Press Releases
Siemens to supply 12 direct-drive wind turbines to Süderlügum in Schleswig-Holstein
• Publicly-operated wind farm to use modern, direct-drive systems• Option “Reactive Power at No Wind” for grid stabilization• Service contract for a term of 20 years Siemens Energy has secured an order for a total capacity of 36 megawatts (MW) in Nordfriesland. Siemens is to supply twelve direct-drive wind turbines, eleven model SWT-3.0-113 and one… Read more »
Dnv Gl Enables Sinoma To Increase The Quality And Reliability Of Rotor Blades Made In China
Beijing/China, 14 July 2014 – DNV GL and the wind turbine blade manufacturer Sinoma signed a partnership agreement for certification of Sinoma’s products to improve the reliability and quality of blades manufactured in China. Certification ensures that turbines that use blades produced by Sinoma comply to international safety and reliability standards throughout their lifespan, in… Read more »
4.9 GW of new offshore wind capacity under construction in Europe
– 16 commercial offshore wind farms are under construction totalling 4.9 GW of power capacity. – 224 new offshore wind turbines, totalling 781 megawatts (MW), were fully grid connected in Europe during the first six months of 2014 – 25% less than during the same period in 2013 (1,045 MW). – 282 wind turbines have… Read more »
Ramp-up Delays to Stabilize Polysilicon Price
Ramp-up Delays to Stabilize Polysilicon Price Bernreuter Research predicts short-term increase followed by downtrend Würzburg (Germany), July 10, 2014 – Rising demand in China and the delayed ramp-up of new production capacities will drive up the polysilicon price in the third quarter, according to the latest analysis made by polysilicon market research firm Bernreuter Research.”We… Read more »
4.4 MW Photovoltaic Power Plant in Germany Using Q CELLS PV Modules
Political frameworks have made the building of large Photovoltaic (PV) power plants in Germany a real challenge at least since the end of 2013. Against this background, it comes as a surprise that a 4,4 MW PV park has recently been connected to the grid in northern Germany. Hanwha Q CELLS, headquartered in Germany, has supplied more than 17,000 of… Read more »
CWind wins Health & Safety ROSPA Gold Award second year running
CWind Ltd, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, is once again among the winners at the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2014. The Gold award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) was presented during a ceremony at the ExCeL London,… Read more »
C-WET/MNRE Select 3TIER to Develop National Solar Atlas of India
Publicly available solar information from the Indian government will guide development, attract investment, and accelerate the growth of solar energy. 3TIER India Private Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vaisala and the leading source for global renewable energy assessment and forecasting information, has been selected through a global tender for satellite data to create a… Read more »
Double Dutch Success for Senvion
Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, the world’s fifth-largest* manufacturer of wind turbines, has announced the official registration of the Dutch subsidiary, Senvion Netherlands B.V., at an official inauguration ceremony for the wind turbine manufacturer’s service base in Nijkerk in the Netherlands. Senvion already has over 150 megawatts (MW) installed capacity… Read more »
Holger Clasen at WindEnergy 2014, Hamburg, Germany
Optimum functionality with the smallest possible dimensions – the entire product range of HOLGER CLASEN GmbH & Co. KG based in Hamburg is geared towards these demands of installation and service engineers from the wind energy industry. The trade fair innovation that the owner-operated company now presents at WindEnergy 2014 also uncompromisingly puts this claim… Read more »
Siemens hits 10-GW installed wind capacity milestone in the Americas
• Siemens wind turbines have capacity to power approximately three million average U.S. households Siemens Energy has reached the significant milestone of ten gigawatts (GW) of installed wind power capacity in the Americas. Siemens has installed more than 5,600 wind turbines in Canada, the U.S. and in South America, including Peru, Chile and Brazil. This… Read more »
