Latest Wind Power product news
Natural Power has just been appointed to provide Commercial Back Office Support Services on Hall Wind Farm for renewable energy development company RidgeWind. The service will see Natural Power delivering financial and commercial administration services during the construction phase of the wind farm, which is due to begin on 16th January 2012. Hall Wind Farm is located approximately 5.5km north of Beverley and 14km west of Hornsea and is set to comprise of 12 x 2.05MW turbines with a maximum ins... [more]
Natural Power's ZephIR 300 – a lidar system for measuring wind speed and characteristics from ground level up to 200 metres - has been tested in LM Windpower’s wind tunnel in Denmark and successfully measured wind speeds from 5m/s to 75 m/s with an averaged difference of just 0.4% for a sustained period of time and across all measured speeds.
Natural Power has demonstrated matched performance of its continuous wave wind lidar, ZephIR, to a calibrated wind tunnel as part of a Danish National ... [more]
Constellation Energy has officially opened the 70MW Criterion Wind Project. It is the first wind facility to be built and operated in Maryland, and consists of 28 wind turbines constructed over an eight-mile stretch along Backbone Mountain in Garrett County. The facility will produce enough renewable energy to meet the electricity needs of approximately 23,000 households.
Criterion Wind began commercial operation in December 2010. The facility produces energy that is sent to electric transmis... [more]
The 162 megawatt Colorado Green Wind Power Project is a joint venture of Iberdrola Renewables and Shell Energy. Located 20 miles south of the Town of Lamar, it was developed to help meet Colorado’s demand for renewable electricity. The project utilizes 108 General Electric 1.5 MW wind turbines and is owned by Iberdrola Renewables and Shell WindEnergy Inc. in a 50/50 joint venture. According to American Wind Energy Association calculations, the project provides enough renewable electricity to ser... [more]
The Cedro Hill wind project located in Bruni, about 45 miles northeast of Laredo, Texas is Edison Mission Group (EMG)'s third wind energy project in Texas, joining the 161-MW Wildorado Wind Ranch near Amarillo and the 149-MW Goat Wind project near San Angelo. EMG is one of the largest developers, owners and operators of wind energy in the country with 29 projects in 10 states with a total generating capacity of more than 1,800 MW.
EMG has officially dedicated its Cedro Hill wind project. The ... [more]
Last week Scotland’s Energy Minister Jim Mather openend Crystal Rig II. Consented on the 25th July 2005 and consisting of 60 Siemens 2.3MW turbines representing a total capacity of 138MW, the Crystal Rig wind farm is one of the largest onshore wind farms in the UK. The wind farm is connected directly in to the high voltage line running through the site and represents almost 10% of Scotland’s operational wind capacity (as of August 2010).
The site takes Fred.Olsen Renewables wind portfolio up ... [more]
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