Suzlon announced a 30 MW order contract from Altrade Group, for the company's wind farm projects in the Jaisalmer and Jodhpur districts, in Rajasthan, India. Suzlon is to deliver a total of 20 S82-1.5 MW units, to be commissioned by January 2011.
This order will increase Suzlon's installed wind capacity in Rajasthan to 700 MW, ensuring Suzlon's leadership position in this region of India.
[source: Suzlon]
Origin Energy announced the company, as part of a consortium of companies, has been granted the concession for exploring geothermal potential in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The consortium, made up of Origin Energy (Australia), Tata Power (India) and PT Supraco (Indonesia), are going to be exploring potential in the Sorik Marapi concession, estimated to have between 200 and 300 MW of power geothermal capacity.
LDK Solar announced the company has expanded its vertical manufacturing operations by completing installation of the company's latest production line for solar cells in Xinyu City, China. At the moment the new production line has an annual capacity of 60 MW, but this is to double to 120 MW by the end of Q3 this year.
LDK Solar's growth strategy includes the goal of achieving about 50% of the company's solar cell needs from in-house production capacity. This way, the company hopes to reduce the cost of solar modules, which will create a significant advantage for the company in the global solar energy market.
[source: LDK Solar]
This september Turkey will be connected to the European power grid, through a link established by GE using the company's smart grid technology. This is going to create a range of new oppoortunities, especially for renewable energy power plant operators in Turkey, while Europe stands to get a significant supply of clean power in its power grid.
The Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TEIAS) will soon be able to buy and sell power in the European electricity market. The European electricity market is one of the largest in the world, and has one of the highest demands worldwide. In order to ensure constant and uninterrupted supply of power, Europe needs to secure more power supply links with other energy generation markets.
GE's smart grid technology will perform status monitoring at grid connection points and automate control of power generation and load in Turkey. The result should be higher power quality and optmized power sharing, with improvements in reliability. The project is in its final stages of testing.
[source: GE]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced it is issuing its first clean energy bond, in order to support its renewable energy projects in Asia and Pacific. The bond is expected to have four tranches, two denominated in Brazilian reals, one in Turkish lira and one in Australian dollars. ADB has committed to providing at least an equal amount of funding as raised by the clean energy bond. The issuance is targeted at Japanese retail investors, and will distributed in Japan by more than 20 securities companies.
Chinese company Yingli Green Energy (aka Yingli Solar) announced a deal with OCI Chemical Corporation, under which OCI will supply Yingli with polysilicon for a period of five years. The dealy, valued at about USD 442 million, will be executed from 2011 to 2015, enabling Yinglu to have a steady inflow of polysilicon for its growing manufacturing base.
[source: Yingli Green Energy]
Gurit inaugurated its new production site of Red Maple, in Taicang, China. The new production site features advanced technology, allowing the manufacture of wind turbine blades for new generation wind turbines with up to 7 MW of capacity.
Vestas announced an order from CLP for 24 V82-1.65 MW units for the first phase of the Harpanahalli wind farm in the State of Karnataka, in India. Under the supply contract, Vestas is to deliver, install and commission the wind turbines, and its remote performance monitoring system. Additionally, Vestas is to provide S&M services for ten years. Delivery is to begin in Q3 2010, while completion of the project is expected in Q1 2011.
CLP has about 300 MW of wind capacity in operation in India, and another 150 MW in development. Vestas has established its presence in India ten years ago, when the company opened its subsidiary there – Vestas India. So far, the company has installed more than 2.3 GW of capacity in that country.
[source: Vestas]
AMSC has received the initial order for 17 wind turbine electrical control systems from Indian wind turbine manufacturer Inox Wind. The units are 2 MW class wind turbines, doubly-fed induction turbines, using AMSC's Windtec technology, under a licensing contract signed in May this year. Inox has been granted the right to manufacture and sell wind turbines on the global wind energy market. The company has begun large volume production, having recently constructed and commissioned its first wind turbine.
ABB inaugurated the company's fourth global wind power generator factory in Vadodora, India. The factory's main product export will be the power generator, one of the crucial components of a wind turbine. The produced generators will be mostly aimed at the growing wind energy market in India.
The new factory's capacity will be 100 units per month, with ratings of up to 2.5 MW. Some 150 people will be employed at the new factory.
