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July 17, 2009
Suzlon Energy Limited (SEL), the world’s fifth leading and India’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, secured a new framework agreement with EUFER (joint-venture between ENEL Green Energy and Spanish Utility UNION FENOSA for renewable energy business in Spain and Portugal) for supply and installation of Suzlon 2.1 MW wind turbines for wind farms totalizing 224.5 MW. These machines are proposed to be installed up to FY 2010-11.
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July 15, 2009
REpower Systems and Vattenfall have signed a 150 Mw contract for an offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The deal is the largest offshore agreement to date in the U.K. for REpower. 30 turbines are intended for the Ormonde wind farm, on which construction is to begin at the start of 2011 around 35 kilometers away from the town of Barrow-in-Furness on the northwest coast of England.
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July 13, 2009
A study by the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) has found that the UK is likely to fall far short in meeting 2010 targets for renewable energy. BWEA said that on average across England only 50 percent of the renewable electricity generation would be met, with some regions such as the South West failing to reach even a third.
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June 11, 2009
A new report
analyzes wind power sector in Germany.
Wind Power Profile of Germany discusses recent R&D activity in the wind
power sector in Germany
followed by information on key players - organizations and companies - in the
market and brief profiles of key wind power projects in Germany.
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June 1, 2009
Leading
international energy companies were in Cologne
last week attending Power-Gen Europe 2009 (PGE), an industry trade show, to
discuss global climate change and the impact of the economic slowdown on the
global energy industry. At PGE, GE business leaders highlighted ways customers
are managing climate change.
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May 28, 2009
A wind energy development co-operative in County Clare
today announced plans to construct one of Ireland’s largest wind farms. The company believes the proposed EUR200
million project would be capable of generating enough electricity to power
every home and business in County Clare, as well as meeting the Limerick
Clare Energy Agency’s 2010 targets for emissions reductions and renewable
energy production.
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May 13, 2009
Permission has been granted to create the
world's largest offshore wind farm 12 miles off the Kent
coast in the United Kingdom. The project is eventually expected to have 1
gigawatt of energy generation capacity, enough to supply power for around
750,000 homes—or a quarter of Greater London
homes.
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April 27, 2009
Germany has created a unique
wind energy / hydrogen project which bears watching. German chancellor Angela
Merkel has laid the foundation for a “milestone” renewable energy plant that
answers the big question surrounding wind energy: what happens when it isn’t
windy?
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April 22, 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling presented the
"world's first Carbon Budget" as part of his statement to the House
of Commons. Darling said the Labour government would cut the UK's emissions
by 34% before 2020. Offshore wind
projects are set to gain £525 million through a rise in the Renewables
Obligation banding for the next two years.
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April 16, 2009
Scottish
and Southern Energy plc, a UK-based energy company, announced that the
company's renewable energy development division Airtricity has teamed up with
Fluor Limited to form a new energy consortium called the Seagreen Wind Energy
Limited. Seagreen Wind Energy Limited
will bid for the exclusive rights to develop wind farms under The Crown
Estate's Round 3 Offshore Wind Farm Development Program.
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March 25, 2009
REpower Systems AG has just completed erection
of the first wind farm consisting exclusively of REpower 6M turbines. The three
turbines, installed in the Westre civic wind farm close to the German-Danish
border, each have six megawatt rated power and a rotor diameter of 126 metres, making
them some of the biggest wind turbines in the world.
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March 24, 2009
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
(RSPB) fears that Britain may not meet its targets on renewable energy unless
it builds more wind turbine farms across the country. The RSPB denied its call for more wind power
represented a U-turn and said that it was stressing the need to find sites for
turbines where wildlife would be relatively unaffected.
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February 23, 2009
Swedish
state-owned energy giant Vattenfall, the Nordic region’s largest utility, has
offered to take over Dutch energy provider Nuon. Both companies announced in a
joint statement that Vattenfall is buying a minority share of 49 percent within
the next few months.
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January 20, 2009
Abu Dhabi's green energy
firm Masdar said on Monday it was reviewing whether to proceed with financing
the vast London Array offshore wind farm project. Masdar could become the second company to pull
out of the project to build the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, casting a
new cloud over the development’s future.
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January 12, 2009
Great Britain's wind farms have slowed in electrical production
during a cold snap due to lack of wind.
The Met Office said there has been an unusually long period of high
pressure across the UK for the last couple of weeks, causing the cold snap and
very little wind.
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December 31, 2008
The Russian news agency Interfax reported
that the Astrakhan region has signed a protocol of intent with Fersa Cherkessk
LLC to install wind turbines in the region.
Astrakhan is situated in the Volga Delta. Fersa Cherkessk is a venture of the Spanish
energy firm Fersa Energias Renovables, which engages in electricity generation
from alternative energy sources.
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December 23, 2008
Germany utility RWE plans to build its
first offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
RWE has acquired the project
company Enova Energieanlagen, which is part of the Enova Group. This
acquisition includes the rights to the offshore wind project North Sea
Windpower 3. Following the acquisition, the wind farm will be renamed Innogy
Nordsee 1.
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December 15, 2008
Turkish companies have decided to produce
wind turbines. Model Enerji, formed during the first half of
2008, is the first company founded in Turkey to manufacture megawatt-class wind
turbines. Istanbul-based Model Enerji plans to manufacture the 1.65-megawatt
turbines, which utilize a doubly fed induction generator drive train, at a
factory to be established in Ankara’s industrial zone.
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December 8, 2008
Royal Dutch Shell and its partners have
withdrawn from a major UK wind energy project.
The consortium of Shell, Scottish Power and Denmark's Dong Energy have
abandoned the Cirrus Array project off the Northwest coast after denying a
month ago it had exited the project. The consortium cancelled the 800
million pound project after five years and millions of pounds of investment.
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December 4, 2008
BlackRock New Energy Investment Trust in Great Britain
invests globally to generate long-term capital growth from stakes in companies
which focus on alternative energy or energy technology. Started in October 2000, more than 40% of the
£96 million trust is invested in wind-related companies.
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