LM Glasfiber, the world’s leading independent manufacturer of blades for wind turbines, today announced that its international service unit has joined the Global Wind Alliance.
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The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today issued the following statement by AWEA CEO Denise Bode on the new global wind power installations numbers released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC):
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While many of society’s most complex issues were discussed at last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the subject of energy supply and how to better develop wind power and other renewables captivated many of the influential participants.
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The Spanish Government closed 2009 by including 243 wind projects in its registry for the preliminary assignment of remuneration.
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Scottish Enterprise has identified 11 sites which could be potential bases for the offshore wind industry.
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Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar didn’t tip his hand on Cape Wind yesterday during a Bay State visit, but he pushed back the deadline to make a decision on the nation’s first offshore wind farm until April.
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More new wind power capacity was installed in the EU in 2009 than any other electricity-generating technology, new statistics published today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) reveal. 39% of all new capacity installed in 2009 was wind power, followed by gas (26%) and solar photovoltaics (16%). Europe decommissioned more coal and nuclear capacity than it installed in 2009. Taken together, renewable energy technologies account for 61% of new power generating capacity in 2009.
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The Global Wind Energy Council today announced that the world’s wind power capacity grew by 31% in 2009, adding 37.5 GW to bring total installations up to 157.9 GW. A third of these additions were made in China, which experienced yet another year of over 100% growth.
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ACCIONA increased its attributable wind power capacity in Spain by 1,308 MW in 2009 to almost 4,000 MW (3,996.82 MW), in line with data released today by the Spanish Wind Power Association (AEE). This figure, which includes the wind power assets acquired from Endesa after disinvestment in that company, represents an increase of almost 49% for ACCIONA on the accumulated figures at the end of the previous financial year, and strengthen the company’s prominent position in the ranking of wind power asset owners in Spain, with a market share of 20.9%.
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REpower Systems AG and the RWE project company for “Nordsee Ost” have concluded a contract on the delivery of 48 offshore wind turbines. The turbines of the type REpower 6M are based on the proven technology of the 5M range, have a total capacity of approx. 295 megawatts and are intended for the “Nordsee Ost” offshore wind farm, due to be built in the German Bight between 2011 and 2013. The first wind turbines should start running mid year 2012. The wind farm will be situated about 22 miles (35 km) north of the island of Helgoland, at a depth of 22 to 25 meters.
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Suzlon Energy Limited, the world’s third* largest wind turbine maker, reported consolidated revenues of INR 55.90 billion for Q3 FY2009-10, compared with INR 69.22 billion for Q3 FY2008-09. Profit after tax for the quarter stood at INR 141 million.
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Despite a patent dispute victory over GE and a US$5.1 million manufacturing tax credit award for its new Fort Smith, Arkansas facility, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s efforts to regroup in the global wind energy market are fraught with challenges.
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Following an international call for tender, VERGNET is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a €24 million contract to build the first wind farm in Algeria.
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Poland has submitted to the European Commission the forecast fulfilling the obligation under Article 4(3) of Directive 20090/28/EC in the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.
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The feed-in tariff, a government backed financial incentive that pays owners of small scale renewable energy devices a fixed premium for every unit of electricity generated, will come into force in April. BWEA, the UK’s leading renewable energy trade association, hailed today’s publication of feed-in tariff payment rates as a further step in the ‘green energy revolution’ changing the way electricity is generated and used in Britain. The new green incentives will stimulate the growth of the UK small wind manufacturing industry, the only microgeneration technology in which the UK leads the world.
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The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today released the following statement by AWEA CEO Denise Bode on the Budget proposed by the President:
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Federal authorities plan to open up almost 4,000 square nautical miles of ocean near the Vineyard for potential wind power generation. A draft Request for Interest (RFI) map presented to a renewable energy task force meeting of state, local and federal representatives on Wednesday identifies a vast arc of ocean, extending from the Rhode Island border, southwest of the Island, across to the south of the Vineyard and Nantucket, then running north and east to the entrance to Nantucket Sound.
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On 27 January the Bundesverband WindEnergie (BWE) and the Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA Power Systems) presented the annual balance sheet of wind energy for 2009. According to that, the German wind energy market grew 15 percent in spite of the economic crisis. With 952 new installed wind turbines and 1,917 MW of new capacity in 2009, the number of installations in 2009 exceeded the new installed capacity in 2008 by 250 MW.
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Europe has been slow to invest in wind energy storage. But as installed capacity increases, the business case may soon be too strong to ignore.
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The Royal Swedish Academy’s Energy Committee Wednesday said it expected a massive expansion of wind power in the decades ahead. “Globally, it looks set to rise from 260 TWh of electricity in 2008 to an estimated 5,000 TWh in 2050. This represents an annual average increase of 8 percent,” said the committee in a statement, adding that by 2050, wind power may account for 10 percent of electricity worldwide, against 1.3 percent today.
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The country is today set for a major leap towards tackling its crippling energy deficit when the Kenya Power and Lighting Company seals a purchase agreement with a consortium of private investors seeking to add up to 300 Mega Watts (MW) to the national grid from wind.
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ACCIONA is the first company to validate and register a windpark in the USA under the strict requirements of the VCS (Voluntary Carbon Standard), a system that allows the sale of carbon credits to entities or individuals seeking to offset their emissions voluntarily. The operation, which affects the Red Hills windpark in Oklahoma, means that the company can complement its income from the sale of energy generated in the windpark.
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The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has welcomed the publication of the European Energy Regulators (ERGEG) draft strategy on the role of Regional Initiatives towards a single energy market in Europe.
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BWEA Cymru has welcomed the announcement by engineering firm Mabey Bridge to invest 38 million in a Chepstow-based factory to build and paint wind turbine towers. The investment is expected to create 240 new skilled jobs in Monmouthshire. However, BWEA Cymru warned that the success of renewable technology manufacturing in Wales depends on onshore wind farms gaining planning permission.
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The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today released the following statement by AWEA CEO Denise Bode on the President’s State of the Union address:
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The U.S. wind industry broke all previous records by installing nearly 10,000 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity in 2009 (enough to serve over 2.4 million homes), but still lags in manufacturing, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said today in its Q4 report.
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It is now almost universally accepted that the so-called Copenhagen Accord cobbled together at the 11th hour by five nations attending the annual UN climate change conference in December is a colossal disappointment. It is true that national self interests stopped the international community from reaching a new, strengthened post-Kyoto treaty on reducing destructive greenhouse gas emissions that are dangerously warming the atmosphere of our planet.
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Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Yunis said that Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would soon hammer out a framework deal for a 200-MW wind farm at the Gulf of Suez region in Egypt.
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GE has received commitments to supply wind turbines for wind farms to be developed in Brazil that will add more than 400 megawatts of power to the country’s clean energy capacity. These projects will mark the debut of GE’s wind turbine technology in Brazil.
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In the period 1 April to 31 December 2009, the REpower Systems Group generated a total performance figure of EUR 932.1 million according to provisional calculations, compared to EUR 842.9 million in the corresponding period of the previous year from 1 April to 31 December 2008. The operating result (EBIT) improved above average from EUR 38.1 million to EUR 56.3 million. In calendar year 2009, market share in Germany increased to 8.8% against 5.6% in the previous year.
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