Abilene - TGM Wind Services, a company that focuses on wind turbine blade and tower inspection, maintenance and repair plus other high reach applications, has purchased their third Bronto Skylift Model S-90 HLA truck-mounted aerial in less than 18 months and, according to Kevin Darby, vice president of TGM, is poised to order two additional machines for delivery in mid-2011.
In order to support faster progress in the offshore floating wind industry, DNV and key players are developing a common design standard. The conclusions from this joint industry project will provide best practices on principles and technical requirements and guidance for design, construction and in-service inspection work.
Hamburg - GL Garrad Hassan is teaming up with the Desertec Industrial Initiative to provide support to all stages of solar and wind projects with a special focus on bringing costs down to a competitive level.
Hamburg - REpower Systems AG (WKN 617 703) is preparing to transform itself into a European Company (Societas Europaea, SE). The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board today each resolved to propose the transformation of the legal form of the company from a German stock corporation (AG) to a European Company at the Annual General Meeting planned for October 25, 2010.
Madrid / Zamudio - Gamesa has signed an agreement with Esquilvent, a wind power developer from Castile-Leon for the construction of three wind farms with aggregate capacity of 140.6 MW in the town of Ampudia in Palencia (Castile-Leon, Spain).
The French Ministry of the environment released the results of the first round of tenders for offshore wind farms on April 6. According to the announcement, three of the five contracts for offshore wind projects were awarded to the EDF Energies Nouvelles/Dong Energy/Alstom consortium. The Iberdrola/Eole-Res/Areva consortium was awarded a single contract.
In its latest renewable energy financing in Latin America, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented a group of international lenders in providing US$ 225 million in financing for the development of Chile’s largest wind farm.
The interactive infographic map is showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country and continent from 1981 to 2013.
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