Category: Regions


LDK Solar to supply 15.8 MW of modules to Gestamp Solar

June 25th, 2010 | Posted in Solar

LDK Solar has entered into a supply contract under which the solar module manufacturer is to deliver 15.8 MW of solar modules to the Spanish company Gestamp Asetym Solar, a subsidiary of the Gestamp Corporation. The delivery of the solar modules is scheduled for Q3 this year.

Gestamp Solar is involved in vertical integration of all the facilities needed for solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy projects. The company does design, development, manufacture and construction, operation and maintenance. It is mostly present in Italy, Spain, France, India, USA and South Africa.

[source: LDK Solar]


Vestas to deliver 142 MW of wind turbines to Capital Power's wind farm in British Columbia

June 24th, 2010 | Posted in Wind

Capital Power Corporation has ordered 142 MW of wind turbines from Vestas for the company's wind farm projects in British Columbia, Canada. Vestas is to deliver 44 V100-1.8 MW units and 35 V90-1.8 MW units to Capital Power for the proposed Quality Wind Project. The wind farm is to be completed and commissioned in 2012. Vestas will also provide service and maintenance for the installed wind turbines over a period of ten years.

Along with the Quality Wind Project order, Capita Power has placed another, optional order for 375 MW of wind turbines to be comprised of 58 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines and 105 MW for Port Dover and Nanticoke Wind Project (Ontario), and 150 V90-1.8 MW units for the 270 MW Kingsbridge II wind farm, also in Ontario. These two projects are still waiting for provincial regulatory and environmental approval before the order would be official. With these two projects, Vestas could be delivering a total of 287 wind turbines to Capital Power, making this a major deal for the Danish manufacturer.

[source: Vestas]

Radius Gold awarded geothermal development license in Guatemala

June 24th, 2010 | Posted in Geothermal

Radius Gold announced the company has been granted a geothermal license in Guatemala. The license allows the company to pursue geothermal assessment and development on a total of a little more than 200,000 hectares of land.

Radisu Gold has originally been involved in mining gold in Guatemala, but the company noticed the presence of hot springs near and at the gold mining sites, indicating hydrothermal activity in these areas. With the increasing trend of clean energy development, the company decided to pursue a more specific strategy and move towards geothermal energy exploitation.

Most of power generation in Guatemala is currently from hydro energy sources, gas turbines and diesel generators, but also geothermal energy in the latter years (only 3% of the total power generating capacity in the country though). According to a published study, it is estimated that this Latin American country holds anywhere from 800 to 4000 MW of geothermal power generating capacity. It is most likely however, that about 1000 MW is technically feasible.

Radius Gold is using its accumulated experience over the past ten years, and the knowledge of Guatemalan geology to assess geothermal energy exploitation opportunities, as well as parallely pursuing mineral mining opportunities. Apart from this latest geothermal license grant, the company is waiting to receive an answer for another six applications for geothermal exploration activities.

[source: Radius Gold]

DONG Energy is officially building Anholt – Siemens supplying the turbines

June 24th, 2010 | Posted in Wind

Location of the Anholt Wind Farm.

DONG Energy has officially been awarded the concession to build and develop the Anholt offshore wind farm in Danish waters. The company recently submitted the application for the project to Danish Energy Agency. The wind farm will have 400 MW of installed capacity once completed, and will supply an estimated 400,000 average Danish households with clean electricity. The project represents an investment of about DKK 10 billion (about EUR 1 billion), and will be the world's largest offshore wind farm, twice as big as the current record holder, the Horns Rev 2 (209 MW), at least until the London Array's first phase is completed (600 MW).

DONG Energy has chosen Siemens to be the supplier of the wind turbines. More precisely, the German wind turbine manufacturer will supply DONG Energy with 111 wind turbines, each with 3.6 MW of capacity. The 3.6 MW machine is touted by Siemens to be the world's most popular offshore wind turbine. The wind farm is to have the first units installed and exporting power to the grid by the end of 2012, while the entire wind farm must be completed by the end of 2013, or the company will face penalties and reduced tariff income.

[source: DONG Energy and Siemens]

OPEC investing in renewable energy projects around the world

June 24th, 2010 | Posted in General

The OPEC has decided to invest in renewable energy project development around the world. A total of USD 170 million will be invested in 14 projects in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. According to Central America Data, about 20% of the total amount is to be invested in Latin American countries. Some of the countries are Colombia (USD 30 million), Cuba (USD 12 million), the Dominican Republic (USD 5 million) and Nicaragua (USD 4 million).

