Blue Diamond Ventures pushes for 198 MW wind farm in Colorado

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Wind

Wind frequency graph for Sheep Mountain wind farm location in Colorado.

Blue Diamond Ventures (US) has completed a wind study, thus satisfying project financing requirements, for a proposed 198 MW wind farm in Huerfano County, Colorado, USA. The data from the study shows the Sheep Mountain site to have very strong winds, ranked as class 5.

The fact the study shows strong wind energy potential gives the company's equity partners a highel level of comfort for moving on with this project. The wind farm, if eventually built, represents an investmend of about USD 420 million, and involves the construction of about 68 miles (~100 km) of transmission lines in Southern Colorado.

[source: Blue Diamond Ventures]


REpower in contract for 74.8 MW wind farm in Germany

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Wind

REpower has entered into a contract with Denker & Wulf (Germany), under which REpower is to deliver 22 3.4M-104 units for installation at the Hohen Luckow wind farm in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Wind turbine installation is to be completed by summer 2012.

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Ocean Power Technologies connects first PB40 wave energy device to grid

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Hydro

Ocean Power Technologies announced it has made a successful first connection ever of its POwerBouy PB40 wave energy device to a power grid. The device was installed and connected to the power grid on Hawaii, at a US Marine Corps Base Hawaii. This project is part of a greater arrangement with the US Navy to develop and test the PowerBouy technology. The project initially began at the Office of Naval Research, but has progressed.

This PB40 device was initially deployed in December 2009, off the coast of Oahu, in about 100 feet of water (~33 meters). So far the device has completed more than 4400 hours of operation.

[source: Ocean Power Technologies]

GE forms JV with Harbin Electric for Chinese wind market

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Wind

GE has entered into a joint venture agreement with Harbin Electric, for manufacturing and supplying wind turbines to the Chinese wind energy market. GE has this way strengthened its prospects in this USD 13 billion industry segment in China. The move shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, as GE announced plans to expand in China earlier.

China is the fastest growing wind energy market in the world, and also the largest. The country has fairly recently announced a new ten year plan involving investments of about USD 737 billion, a big part of which is for renewable energy development.

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Hydro upgrading one of oldest hydropower systems in Norway

September 27th, 2010 | Posted in Hydro

Old turbines at the Vemork hydropower plant.

Hydro is going to invest NOK 850 million (~ EUR 102) into upgrading one of the oldest hydropower systems in Norway – the Rjukan hydropower system in Telemark, southeast Norway.

The Rjukan hydropower system is made up of five power plants – Frøystul, Vemork, Såheim, Moflåt and Mæl, which combined produce about 3 TWh of electrical energy annually. This represents about 30% of Hydro's total annual energy production from hydro energy sources.

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enXco completes Linden wind farm

September 27th, 2010 | Posted in Wind

enXco, part of EDF Energies Nouvelles, announced the final completion of the Linden wind project, in Washington, USA. Linden wind farm has 50 MW of installed capacity, and has been developed by enXco and Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA).

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Abener and Teyma begin work at Hassi R'Mel hybrid solar plant in Algeria

September 27th, 2010 | Posted in Solar

Abener and Teyma, both owned by the Abengoa Group, have started work on the Hassi R'Mel hybrid solar power plant in central Algeria. The plant is located near Hassi R'Mel, the largest natural gas reserve in Africa. The power plant will eventually produce 150 MW of power, with 25% of that coming from solar power generation.

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GE and Newcom to jointly explore opportunities in Mongolia

September 27th, 2010 | Posted in General Wind

GE and Newcom (privately held, Mongolia) have announced the two companies will jointly explore business opportunities in Mongolia, regarded to be one of the fastest growing markets in Asia, and also recognized as a region having very rich resources.

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Gamesa to provide O&M for 21 wind farms in France and Germany

September 27th, 2010 | Posted in Wind

Gamesa has been awarded an O&M contract for 21 wind farms located in France and Germany from Iberdrola Renovables. The total capacity of all these projects combined is 163 MW. Eighteen of the projects are located in France, while the remaining three are in Germany.

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PNE Wind completes Elze wind farm – hands it over to EnBW

September 27th, 2010 | Posted in Wind

PNE Wind announced the completion of the Elze wind farm, located in Lower Saxony, Germany. The wind farm features four Enercon E53 3.2 MW wind turbines, and has 12.8 MW of installed capacity.

Elze wind farm is just on of seven in total, which the company is to construct for EnBW, Four of these wind farms have been completed, and another one also with 12 MW of capacity is under construction.

[source: PNE Wind]

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