With its decision to erect the prototypes of its new offshore turbine in Spain, instead of in the USA as originally planned, Spanish turbine manufacturer Gamesa has turned its back on the US offshore market, not least as a consequence of the sluggish market development across the Atlantic.
Gamesa announced the sudden termination of Jorge Calvet’s employment without stating any reasons or thanking him for his service. The company announced on May 23 that Ignacio Martín would replace Calvet as executive chairman.
Danish hearing aid manufacturer Widex International, Lynge, became the first company in the world to receive the WindMade label. Under the rules, participating companies must obtain at least 25 % of their electricity from wind power. In fact, Widex’s new global headquarters in Denmark covers 95 % of its energy needs from a single wind turbine on site, including production.
Spanish Gamesa has signed a deal to supply 48 MW of capacity of its G87-2.0 MW Class S wind turbine to Chinese company Huadian Group. The turbines are earmarked for a wind farm the power company is going to build in Liyushan of Fujian Province. The machines will be delivered to the site from the end of August onwards.
GE announced that it has installed 300 wind turbines in Brazil. Over the next two years, the turbine manufacturer will install more than 600 additional units in the country, the company reported at the Brazil Windpower Conference in Rio de Janeiro end of August. GE also announced its plans to open two local service centres by 2014, representing a US$ 1.5 million investment in Brazil.
The European Union has passed the milestone of 100 GW of installed wind power capacity, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). It took the European wind energy sector some twenty years to get the first 10 GW grid connected. It needed 13 years to add an additional 90 GW. And half of the actual total European wind power capacity has been installed over the past six years.
In addition to the investment, Huisman will offer expertise and experience in construction and engineering which will positively add to Tocardo’s international business position as one of the leaders in the construction of tidal free-flow water turbines. The new inflow of funds will be used for further technological developments in Tocardo’s offshore technology.
REpower Systems SE, a subsidiary of Suzlon Group, has concluded a contract with P.E. DEUS EX S.R.L., a project company of WSB International GmbH, to deliver eight wind turbines to Romania.
The foundation structure for the transformer station of the Trianel wind farm on Borkum was loaded at BLG offshore terminal in Bremerhaven on 8 November. BLG Logistics Group transported the colossus, which weighs 1,616 tons and stands over 50 m high, from their terminal ABC-Halbinsel directly onto the pontoon VIKING BARGE 7.
Beijing - Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has signed a deal to supply 49.3 MW of capacity (58 of its 850 kW wind turbines) to China Guangdong Nuclear Wind Energy Limited for the wind farm located in Shandong Province, in China.
The wind farm is under built and is targeted to connect with the grid at the end of this year.
The interactive infographic map is showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country and continent from 1981 to 2013.
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