There are no details about which renewable energy technologies will be developed, but judging from the recent developments in Latin American countries, wind and hydro are the most likely. We couldn't verify this bit of news with OPEC yet, so take this with a little salt (that's why we have the Rumors category ;) ).

[source: Central America Data]

Brittania design team head foresees much bigger wind turbines in the future

June 24th, 2010 | Posted in Wind

The head of the design team working on the largest ever wind turbine, the 10 MW Brittania (Clipper Wind), Bill Grainger foresees even bigger wind turbines in the future. According to Grainger, there are basically no technical obstacles for making such a large wind turbine. The Brittania, which is to have a rotor diameter of 400 feet, and reach the highest point at 573 feet above sea level, is to be completed some time within the next two years.

One of the issues with huge wind turbines that Grainger pointed out to The Engineer magazine recently, is dealing with power generation failure when a 20 MW wind turbine, for example, suddenly drops out of the power grid. This may present a large problem for grid operators, because they will have to compensate for relatively large amounts of power suddenly missing from the system. In defense of the big turbines, Grainger points out that in a similar fashion, we could be worried about a whole average wind farm cutting out, which would mean about 300 MW of power suddenly missing from the grid, but this is not an issue that can't be overcome with further research and advancement in smart grid technology.

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SeaJacks in contract to build vessel for Lamprell Energy

June 23rd, 2010 | Posted in General Wind

Offshore support vessel builder, SeaJacks International, has entered into a contract to build SeaJacks Zaratan, a support vessel, for Lamprell Energy. The vessel is to be a self-propelled jack-up designed to specifically service the offshore wind industry in the North Sea environment. The vessel will, however, be able to offer service and support for the offshore oil and gas industry as well.

The new vessel will be a modified version of the MSC NG5500 ship, incorporating the DP2 propulsion system, crew space for 90 people, and an 800 ton carrying capacity encircling crane. The vessel is capable of installing wind turbines at water depths of up to 55 meters. Zaratan is scheduled for delivery in Q2 2012. Under the contract, SeaJacks has an option to build another vessel for Lamprell Energy.

[source: SeaJacks International]

Aquamarine Power lands a further GBP 6 million for Oyster research

June 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Hydro

Upon revealing the design of the new Oyster 2 device, Aquamarine Power has received another GBP 6 million of funding. This funding will be used to proceed with the next phases of the Oyster 2 project – the manufacture of the device and installation in Scottish waters, later this year.

Oyster 2 is an improvement over the original Oyster 1 design in many ways. The new device offers a 250% increase in power output, with only a 50% increase in footprint. The prototype installation will consist of three flaps, each with 800 kW of power output. The 2.4 MW installation will be powering a hydropower turbine on the shore at EMEC in summer 2011.

[source: Aquamarine Power]

Enel and RusHydro sign MoU for energy development cooperation

June 22nd, 2010 | Posted in General Hydro

Enel and RusHydro, Russia's largest hydropower developer, have signed a memorandum of understanding which represents the first step towards cooperation in the power sector between the two companies. Apart from pursuing opportunities in the power retail business, Enel and RusHydro will collaborate in analyzing commercial and investment opportunities in renewable energy in Russia. The two companies will exchange R&D, innovation and scientific research on the power industry.

So far, Russia's renewable energy sector has mostly been comprised of hydropower. The country's enormous hydro energy potential dictated the development of hydropower plants over the past decades. Apart from hydropower, Russia may have opportunities in biomass energy, solar, and wind, that could prove to be quite lucrative.

[source: Enel]

ZF to supply wind turbine gear boxes to Vestas

June 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Wind

ZF has signed a supply contract with Vestas under which ZF is to supply the wind turbine manufacturer with gear boxes. The new gear boxes are to be manufactured in ZF's facility in Gainsville, Georgia (USA), and first deliveries are to begin in 2012. The manufacturing facility will eventually be capable of producing 2000 gear boxes annually, to accommodate the growing wind energy industry.

ZF has plans to achieve annual sales reaching about USD 200 million. This deal with Vestas will certainly help the company get there. ZF is investing about USD 90 million into the new manufacturing facility in Georgia.

[source: ZF, image: ZF]

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