On the way to a global electric power supply by renewable energies wind energy plays a dominant role. Especially on-shore on inland sites there is a huge potential left. These on-shore opportunities ideally can be tapped by multi-megawatt turbines with large rotor diameters and higher hub heights hub heights.
London / Hamburg - London Array will be the world's largest offshore wind farm when fully complete. Located around 20 km off the British coasts of Kent and Essex, offshore construction on the first 630-megawatt phase of the project is due to start early next year.
As much as 25%-30% of wind farm operating and maintenance costs are associated with gearbox maintenance alone. Reducing these costs can help wind farms stay more profitable, efficient, and competitive, bringing clean energy wind farms to the forefront.
Cuxhaven - The wind farm developer PNE WIND AG (ISIN: DE000A0JBPG2) has completed another important step in the preparation for the start of construction of the offshore wind farm "Gode Wind II" in the North Sea. In the past few months, the necessary building ground survey was carried out for the sites of all planned 84 wind energy plants and the transformer station.
The Vietnam News Agency reports that the first wind farm in Vietnam went into operation on 18th April. The project in the province of Binh Thuan currently consists of 20 turbines with a combined capacity of 30 MW. After the final expansion phase the Binh Thuan Wind Power Plant will have a total of eighty 1.5 MW turbines.
German electricity producer Steag GmbH acquired the 108 MW Crucea North wind farm project in Romania. The project in Constanta county was developed by Romanian Monsson Group, a private wind energy developer with a 2,400 MW portfolio of projects. Steag will invest around € 200 million in this wind farm, which will have 36 wind turbines of 3 MW supplied by Vestas.
The Alstom offshore wind turbine at Le Carnet near Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique department (France) is generating its first kilowatt-hours of power. In preparation for certification, the Haliade 150 is being subjected to a range of onshore tests prior to the installation of a second turbine later this year in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium for further offshore testing.
RWE Innogy has bought the Polish wind farm Taciewo from the Spanish manufacturer and developer Gamesa. Located in the north-east of the country, Taciewo's 15 turbines have an installed capacity of 30 MW.
Gamesa, the Spanish turbine manufacturer, has sold a further 129 wind turbines for a total of ten wind farms in Brazil. The company signed a contract with Santa Vitória do Palmar Holding for the delivery and installation of the G97 2.0 MW turbines in mid-September.
The interactive infographic map is showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country and continent from 1981 to 2013.
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