invest more than £300 million to build Scotland’s largest offshore wind test and demonstration facility.

LM Wind Power breaks ground for new wind turbine blade plant in Turkey

LM Wind Power has announced that it has broken ground for a 17 hectares piece of land in Bergama, Turkey, from the Bergama Organized Industrial Zone (BOSBI), which will become home to a factory for the manufacture and distribution of wind turbine blades.

GE completes domestic compliance for solar and wind inverters in Brazil

GE’s Power Conversion business has just completed domestic content compliance for its solar and wind inverters—the LV5 and DTA CFI lines, respectively—following the rules set out by Brazil's state-owned development bank, BNDES, regarding how much of the equipment is manufactured in Brazil.

Siemens to supply wind turbines for onshore project in Norway

Siemens has received an order to supply, install and commission 50 onshore wind turbines in Norway.

European offshore wind developers join forces with the Carbon Trust with aims to reduce cost of offshore wind

The Carbon Trust has revealed details of a new European phase of its collaborative research, development and demonstration (RD&D) programme - the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA).

DONG Energy wins tender for Dutch offshore wind farms DONG Energy wins tender for Dutch offshore wind farms

The Netherlands’ Minister of Economic Affairs has awarded DONG Energy the concession to build the Netherlands’ offshore wind farms Borssele 1 and 2.

Siemens to supply 141 turbines for major wind power plant in New Mexico and Texas Siemens to supply 141 turbines for major wind power plant in New Mexico and Texas

Siemens has contracted with Pattern Energy Group LP to deliver, install and service a total of 141 wind turbines for the Broadview Wind project. Broadview Wind combines two adjacent projects in New Mexico and Texas with a total installed capacity of 324 megawatts (MW).

Siemens to supply onshore wind turbines for Saxony wind farm Siemens to supply onshore wind turbines for Saxony wind farm

Siemens will supply three direct drive wind turbines of the type SWT-3.2-113 for the onshore wind power plant Naundorf.