Category: Wind


Enel Green Power awarded wind farm contracts in Brazil

September 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Enel Green Power announced the company has been awarded development contracts for three wind farms in Bahia, Brazil, totalling in 90 MW of capacity. The projects are part of a plan to promote wind power as a clean source of electricity in Brazil.

The contract was awarded based on three projects with formidable wind conditions, and a capacity factor of about 50%, which means the installed wind turbines could generate power for 4000 hours equivalent annually, or twice the capacity factor of European wind farms.

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Suzlon to deliver 30 MW of wind turbines to Altrade Group

September 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

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]

Gwynt y Mor substations to be built by Harland & Wolff

September 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

One of the largest offshore wind farms under development in the UK, Gwynt y Mor, is to have two offshore substation platforms. Siemens, one of the developers of the wind farm, has awarded the contract for building these platforms to Harland & Wolff (Northern Ireland, UK). The platforms are to be completed by June 2012.

Gwynt y Mor will have 576 MW of installed capacity, and is located off the northern coast of Wales. It is part of Round 2 projects, awarded by the Crown Estate, to RWE Innogy, Siemens Energy and SWM for development. Siemens Energy is providing and installing 160 turbines for the project.

[source: Harland & Wolff, image: Place Northwest]

Integrated Electrical Services building transmission line for Minnesota wind farm

September 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Wind | Comments (2)

Integrated Electrical Services (IES) has been awarded the contract to build a substation and transmission line for the Lakefield wind farm in Minnesota, USA, being developed by enXco (an EDF Energies Nouvelles company). The wind farm will feature 137 GW 1.5 MW wind turbines, amd IES' substation and line will be responsible for transporting a total of 205 MW to the power grid.

Power produced at the Lakefield wind farm is to be sold to Indianapolis Power & Light, and will account for about seven percent of the utility's power supply.

[source: IES]

SWAY creates SWAY Turbine – main focus on next gen 10 MW turbines

September 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

SWAY, the Norwegian wind energy developer and turbine manufacturer, has created a new business unit called Sway Turbine. The new company will deal primarily with the development of a the prototype for a new 10 MW offshore wind turbine, which will also make use of the company's concept of a floating foundation.

The CEO of SWAY Turbine will be Eystein Borgen, the founder of SWAY, to be replaced by Michael Forland, as the new CEO of SWAY.

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Greater Gabbard wind farm foundations all installed

September 1st, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) announced all the wind turbines foundations at the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm have been installed. This marks an important milestone on this project. A total of 140 foundations have been installed, and thirty wind turbines have already been erected.

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Fortum buys 40% stake in 250 MW wind farm in northern Sweden

September 1st, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

CGI representation of the future Blaiken wind farm.

Fortum has become a partner of Skellefteå Kraft on the Blaiken wind farm project, in northern Sweden. The two companies will form a JV called Blaiken Vind AB. The project is to have 100 wind turbines installed, totalling in 250 MW of installed capacity.

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Deere sells its renewables business unit to Exelon

September 1st, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Deere & Company announced the company has signed a definitive sale agreement with Exelon Generation Company under which Deere is selling its renewable energy business unit John Deere Renewables (JDR). JDR has a total of 735 MW of operational renewable energy capacity, in eight states, totalling in 36 projects.

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Iberdrola Renewables starts construction of 74 MW wind farm in New York

August 31st, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Iberdrola Renewables, US renewable energy subsidiary of Iberdrola, has recently begun construction of the Hardscrabble wind farm in New York. The wind farm is to have 74 MW of installed capacity once completed, and is located near the towns of Fairfield, Norway and Little Falls. The project represents an investment of about USD 200 million, and should be completed by the end of 2010.

Hardscrabble wind farm will feature 37 Gamesa wind turbines, made in Gamesa's manufacturing facilities in the US. Once completed, it will supply about 25,000 average New York State homes with clean electricity.

[source: Iberdrola Renewables]

Iberdrola developing 9 wind farms in Brazil

August 31st, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Iberdrola Renovables has been awarded a contract for developing nine wind farms in Brazil, totalling in 258 MW of installed capacity. The contract has been awarded after Iberdrola was announced as the winner of the tender by Agencia Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (Aneel).

Iberdrola Renovables will be developing the wind farms in a consortium with Neoenergia, a Brazilian holding company. Once completed, in January 2013, Iberdrola is to supply the Brazilian government with electricity generated at the wind farms for twenty years.

The tender awarded a total of 50 wind farm projects (about 1.5 GW), five hydroelectric plant projects (101 MW), and a biomass facility (64 MW), to a variety of operators.

[source: Iberdrola Renovables]

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