Category: Wind


Iberdrola Renovables and Neoenergia to develop wind farms in Brazil

August 17th, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Río do Fogo wind farm in Brazil.

Iberdola Renovables and Neoenergia, a Brazilian energy holding company, partly owned by Iberdrola Group, have signed an MoU vowing to explore joint venture development of wind energy projects in Brazil. These projects would include both onshore and offshore wind farms.

The future joint venture will be equally owned by both companies, and will bid on tenders issued by Agencia Nacional de Energía Eléctrica, Brazil's state energy agency. These will include the 2010 Reserve Energy and A-3 2010 programs. Currently, Iberdrola Renovables owns and operates one wind farm in Brazil, with 49 MW of installed capacity.

[source: Iberdrola Renovables]


Scotland in talks with Statoil for first commercial floating wind farm

August 17th, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Scottish Minister Alex Salmond met with Statoil representatives, during his ongoing visit to Norway, to discuss the possibility of developing the world's first commercial flaoting wind farm in Scotland. Statoil has already showed us the concept is feasible with its Hywind project, located off the coast of Norway, floating over the seabed 200 meters below.

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Gurit strengthens position in Chinese market with new range of foam products for turbine blades

August 16th, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Gurit announced a new range of foam products aimed at the wind energy industry. The PVCell G-Foam family of products is used in the manufacture of wind turbine blades, as a core material, used widely in the Chinese wind energy industry. At the moment, wind turbine blades are either made of fiberglass, with a hollow structure, or are made using a light material as the core of the blades (PVC foam, etc), surrounded by a more rigid outer shell. The product family was developed and produced at the company's subsidiary in Qingdao, China.

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Vestas to deliver 74 MW of wind turbines to "important Chinese customer"

August 16th, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

A "major" Chinese independent power producer placed an order with Vestas for a total of 74 MW of wind turbines. The ordered units are V90-2.0 MW models, and are most likely aimed for wind energy projects in the coastal region of the Shandong province, China.

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Corus planning to manufacture wind turbine steel foundations in Teesside

August 16th, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Corus, one of the largest steel producers in Europe, announced recently the company is planning to manufacture wind turbine steel jackets, and has chosen Teesside to be the location of the company's new manufacturing facility. With the growth of the offshore wind energy industry, the company is anticipating higher demand for steel foundations, which are used to tie the wind turbine down to the seabed.

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Study says Europe's offshore wind sector needs 2200+ divers

August 13th, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

According to a study released a couple of days ago, more than 2200 commercial divers are needed for the offshore wind energy sector in Europe, if this sector is going to proceed with the planned expansion of offshore wind capacity. The projected number corresponds to a period of the next six years.

The study/report was commissioned by the subsea training provider – The Underwater Centre – in Fort William, Scotland. It was carried out by analyst company Douglas Westwood, which focused on the installation and maintenance activities involved in offshore wind projects, over the next six years.

According to the findings, 1700 divers will be needed during the installation phase which is to bring 17.7 GW of new capacity online. The report emphasizes 2013 as the year of peak demand when about 500 divers will be needed mostly in the UK and Germany.

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Vestas starts selling V112 unit – bags 420 MW order from Australia

August 12th, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Vestas started selling its V112-3.0 MW wind turbine for both onshore and offshore applications, and alsmost immediately bagged an order for 140 units (420 MW) from AGL Energy Limited and Meridian, for a wind farm project in Australia.

The Macarthur wind farm will have 420 MW of installed capacity, and is to be located Victoria, Australia. Vestas is to supply the turbines, installed them and commission them, as well as provide service and maintenance for ten years. As usual, the company is to deliver its VestasOnline Business SCADA solution. The first units are to start arriving at the wind farm site in Q3 2011, while the whole project is to be completed in H1 2013.

[source: Vestas]

Costa Rica building wind farm in Central Valley

August 12th, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Costa Rica has begun development of a wind farm in the country's Central valley, which is the part of the country with three of the most populated cities. The project has a USD 45 million value, and is expected to begin commercial operation in August 2012. All power will be sold and distributed through the state run National Power and Light Company.

Once completed, the new wind farm will be able to generate enough clean electricity for supplying about 6000 average homes in the area. Even though, Costa Rica has several smaller wind energy projects under way in the northern parts of the country, this is the first major wind project in the country's most urban central area. About 93% of consumed electricity in Costa Rica comes from hydropower sources, while 7% comes from thermal energy facilities, using fossil fuels.

[source: Terra.com (in Spanish), image: CostaRicaFrog]

Siemens starting North American wind production operations by the end of 2010

August 10th, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Having signed several major deals in the past months, such as the 600 MW combined capacity deal with Samsung C&T for wind energy projects in Ontario, Canada, or the latest wind turbine supply deal for 227 MW of capacity for the Crossroads wind farm in Oklahoma, Siemens is concentrating its manufacturing operations on the North American continent in order to be able to answer the growing demand for its products in this wind energy market. The company is planning to start operations at two North American manufacturing facilities by the end of 2010 – the nacelle manufacturing facility in Hutchinson, Kansas, and the blade manufacturing facility in Canada.

[source: Siemens]

Enel Green Power starts operation at wind farm in France

August 10th, 2010 | Posted in Wind | No Comments

Enel Green Power announced the start of commercial power generation at the company's latest wind farm in France, the 24 MW Haut-de-Conge wind farm, located in the Champagne-Ardenne region.

Power generated at the new wind farm will be enough to supply some 15,000 average households with clean electricity. This is the second largest wind energy project for Enel Green Power in France, increasing the company's total installed wind capacity in France to 92 MW. An additional 64 MW of wind capacity is currently under construction.

[source: Enel Green Power]

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