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Vestas: New Deal in France, and launch of World’s most Powerful Turbine

Vestas dominate the wind news this week. They have negotiated a deal with EDF Energies Nouvelles to supply turbines for an 88MW unnamed wind farm in France, and they have released for manufacture their, and the world’s, most powerful commercial turbine. In the deal with EDF Energies Nouvelles Vestas Wind Systems will supply 24 V90 2MW… Read the rest

Wind Turbine Payback: Just 6 Months!

The fossil fuel followers have often said that the carbon cost in manufacturing commercial wind turbines is so great that it takes years, if ever, to recoup that carbon cost from the renewable wind energy produced from the turbines. Not true! A two year comprehensive life-cycle study of two 2 MW turbines has found that the… Read the rest

Vestas 3.3MW Turbines for Izmir Wind Farm in Turkey

Giant Dutch manufacturer Vestas has clinched an order for 33 megawatts of wind turbines for a wind project in Izmir, Turkey. The order for the Fuat RES wind farm will consist of 10 wind turbines that have a power production capacity of 3.3 MW each. The plant is part of a project developed by Borusan EnBW… Read the rest

Wind Power for Tybee Island, Georgia, United States

Earlier this year there was a proposal to erect a 120 foot wind turbine at Tybee Island’s water treatment facility. The turbine would help power the facility. In addition to reducing carbon emissions, after 5 years, the city’s savings on electricity would add an extra $28,000 to its annual operating budget. However, it’s not been plain… Read the rest

Should Nuclear Power Share the Stage with Renewables like Wind and Solar Power?

While nuclear power may be a way of weaning us off nasty fossil fuels, should it be getting equal status with “genuine” renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power? A new report published this week thinks not. Let’s look at the much-trumpeted mini nuclear reactors- the Small Modular Reactor (SMR). Small Modular Reactors… Read the rest

Partnership Between Fossil Fuels and Wind Power

You may be forgiven for thinking that fossil fuels and renewable energy don’t mix. But a UK company best known for supplying fossil fuel to homes and businesses has attempted a boost to its green credentials by clinching a deal with a United States-based wind turbine maker. Flogas, based in Syston, Leicestershire, is the country’s second-largest… Read the rest

Wind Power and Fashion

Wind power and fashion?? Do you mean to say that tall majestic functional wind turbines are now being seen as not just iconic, but as expressions of fashion? Are we going to have wind-hippy turbine tower-huggers instead of tree-huggers? No. This is a new partnership between what may initially seem unlikely bedfellows: In one corner of… Read the rest

New 170MW Onshore Wind Farm for India

The company Inox Wind (which is a subsidiary of Gujerat Fluorochemicals) has secured a contract to provide wind turbines for an onshore wind farm in the vicinity of Ratlam and Mandasaur districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. Inox Wind has a deal (worth around $150m) from Singapore-based company Continuum Wind Energy to provide wind turbines for a… Read the rest

Vestas Seal Deal with First Wind for Oakfield Wind Farm, Maine.

Vestas Wind Systems have won a 148-megawatt order from First Wind Holdings Inc. in Maine. This is the Danish manufacturer’s fourth project with this U.S. developer. The order is for 48 V112 3-megawatt wind turbines, which are rated at just over 3 megawatts each. It’s the second stage for Vestas, under a wider 718-megawatt agreement with… Read the rest

Success of UK Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance Specialists

The UK is hoping to produce 15% of all its energy from renewable sources by 2020 to try to cut climate-warming emissions. While the debate about onshore versus offshore wind farms continues, the wind energy industry is fuelling a remarkable growth for a Great Yarmouth (on the East coast of England) company which has taken on… Read the rest