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- Category: Projects and Contracts
Shanghai Electric Power Generation Group (SEPGG) has been awarded a contract by German-based Aerodyn Energiesysteme GmbH to jointly develop the largest wind turbine in China.
- Category: Projects and Contracts
The Energy Conservation Promotion Fund (ECPF) is supporting a project to produce electricity by wind turbines in two southern provinces of Thailand, according to Metta Banturngsuk, Director-General of the Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO).
- Category: Projects and Contracts
GE has announced it has entered into a US$ 27 million partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to design a next-generation offshore wind turbine. The power rating of the turbine will be optimised for minimal cost of energy but is expected to be between 5 and 7MW. The research will be conducted at GE’s Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NY. GE’s partnership with DOE on this project will last 3 to 4 years.
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Westman Wind Power Company announced that it is developing eight wind power projects in Manitoba (Canada). The eight projects, which are spread across Manitoba, have an initial capacity of approximately 700MW and a potential maximum capacity of more than 1,400MW.
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Indowind is planning to install a 9MW wind farm in Tamilnadu (India) with financial assistance from Power Finance Corporation Ltd, Delhi, and the Bank of India, Mumbai. To fund the margin money, the company is proposing to go for initial public offering (IPO) through the book building route and the DRHP (Draft Red Herring Prospectus) for the same was filed with the SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) on 3 February 2006.
- Category: Projects and Contracts
In late February, UPC Vermont Wind presented its petition for a Certificate of Public Good to the Public Service Board.
- Wind turbines for Turkey’s largest wind energy project
- AMSC receives order for PowerModule systems
- Iberdrola commissions the Somolinos wind farm
- IFC supports Brazil’s first large wind power farm
- Bid for the Portuguese Government Tender covering 1,500MW
- EU Energy has annouced 1,100MW frame agreement
- Siemens secures order for the offshore wind farm in Sweden
- Edison Mission Group adds new project to its renewable portfolio
- ScottishPower signs 15-year power purchase agreement
- Voltwerk sells wind power projects with 80MW capacity
- VRB Power announces initial sale in Alaska
- EU Energy and NorthWinds advisors sign frame agreement
- San Francisco handles breakbulk shipment
- The first project in Bulgaria
- Suzlon signs framework agreement with Edison
- Suzlon enters Australian market
- Vestas receives order for 44MW in Germany
- First offshore turbine installed in Germany
- Nordex has entered the Italian market
- Construction begins on the Woolnorth Wind Farm Stage Three
- Airticity closes deal with Mitsubishi
- enXco will provide operations and management services for Babcock & Brown
- CLP Invests in a wind farm at Shantou in Guangdong
- Gamesa secures two new wind power contracts in Ireland
- Taralga wind power project approved
- 200MW output registered with the United Nations
- Installation of AMSC’s D-VAR system in Australia
- Canada’s largest wind farm to be built in Labrador
- Gemini completes construction of its first wind energy project
- Order for Vestas in Germany
