Pennsylvania - President of the United States Barack Obama today visited a Gamesa nacelle manufacturing plant in Fairless Hills, in the US state of Pennsylvania. Obama took the opportunity to speak with factory workers about how to create an economy based on clean energies in order to build a better future.
Global engineering consultancy Romax Technology is pleased to announce that its 3MW DHWG3000 gearbox has been awarded a GL Renewables Certification (GL) B-Design Assessment. The DHWG3000 gearbox, designed by Romax, is currently in volume production for Sinovel's SL3000 turbines and is manufactured by Dalian Huarui.
Hamburg / Bristol - Over the last three years, the EU funded Reliawind Project has been conducting research to improve the reliability of wind turbines. In his presentation at EWEA 2011 in Brussels, Michael Wilkinson, GL Garrad Hassan, gives insights to the results of the Reliawind Project.
Chesapeake - Gamesa Technology Corp., a global wind energy leader, and the shipbuilding operations of Northrop Grumman Corp., America's largest shipbuilder, today launched the Offshore Wind Technology Center to jointly develop the next generation of offshore wind systems that will be deployed in the United States and around the world.
Los Angeles - The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, led by Global Project Finance Group partner Karen Wong, Global Securitas Group partner Paul Denaro and Global Project Finance Group co-chair Jonathan Green, represented joint lead arrangers Citi, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., RBS Securities and WestLB Securities, Inc.
Siemens Energy will supply 15 of its SWT-3.0-101 direct drive wind turbines for Minnesota Power's Bison 1 wind power plant near Center, North Dakota. Minnesota Power modified its original order, replacing 33 Siemens SWT-2.3-101 geared wind turbines to now include 16 2.3-MW SWT-2.3-101 and 15 innovative 3-MW SWT-3.0-101 direct drive machines.
After having won the orders to build the two North Sea grid connections HelWin1 and BorWin2 in the summer of this year, Siemens has now also been contracted to carry out their entire maintenance.
Madrid/Zamudio, 23 September 2010. Gamesa, the global leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines, has won an operation and maintenance (O&M) contract covering a total of 21 wind farms located in France and Germany. These facilities, all owned by Iberdrola Renovables, have aggregate capacity of 163 MW.
Madrid / Bilbao - Gamesa, a leading wind turbine manufacturer and a key global player in wind farm development, has sold a total of six German wind farms in four locations with combined installed capacity of 45.05 MW to IKEA Group in Germany.
The interactive infographic map is showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country and continent from 1981 to 2013.
Photovoltaic Feed