Top Wind Turbine Supplier Of 2012: Vestas Or GE? | by NAW Staff, Mar. 26, 2013 | Two research firms have released different takes on the wind turbine original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market, with MAKE Consulting placing Vestas at No. 1 in 2012 and Navigant Research assigning the top spot to GE. According to MAKE Consulting, the top 10 turbine suppliers of 2012 were as follows: 1. [read more] | Apple Inc. Powering Data Centers With 100% Renewable Energy | by NAW Staff, Mar. 26, 2013 | Technology giant Apple Inc. says that all of its data centers now use 100% renewable energy, including power from wind, solar, geothermal and hydro resources. According to a new company report, Apple has achieved 100% renewable energy use at its data centers - and 75% renewable energy worldwide - through [read more] | Scottish Govt. Approves 100 MW European Offshore Wind Centre | by NAW Staff, Mar. 26, 2013 | The Scottish government has approved the development of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), to be located in Aberdeen Bay. The EOWDC is a joint venture between Vattenfall, Europe's sixth largest generator of electricity, the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group, a private-public partnership, and consortium partner Technip Offshore Wind, a [read more] | DOE Launches Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative | by NAW Staff, Mar. 26, 2013 | The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), which the department says is focused on growing U.S. manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting U.S. competitiveness through major improvements in manufacturing energy productivity. As part of the CEMI, the DOE has awarded over $23 [read more] | Canadian Auto Workers Union Completes Wind Turbine Project | by NAW Staff, Mar. 26, 2013 | A wind turbine owned and operated by the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) has begun operations in Port Elgin, Ontario. "This is an important day, as the start-up of this wind turbine marks an environmental milestone for our union - this is the first union-owned and -operated wind turbine in [read more] | PPG Earns GL Certification For Fiberglass Roving Products | by NAW Staff, Mar. 26, 2013 | Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries says that its fiberglass business has earned Germanischer Lloyd (GL) certification for the HYBON 2002 XM and HYBON 2026 XM fiberglass roving products. Each of these products is manufactured with INNOFIBER XM specialty glass composition fibers by PPG. "Our INNOFIBER specialty glass composition fiber - specifically our [read more] | LADWP Takes Action To Transition Away From Coal | by NAW Staff, Mar. 25, 2013 | The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has taken new steps toward eliminating coal from Los Angeles' power supply. Representatives of LADWP and Salt River Project have reached what the utilities describe as "sufficient progress on the principle terms" to sell LADWP's stake in Navajo Generating Station (NGS), [read more] | Enel Green Power's First Chilean Wind Farm Goes Online | by NAW Staff, Mar. 25, 2013 | Enel Green Power has announced the completion of the 90 MW Talinay wind project, the company's first wind farm in Chile. The new plant, designed and developed by Danish company Vestas, comprises 45 2-MW Vestas wind turbines, and construction of the project required about $165 million. With the start-up of [read more] | Gamesa Signs 32 MW Deal For Wind Project In Finland | by NAW Staff, Mar. 25, 2013 | Gamesa has signed a 32 MW order with TuuliWatti Oy, a wind power joint venture between Finnish energy company St1 Ltd. and national retail cooperative S-Group. The agreement calls for the delivery, installation and start-up of seven G128 turbines, each with a capacity of 4.5 MW, at the Tornio wind [read more] | Glosten Associates Joins U.K. Floating Offshore Wind Project | by NAW Staff, Mar. 25, 2013 | The U.K.-based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has selected The Glosten Associates to design its offshore wind floating platform system demonstrator. Glosten, a U.S.-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, will design a tension leg platform (TLP) by developing what is commonly known as a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study. [read more] | Cardinal Fastener Appoints New President | by NAW Staff, Mar. 25, 2013 | Cardinal Fastener, a Cleveland-based manufacturer of large-diameter fasteners for the wind industry, has named Bill Boak the company's new president. Boak has served as a senior-level executive at SPS Technologies Inc. and Textron Fastening Inc., where his responsibilities included domestic turnaround and international general management. He also has experience in [read more] | Suzlon Names New Chief Financial Officer | by NAW Staff, Mar. 22, 2013 | Suzlon Group has appointed Amit Agarwal as its next chief financial officer (CFO). Agarwal will report to Chairman Tulsi Tanti. Kirti Vagadia, who had served as the company's CFO, will focus on his role as Suzlon Group's head of finance. In this position, he will oversee the financial performance of [read more] | OPIC Finances Wind Projects In Peru, Pakistan | by NAW Staff, Mar. 22, 2013 | The board of directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), the U.S. government's development finance institution, has approved a total of $288 million in financing for two wind projects that will deliver electricity to Pakistan and Peru. A $95 million OPIC credit facility will help build a 50 MW [read more] | SgurrEnergy's Galion LIDAR Wind Scanning Device Receives New Certification | by NAW Staff, Mar. 22, 2013 | SgurrEnergy says it has received an independent validation of its Galion LIDAR wind scanning device from Deutsche WindGuard. Deutsche WindGuard's LIDAR performance verification project included the comparison of wind speed and direction data obtained from SgurrEnergy's Galion LIDAR to measurements taken from a conventional met mast, equipped with calibrated instruments, [read more] | Please click HERE to subscribe to North American Windpower magazine. | |