Brazil’s working to integrate more clean, renewable wind power and renewable energy sources into the national grid, and Eolcias do Sul is turning to ABB for supporting infrastructure. The contract award follows in the wake of Brazil’s development bank effectively locking out five of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers from the market for failing to meet local content requirements.
The Senate Finance Committee’s reviving a one-year extension of the federal wind energy tax credit has opponents and supporters lobbying hard. At stake are billions of dollar of wind power projects, equipment sales, and green job creation. […]
Vestas will provide 24 megawatts of new wind power for Lisheen, Ireland. Bord Gais, the local state-owned energy utility has placed the order for 12 V90-2.0 MW turbines from the wind energy giant, according to a recent statement.
As you must now, IKEA is no stranger to renewable energy. It seems to have several renewable energy projects going up month after month. The latest news is that it’s investing in 30 V90-3.0 MW turbines from Vestas. This is reportedly IKEA’s biggest wind power invest yet. The turbines are … [continued]
Vestas recently won a 216-megawatt (MW) order for the Northwind Offshore wind farm in Belgium. The farm is set to be built off the coast of Zeebrugge, on Lodewijkbank. According to the press release, the 216-MW order will include supplying and installing 72 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines for the project, … [continued]
Some top wind energy stories from around (other than our own): Vestas secures its largest service contract renewal for 1,897 MW Vestas has signed its largest ever service and maintenance renewal agreement with EDP Renováveis (EDPR) to service more than 1,100 turbines across 30 wind power plants in the … [continued]
Some top wind energy news from the past week or so (other than the wind energy stories we’ve already covered): Japan has installed a small, floating wind turbine off a Goto island with the eye to bringing the technology to commercialization. The demonstration project, organised by the Ministry of Environment (MOE), … [continued]
We’ve been following the Principle Power and Vestas offshore floating wind turbine and floating WindFloat foundation for awhile. The exciting news is that today it was finally announced the the floating turbine was inaugurated on Friday, June 16. “In addition to being the first offshore wind turbine in Portugal, this is … [continued]
Some top wind energy news from around: Research How Wind Cuts Electricity Bills “Wind as an electricity supply resource has been getting steadily cheaper, and its technical performance characteristics continue to improve as larger turbine sizes and higher hub heights capture both economies of scale and more of the … [continued]
Vestas is to supply 39.6-MW of wind turbines, service and maintenance for Alba de Nicaragua’s Alba Rivas wind farm in Hacienda La Fe. Latin American wind energy markets are growing in importance as Europe struggles with its debt woes and the key US wind energy production tax credit is unlikely to be renewed by the end of the year.
