Siemens Energy today launched its new SWT-3.0-101 Direct Drive wind turbine for sale at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition in Warsaw. The new SWT-3.0.101 with a rated power of 3MW offers innovation through a completely new Direct Drive concept introducing a permanent magnet generator. With half the parts of a conventional geared wind …
A potential stumbling block to plans to build an array of 924 offshore wind turbines in the Greater Wash area off the coast of East Anglia has been overcome, thanks to an advanced radar system developed by US defence contractor Lockheed Martin. Under an agreement between the developers of the wind farm project and the …
Sweden’s Enterprise and Energy Minister Maud Olofsson has announced that his country will build 2000 new wind turbines over the next 10 years. The turbines will generate an estimated 10TWh annually.
The country is looking to produce 50 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, up from the current 20 per cent. …
General Electric Co (GE) has said that it expects industry-wide sales of land-based wind turbines to amount to US$130bn in the next two years.
According to Victor Abate, who is in charge of the company’s renewable energy unit, the growth is expected to be concentrated in Canada and Latin America, with CAGRs of 40 and …
The Rudd government’s decision to exclude solar panels and water heaters from Australia’s large-scale renewable market has been welcomed by Pacific Hydro and AGL, who had put on hold wind farm projects worth over AUD6bn. Their decision, which was made as a result of the price of renewable energy certificates dropping from AUD60/MWh to around …
Sway, a Norwegian company, is looking to build the world’s most powerful wind turbine. Standing 162.5 metres tall, with a rotor diameter of 145 metres, the 10MW prototype is intended for offshore use, but will first undergo land-based trails in Oeygarden in the southwest of the country for two years. It is expected to feature …
GE has announced that it has won a US$1.4bn contract to supply wind turbines and services for am 845MW wind farm project in Oregon, from independent power producer, Caithness Energy. This is the first time that GE’s 2.5xl wind turbines will be deployed in the US and with 338 turbines to be installed between 2011 …
A US wind-turbine technology start-up company, FloDesign, which is researching an innovative new wind turbine design based on jet engine technology, which could be three to four times more efficient than conventional designs, has secured US$34.5m in funding, to help bring the design to market.
The funding round was led by the firm’s original investor, venture …
The latest figures calculated by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) predict that Germany will maintain its lead at the top of the European wind energy table in 2020 with a total installed capacity of up to 52,000MW. The majority of this figure, 42,000MW will be located onshore. However, offshore wind farms are set to …
Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, has reported receiving a series of new orders, suggesting that it is seeing a reversal of fortunes after a rocky 2009. It announced an order from Germany company Nordwind Handels GmbH & Co for 40 V90 2MW turbines for installation in the east of the country and the …
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