Vestas has confirmed the company has signed a conditional contract with Northwind NV for 216 MW of offshore wind turbines, to be installed at an offshore wind farm being developed off the coast of Belgium.
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Vestas in conditional contract with Northwind NV for 216 MW offshore project
January 19th, 2012 | Posted in WindGamesa to deliver another 50 MW to Longyuan for project in China
January 19th, 2012 | Posted in Wind
Gamesa has signed an agreement with Longyuan for another 50 MW of wind turbines for a project in Ningxia. The newly ordered 50 MW are to be delivered and installed in June 2012. Previously, Longyuan ordered 50 MW of the same units, the G97-2.0 MW.
DONG Energy starts construction of Anholt offshore wind farm
January 18th, 2012 | Posted in Wind
DONG Energy announced in the summer of 2010 the company is going to build the Anholt offshore wind farm off the coast of Denmark. Siemens was chosen as the supplier of the wind turbines for the project, and will deliver 111 of its 3.6 MW offshore units. The project has now officially entered construction, on January 13.
China building 300 MW offshore wind farm in Hebei province
January 18th, 2012 | Posted in Wind
As reported by Xinhua, the Chinese news agency, China is planning to build a 300 MW offshore wind farm in near the norther coast of its Hebei province. This will be the largest offshore wind project to be built in China so far, with a total investment of about USD 913 million.
REpower delivering 73 wind turbines to US East Coast developer
January 17th, 2012 | Posted in Wind
REpower has concluded a contract for the supply of a total of 73 wind turbines, MM92 units. The combined capacity of all the units is 150 MW, to be installed at a project in Oklahoma. The company was assisted by Suzlon Wind Energy as a sales agent.
Acciona supplying 189 MW of units to NaturEner for US wind project
January 17th, 2012 | Posted in Wind
Acciona has entered into a supply contract with NaturEner for the supply of 126 AW77-1500 wind turbines, totalling in 189 MW of capacity. The ordered turbines will be installed at the Rim Rock wind farm in Montana, USA. Apart from the delivery and installation of the turbines, Acciona will also commission the units, and provide service and maintenance for seven years.
Vestas reorganizes to reduce fixed costs – braces for industry slow down
January 16th, 2012 | Posted in General Wind
Vestas announced a reorganization of the company's activities in order to reduce fixed costs by more than EUR 150 million, which is to reach full effect near the end of 2012. Most of the cost cutting measures include streamlining of support functions in the company, but also through closing of factories in accordance with the state of demand in the wind energy market in the coming months.
French offshore wind development bidding starts
January 16th, 2012 | Posted in Wind
The bidding process for offshore wind development concessions in France has started as all the major consortiums announced the submission of their bids. A total of 3000 MW of development concession are to be awarded in this round. Several major offshore wind and energy companies have formed consortiums for this purpose, including companies such as GDF Suez, EDF Energies Nouvelles, Alstom, Areva, Iberdrola Renovables and DONG Energy.
AWS Truepower joins Duke Energy and partners for Carolinas offshore wind study
January 16th, 2012 | Posted in Wind
AWS Truepower has been chosen as one of the partners to be involved in the Carolinas Offshore Wind Integration Case Study (COWICS), funded by the US Department of Interior. The company's partners on this project are Duke Energy, ABB and the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), as well as the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC). The purpose of
the study is to assess the benefits and challenges associated with the development of offshore wind capacity near the coasts of North and South Carolina. The US DoI will regard the results of this study as critical for making policy and commercial descisions having to do with offshore wind development.
Gamesa opening blade factory in India
January 16th, 2012 | Posted in Wind
Gamesa is pursuing its growth strategy further with the establishment of a new blade manufacturing operation in India, the
company's first in this Asian wind energy market. The new blade factory represents an investment of EUR 60 million, and is a direct consequence of the growing wind energy market in India.
