SKF will supply the main bearings for 3 MW wind turbines from WinWinD until the end of 2013. The contract is for the supply of the Nautilus main bearing. The manufacturer will also support WinWinD as a development partner for lubrication systems, seals, and in status monitoring.
At a later stage, the wind farm in the Midwest will have a total capacity of 340 MW. According to Steve Dayney, CEO of Repower USA, Minnesota is one of the fastest-growing US states for the wind business. The start of construction of the first phase of the Lake Country project is scheduled for the end of this year.
The somewhat complicated type designation of the prototype specifies its most important characteristics: a capacity of 3 MW, a rotor diameter of 101 m and the most important feature, the gearless direct drive (DD).
According to Acciona, investment costs amount to Australian dollar 450 million (about € 270 million). The wind park consists of 128 turbines with a capacity of 1.5 MW each. It is thus the biggest wind park installed by the company to date in the world and will be capable of covering the electricity consumption of 140,000 homes.
The company says 425 employees will lose their jobs as a result. 57 employees will stay on to close the factory; another 40 can work at a new turbine blade research center on the island. Vestas wants to start building and testing prototypes at the center as of 2011. A fierce show-down between employees and the company preceded the closure.
The project Leki Dukielskie in the Polish town of Rzeszow, near Krakau consists of five turbines of the type Repower MM92 with a rated capacity of 2 MW each. The total capacity of 10 MW is enough to provide electricity for around 5,000 households, according to the calculations.
The company from Eckernförde says that it has already secured 2,800 ha of land. The projects will be carried out in Chile by the newly founded company Plan 8 Energia Infinita Ltda., of which two Chilean partners own 5 % in total. The remaining 95 % stake is owned by Dirk Jesaitis, who is also the sole Managing Director and owner of Plan 8.
The factory will be producing blades for the rapidly growing multi-MW wind turbine segment for onshore and offshore wind farms in the northern, central and eastern parts of Europe. The factory has been placed in Goleniów because of the good conditions for quick, flexible and cost-efficient transportation of the blades by sea or by land.
In July 2011 A2SEA acquired a 29% share interest in the Danish cable installation company CT Offshore.
The interactive infographic map is showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country and continent from 1981 to 2013.
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