Wind Power News

RSS

Frost + Sullivan Predicts New Servicing Opportunities Due to Installation of Wind Turbines

During the 2008 – 2009 economic melt down world over large scale wind turbines with 1 MW or more production capability were preferred.

30 Aug 2010

TPI Composites Announces Plans for Wind Energy Center in Massachusetts

TPI Composites, Inc., a wind turbine blades supplier, plans to start an innovation center for wind turbine blades at Fall River, Massachusetts which will support the manufacturing facilities of TPI Composites across the world.

30 Aug 2010

Vestas Bags 40 MW Wind Energy Contract from CLP

Vestas has obtained a wind turbine order from CLP for 24 units of V82-1.65 MW capacity wind turbines meant for the first phase of the Harpanahalli Wind Farm project in Karnataka State, India.

30 Aug 2010

Finavera Joins SSE Towards Developing Wind Energy Project in Ireland

Finavera Renewables Inc. has sold majority interest of its Gate 3 grid-connection from Eirgrid to Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) for €8.4 million.

27 Aug 2010

China Wind Systems Awarded Contract for Forged Rolled Rings Supply

China Wind Systems, Inc has received a contract worth $4.5 million towards the supply of forged rolled rings for a component producer of wind energy named Luoyang Xin Qiang Lian Bearing Co Ltd.

27 Aug 2010

Avon City is Slated to Usher in Wind Energy

The Service Committee of the Avon City Council has been discussing the possibility of bringing in wind energy into the city.

27 Aug 2010

Grouse Mountain and BC Hydro Reach Accord on Utilizing the Produced Wind Power

Earlier, BC Hydro insisted on Grouse Mountain to install suitable system to monitor the power output from the wind turbine for any variations and close down the operations of the wind turbine during such eventualities, also the utility wanted the wind turbine company to install suitable arrangements to prevent direct flow of produced energy into the grid of the utility.

26 Aug 2010

China Aiming to Become the Leader in World Wind Power Market

China with its highest population of 1.3 billion people and its economy valued at $1.33 trillion went past Japan during the second quarter of 2010 whose economic value stood at about $1.28 trillion and now China stands only next to USA.

26 Aug 2010

Barlovento Uses Second Wind’s Triton Technology for Wind Resource Assessments

Barlovento Recursos Naturales (Barlovento), a Spain-based MEASNET accredited-laboratory and wind consultancy, is utilizing the Triton remote sensing systems of Second Wind to conduct assessment of wind resources on sites in Romania and Spain.

25 Aug 2010

AMSC Receives Orders for 17 Wind Turbine Electrical Control Systems

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, today announced that it has received an initial order for 17 wind turbine electrical control systems from Inox Wind Limited (IWL), part of India’s Inox Group of Companies.

24 Aug 2010