China Ming Yang Wind Power Group (MY) has signed EPC contracts for a total of 125 MW of wind power in Bulgaria. The contract was signed with W. Power EOOD and A1 Development EOOD. MY has already shipped the first batch of 1.5 MW units for the first 4.5 MW pilot project being developed in Somovit.
E.ON and Enviva have entered into a wood pellet supply agreement. Enviva is to supply E.ON with 240,000 metric tons of pellets annually, for several years. The contract is to begin in 2013.
Iberdrola has awarded a maintenance agreement to Tamoin Energías Renovables for a total of 600 MW of wind capacity installed in Spain. Tamoin Energías Renovables will be responsible for maintaining operation of 736 wind turbines, installed at 24 wind farm in the provinces of Orense, Zamora, Salamanca, Toledo, Cuenca, Albacete and Murcia.
GDF Suez is continuing its expansion in the wind energy markets in East Europe with the development of two new wind farms in Romania and Poland, totalling in 100 MW of new wind capacity.
Abengoa and JGC Corporation have announed the start of commercial operation of the Solacor 1 concentrated solar power project, part of the El Carpio Solar Complex, in Cordoba, Spain. Solacor 1 features more than 60 thousand mirrors, generating enough power to supply about 26,000 average homes.
Yingli Green Energy (aka Yingli Solar) has entered into a supply agreement with IBC Solar AG. The company is to supply a total of 200 MW of PV modules, of which 180 MW will be multi-crystalline and mono-crystalling Panda PV modules, during 2012, while the remaining 20 MW are left as an option. The solar modules are to be installed at various projects in Germany and other European countries, but also at other solar projects worldwide.
[source: Yingli Green Energy]
Gamesa and Santa Maria (joint venture between two Grupo Ortiz companies) have signed an agreement under which Gamesa is to deliver, install and commission 25 G97-2.0 MW units at the Santa Maria de Nieva wind farm in Almeria, Spain.
Vestas received an order for 30 MW of wind turbines from TuuliWatti Oy, a Finnish wind energy developer. This is the third order from this customer within the past 12 months. This time, Vestas is to deliver 10 units, which are to be installed at the Tervola wind farm.
Iberdrola Renovables has begun construction of the Sierra de las Cabras wind farm, near Jumilla, Spain. The wind farm is to have 22 MW of installed capacity, featuring 11 Gamesa G97 2 MW units.
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change recently announced it has named the South West as the region to host the country's first Marine Energy Park. The South West Marine Energy Park will cover an area from Bristol to Cornwall, and will reach further out to the Isles of Scilly. The initiative will bring together various entities including the national and local government, Local Enterprise Partnerships, University of Plymouth and University of Exeter, but also the industry including the Wave Hub (South West RDA).
