Iberdrola Renewables and AREVA will bid for two of the five offshore wind farm zones that will be launched by the French Government in July.
29 June 2011Kari Williamson
DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables have agreed to construct the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the UK under a 50/50 partnership.
29 June 2011Omkar Khalap
The cement kiln route is the most sustainable solution for waste management of glass fibre reinforced thermoset parts and is compliant with EU legislation,
28 June 2011Amanda Jacob
A wind turbine nacelle testing facility is planned for 2014 in Bremerhaven, Germany, with backing from Federal and state governments.
28 June 2011Kari Williamson
Svitzer UK and Sanderson Maritime have launched an offshore ‘hotel’ concept for accommodation for the offshore renewable sector.
27 June 2011Kari Williamson
Gamesa has secured a site for its Offshore Wind Technology Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, which could see the creation of 40 jobs.
27 June 2011Kari Williamson
The first foundation at 295 MW Thornton Bank 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium has been installed.
27 June 2011Kari Williamson
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27 June 2011Amanda Jacob
WinWinD is investing €8 million to develop a 3 MW arctic wind turbine as part of a European consortium.
24 June 2011Kari Williamson
WinWinD will supply, commission and operate a 250 MW wind farm in India under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Suryachakra Green Power.
24 June 2011Kari Williamson
REpower Systems SE will deliver 13 of its 3.4M104 wind turbines to Alerion CleanPower SpA for the 44 MW San Marco in Lamis wind farm in Italy.
23 June 2011Kari Williamson
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20 June 2011Amanda Jacob
GE will supply 40 of its 2.5 MW wind turbines for four wind farms in Laholm, Boxholm and Mjölby in Southern Sweden for Stena Renewable Wind Energy Company
17 June 2011Kari Williamson
Siemens plans to invest over €150 million over the next two years to expand its wind power business.
16 June 2011Kari Williamson
The new LM Wind Power blade will be the longest composite blade structure in the world at 73.5 m (equivalent to a 24 storey building), creating an impressi
16 June 2011Amanda Jacob
Wind power could avoid €23.7 billion in fuel costs from coal, gas and oil for electricity production in 2015, according to the European Wind Energy Associa
15 June 2011Kari Williamson
Alstom will build and service three wind farms in Brazil for Brasventos SA under a €200 million contract.
14 June 2011Kari Williamson
SWAY, which is planning to develop a 10 MW floating offshore wind turbine, has installed its first prototype off the coast of Bergen, Norway.
13 June 2011Kari Williamson
Vestas is confirming negotiations on a 300 MW wind turbine order for Canada.
10 June 2011Kari Williamson
Gamesa is selling a 30 MW wind farm development in Tarragona, Spain, to wind farm developer Greentech Energy Systems.
10 June 2011Kari Williamson
Energetx Composites of the USA and wind turbine blade designer Aeroblade of Spain have entered into a Manufacturing Master Supply Agreement through which E
9 June 2011Amanda Jacob
Siemens has installed the first prototype of its 6 MW offshore wind turbine, the SWT-6.0-120, with direct drive technology.
9 June 2011Kari Williamson
Hexcel has announced that its test laboratory at Duxford, Cambridge, UK, has been certified by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) for the mechanical and analytical te
9 June 2011Amanda Jacob
REpower saw a 4% drop in net income for the fiscal year 2010/2011 to €55.6 million, which has been a tough year for the wind power industry.
7 June 2011Kari Williamson
Wind turbine prices will continue to drop as a result of persisent problems in the supply chain, according to a new report.
7 June 2011Isabella Kaminski
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6 June 2011Amanda Jacob
Ashland Performance Materials will showcase its portfolio of wind energy products at the Offshore Wind China 2011 in Shanghai this month.
3 June 2011Amanda Jacob
Evance Wind Turbines’ R9000 5 kW small wind turbine has been granted Conditional Temporary Certification (Conditional Certification) by the Small Wind Cert
3 June 2011Kari Williamson
On 15 June 2011, 'Global Wind Day', citizens from around the world can discover the benefits of wind energy while having fun, says the Global Wind Energy C
2 June 2011GWEC
Gamesa has inaugurated its fifth factory, which will assemble 2 MW nacelles for the G9X wind turbine range with an annual capacity of 500 MW, in China in t
1 June 2011Kari Williamson