The first wind park in Hamina, Finland was inaugurated 6.9.2010 on a beautiful and calm autumn day. The celebration was a success with plenty of prestigious guests. Finland’s Minister of Defence, Jyri Häkämies was the honorary speaker and other speakers included Hannu Muhonen, Mayor of Hamina; Timo Toikka, CEO of Haminan Energia and Ilkka Hakala, [...]

The U.S. Ambassador to Finland, Bruce J. Oreck visited WinWinD’s Hamina wind turbine factory and the Summa Wind Park site with his delegation on 4 August. Mr. Oreck is known for his interest in wind power and other renewable energies, and WinWinD’s wind turbines made an ineradicable impression on Mr. Oreck.

By the summer 2011, WinWinD will deliver three new wind turbines to Aulepa Wind Park, owned by Estonian energy company Eesti Energia. The most powerful wind park in the Baltic countries will gain 9 MW of new capacity and its annual energy production will grow by 23 GWh.

Germanischer Lloyd has issued WinWinD a type certificate for the WWD-3 turbine with EU100 blade and 88m hub height steel tower to wind class IEC IIIA.

WinWinD delivers a 24 megawatt wind park to Aseri, Estonia. The confirmed delivery con-tract was signed last Friday between Aseriaru Tuulepark AS and WinWinD. Nelja Energia OÜ, who is WinWinD’s client also in the Viru-Nigula and Vanakula Wind Parks, will act as a partner in the project.

WinWinD has obtained DNV certificates of ISO 9001 quality, ISO 14001 environmental and OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety management system compliance. These certifications proof that WinWinD have the desire and ability to systematically develop its operations in a way that benefits our environment, customers and ourselves. We have now created a frame for our [...]

WinWinD, a Finnish manufacturer of wind turbines, has made an agreement with SKF, one of the world’s leading bearing manufacturers, concerning main bearings to be supplied for WinWinD’s three-megawatt wind turbines.

WinWinD, a Finnish manufacturer of wind power plants, has made an agreement with Brevini, one of the world’s leading gear box manufacturers, concerning main gear units to be supplied for WinWinD’s three-megawatt wind power plants.

In order to strengthen WinWinD’s position in the Swedish market, Winwind Sweden AB has been established with offices in Stockholm and Karlstad.

Finish power company Fortum is investigating the possibility of building five wind power stations on the island of Bergö in the municipality of Maalahti in Finland. The total capacity of the wind power stations will be 15  to 20 MW equaling the annual electricity consumption of around 2,000 to 2,700 detached houses with electric heating. [...]

The Finnish Minister of the Economy, Mauri Pekkarinen, visited several facilities of ACCIONA Energy in Navarre today with the goal of learning first-hand about the way the company works, aiming to foster increased development of wind energy in Finland. Read more

                    Finnish utilities, including Fortum, said on Tuesday they have started two different projects, planning to increase the Nordic country’s wind power production up to 30-fold in coming years. Fortum said it had reserved two offshore areas in northwestern Finland for wind power plants, with total capacity seen at 1,150 to [...]

                    Indian investor Sterling Infotech (SIG) has acquired a controlling stake in Finnish wind turbine manufacturer WinWinD. The firm aims to preserve and gradually scale WinWinD’s modest European presence while channelling its technology to a larger, India-based manufacturing operation. Read more

Moventas, a supplier of wind turbine gears and industrial gears, increased its net sales in 2007 by 40% to EUR 291 million. Profitability improved and the number of employees grew by 120. Moventas’ growth is based on strong demand in the wind energy market. Read more

                    Tarja Cronberg (green), the Finnish labour minister, on Saturday called for a 30-fold jump in wind power generating capacity, or an extra 3,000 megawatts by 2020, an increase that would have the country generate a tenth of its electricity from wind. Read more