A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Gamesa Retrenches; Pickens-Led Wind Project Sold
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Nordex has signed a multiyear supply agreement with TPI Composites to supply blades for the N117/2400 turbine model. Nordex intends to use these blades for projects in Turkey as well as for export to other locations in the greater European region, northern Africa and the Middle East. TPI will manufacture [read more]
Star Distributed Energy has obtained a 20-year power purchase agreement with Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA) for a 19.5 MW wind project located in Sibley County, Minn. Star, which has developed more than 1.4 GW of wind energy through its WESCO Wind development subsidiary, obtained the project from Sibley Wind [read more]
Germanischer Lloyd has certified PPG Industries for technical competence in the field of mechanical and analytical testing for its Suzhou, China-based science and technology center. Cheswick, Pa.-based PPG notes the certification demonstrates its mechanical and analytical testing capabilities for the composites used in wind turbine blades. Established in 2007, the [read more]
Citing a need to provide both debt and tax equity capabilities, Seminole Financial Services and Round Rock Partners have formed a joint venture to assist in the financing of qualified renewable energy projects. According to the firm, the joint venture brings together two organizations with years of experience in the [read more]
GE is reporting that the 45 MW Paldiski Wind Farm, located on the Pakri peninsula in northwestern Estonia, is producing power. The wind farm, which features 18 2.5 MW wind turbines with a 100-meter rotor, is the first by GE in Estonia. According to GE, the wind farm is supported [read more]
Vestas has received a 50 MW order from Ningxia-based Hanas New Energy, a regional natural gas supplier in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR). The order, which includes 25 V90-2.0 MW turbines, will be installed in Yanchi wind park in NHAR. Vestas says it was the first partner chosen by [read more]
Furniture retailer IKEA has entered into a deal to purchase the 7.65 MW Carrickeeny Wind Farm, located in Leitrim, Ireland, from wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power. Mainstream has commenced construction of the project, and it is expected to be operational in early 2014, at which point IKEA will [read more]
In order to focus more on developing, constructing and operating offshore wind farms, DONG Energy has sold its 33% interest in the Norwegian onshore wind company Kvalheim Kraft to Vardar Boreas AS, which already owns a 33% interest in Kvalheim Kraft. Kvalheim Kraft owns two operating wind farms, Mehuken 1 [read more]
California-based renewable energy and transmission company Pattern Energy Group Inc. plans to raise up to $345 million in an initial public offering (IPO) of its common shares. According to a Reuters report, the company filed for its IPO with U.S. regulators on Friday. Pattern Energy Group's wind portfolio includes projects [read more]
GAMA Enerji A.S., a GAMA Holding-GE Energy Financial Services joint venture, has achieved financial closing and completed the first drawdown for a 35 MW wind power plant in Turkey. GE will provide 13 of its 2.75-103 wind turbines to the project. The Gok II Wind Power Plant is expected to [read more]
Nordex reports that its N117/3000 and N100/3300 Generation Delta turbines have received all design evaluation certificates in accordance with the IEC standard Design Evaluation Conformity Statement. In addition, the company notes it has already installed three of the next-generation turbines in Germany and Denmark. As part of the certification, TUV [read more]
The third phase of training courses provided by GL Garrad Hassan to the Guangdong Electrical Design Institute (GEDI) has been successfully completed. GL says the training courses have aided GEDI in its talent development and technology accumulation. Garrad Hassan will continue to support GEDI to a larger extent in the [read more]
In partnership with Intertek's Center for Evaluation of Clean Energy Technology (CECET), New York-based Clarkson University has opened a new blade test facility on its campus that will test the strength and rigidity of small- and medium-scale wind turbine blades. CECET and the New York State Energy Research and Development [read more]
GL Renewables Certification (GL RC), a certification body in the renewable energies sector, has appointed Holger Trecksel its new head of business development and sales. In his new position, he will be responsible for worldwide customer management in the area of certification services. Trecksel will work closely with GL RC's [read more]
RWE Innogy has begun laying the first inter-array cable at the construction site of the 295 MW Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Germany. By mid-2014, RWE says 64 km of the 33 kV submarine cable will have connected the 48 wind turbines with the offshore [read more]
Demand for power on the grid that serves most of Texas hit the third-highest level in its history on Wednesday, Aug. 7., and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) notes that wind energy was there to help. ERCOT reports peak electric use within its region topped out at 67,180 [read more]
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