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Four Wind Projects for Sweden

Vestas, the wind turbine manufacturer and Eolus, Sweden’s leading wind power developer, have signed contracts for four projects in the south of Sweden. The locations, the generating capacity and the Vestas turbines to be used are as follows: Skalleberg: 14MW (8 x V100-1.8MW); 4MW (2 x V90-2.0MW)
Ramsnäs: 13MW (7 x V100-1.8MW)
Mungseröd: 14MW (8 x… Read the rest

“Wind for Prosperity” Across Africa

A programme launched earlier this week aims to bring small wind power generators all across Africa. This venture between Econet Wireless and Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas is called “Wind for Prosperity” and includes a consortium of other investors. The project was born in Washington with the aim of bringing power to millions of people living in… Read the rest

Iranian Wind Power

While the word “nuclear power” tends to crop up when speaking about Iran, it could soon be “renewable energy” instead. Year on year Iran has increased its output generated from wind power, and to date it’s the sole country producing wind turbines in the Middle East. While apparently shunned by most of the Governments of the… Read the rest

New Wind Farms for The Phillipines

A very small percentage of the total energy output of the Phillipines is from wind power, but the country wind energy sector has significant potential and could provide over 70GW of power. The 33 MW Bangui Bay wind farm (unusual in wind farms in that it is on the beach) is the only operating wind farm… Read the rest

Abengoa to Build New Wind Farm in Uruguay

The Spanish energy company Abengoa announced in the last few days that it had a contract to build a 70 megawatt wind farm worth an estimated $165 million in Uruguay. The wind farm will be built in Palomas, Uruguay and the energy it produces will meet the demands of 100,000npeople and prevent the emissions of more… Read the rest

Vestas V112 3.3MW Turbines for Kavakli Wind Farm, Turkey

Erciyas Çelik Boru A.Ş, is one of Turkey’s leading manufacturers and top exporters of spiral-welded steel pipes. It has signed an agreement to construct a wind power plant using 16 V112-3.3 MW wind turbines, yielding 52MW. The site, at Kavalki will be ready for turbine installation in the first quarter of 2014. They will be commissioned… Read the rest

Thinking Wind Power? Think Second-Hand Turbines.

While no one can claim that the last two or three years of recession have been a boom time for the wind industry with turbine manufacturers laying off workers and plants closing, the second-hand market for wind turbines has not been as hard hit. And with a general upturn in wind’s fortunes predicted there has been… Read the rest

European Wind Turbine Manufacturers Turn Corner

After three years of losses, shutdowns and lay-offs, European wind turbine manufacturing giants such as Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems, Germany’s Nordex, and Gamesa appear set for declaring pre-tax profits. This has led to much anticipation and investors are now driving up their share prices. Bloomberg New Energy Finance says that shares in these corporations have risen… Read the rest

Vestas Turbines for Ukraine Wind Power Plants

The Danish wind turbine giant,Vestas, announced this week that they had secured a firm and unconditional order for a total of 21 MW of turbines from from Vindkraft Ukraina LLC. These are destined for their wind power plants Beregovaya and Stavki in the Kherson region of the Ukraine Vindkraft. Vestas have already commissioned the 9 MW… Read the rest

How to Retire Wind Turbines

While most people are focused on the creation of new wind farm sites, and deciding which are the most efficient new turbines to install there, what happens when a turbine reaches the end of its useful life? In the UK, new guidance on dealing with turbines reaching the end of their shelf life is expected later… Read the rest