Latest Wind Power company news
Until now offshore wind turbines have had to be firmly rooted on the seabed with large and costly subsea structures. Things are changing, however, with the advent of Statoil’s innovative new offshore floating Hywind wind turbine, the first of which is now successfully moored in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast. The Hywind turbine incorporates Trelleborg’s syntactic foam (hollow glass microspheres embedded in a binder) buoyancy technology.
To reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, governm... [more]
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) has installed 24 DNA-shaped vertical-axis turbines on its roof. Not only is this the first medical research facility to leverage the technology, it is also believed to be the largest rooftop installation of wind turbines in the world.
This project is significant for a number of reasons, but primarily because it is the first large-scale rooftop installation of wind turbines, serving as a prototype for the industry. They are 19-foot-tall verti... [more]
Holmen and E.ON have signed an agreement to jointly erect wind turbines in three different areas, primarily located on Holmen’s land and all identified as suitable by Örnsköldsvik Municipality. Annual production will be an estimated 330 GWh from around 70 wind turbines.
The ambition is to also sign agreements with private landowners in these areas. The aim is to have all the turbines in place by 2015. The investment decision will be taken in 2013 at the earliest.
The partnership is based... [more]
Hindustan Zinc Limited has announced an addition of 150 MW capacity to its existing Wind Power generation capacity of around 125 MW. The project spans the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
In line with existing wind power sales, the additional power generated will also be sold to the respective State grids. The Company perceives wind power generation as a financially and environmentally viable solution for meeting India’s rapidly growing energy requirements.
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China, already the world’s largest wind turbine sales territory, is projected to grow an additional 500 percent as the country’s installed wind capacity increases from the 2009 level of 25 gigawatts to 150 gigawatts by 2020.
GE has announced a joint venture with Harbin Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (HEC), a subsidiary of Harbin Power Equipment Co., Ltd. (HPEC), to manufacture and supply wind turbines to its customers in China. The deal enhances GE’s ability to compete in China’s $13 billion w... [more]
Saint-Laurent Énergies is owned by two long-standing companies in the renewable energy industry: EDF Énergies Nouvelles and RES Canada Inc. In May 2008, the two companies were selected by Hydro-Québec to develop five wind farms totaling 954 MW of capacity. Saint-Laurent Énergies was created shortly afterwards to develop, supervise construction and the operation of the wind farms.
Saint-Laurent Énergies has now obtained an Order in Council from the Government of Quebec for the construction and... [more]
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