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 21, 2013
Global Wind O&M Market To Hit $19B By 2020
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In an interim financial report Tuesday, Denmark-based energy group DONG Energy revealed plans to lay off between 350 and 400 employees in the next few weeks. The company says the job cuts are part of an ongoing strategy to streamline operations and remain competitive. According to the report, DONG Energy's [read more]
Demand for new wind power equipment is set to contract in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in 2013 and 2014, in spite of an expected strong global market recovery in 2014 - the legacy of low economic growth and political weakness across the region, finds a new [read more]
Siemens Energy has received an order from Oregon-based public utility Portland General Electric for the supply and installation of 116 wind turbines. The wind turbines, each with a rating of 2.3 MW and a rotor diameter of 108 meters, are to be installed at the 267 MW Tucannon River Wind [read more]
Pattern Energy Group LP (PEG LP) has closed the financing and started construction of its Panhandle Wind project, a 218 MW wind farm located in the Texas Panhandle. Panhandle Wind will sell power to Citigroup Energy Inc. under a long-term hedge off-take agreement. GE Energy Financial Services and Citigroup Global [read more]
Moventas, a wind and industrial gear manufacturer and service provider, notes it recently completed a full wind turbine drivetrain service project at Vindpark Vanern Kraft AB's offshore wind park in Sweden. The 13-week-long project began in June and consisted of the refurbishment of four 3 MW drivetrains, two of which [read more]
Vestas has begun operation of what it says is the wind industry's biggest test bench at its global testing center in Aarhus, Denmark. According to the company, the 20 MW bench is capable of testing the full nacelle of the V164-8.0 MW, gauging the performance, robustness and reliability of the [read more]
Nordex has been awarded another project under a framework agreement with Finnish wealth management company Taaleritehdas. The companies signed the agreement in June 2012 for a total of 111 turbines. Nordex will now be supplying and installing eight N117/2400 multi-megawatt turbines mounted atop 120-meter-high towers for the Nyby-li wind farm, [read more]
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) reports it was recently selected as the only foreign testing center for large-scale wind turbine generation systems (over 750 kW) by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), a division within the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MTIE). UL says this designation will allow [read more]
E.ON has started construction of its operations and maintenance building on the North Sea island of Helgoland, which the company will use as an offshore operations base for its Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. The 1,800 square-meter building will provide space for offices, changing rooms and storage. Up to 50 [read more]
Leeco Steel, a supplier of carbon, heat-treated and alloy plate steel, has moved its eastern region sales office to a new location in Wexford, Pa. According to Leeco, the new space offers greater square footage with a modern feel and increased accessibility, ensuring they can offer more resources to support [read more]
Vestas has received an unconditional order for 21 MW from Vindkraft Ukraina LLC for its wind power plants Beregovaya and Stavki in the Kherson region. Vindkraft and Vestas previously commissioned the 9 MW Novorossiske wind power plant. The wind power plants - with a total capacity of 21 MW - [read more]
Citing fluctuations in its wind farm development business, Pipestone, Minn.-based Juhl Energy leveraged sales from the Power Engineers Collaborative (PEC) acquisition - as well as maintenance services - to higher quarterly sales and a slightly improved bottom line. According to Juhl's quarterly filing, the company has sought to establish a [read more]
Deminor International has filed an EUR 11 million lawsuit against three Vestas exectives on behalf of 87 individuals. According to Vestas, "this is not a class action lawsuit but 87 individual claims for damages, grouped in one claim." The claim is directed against Bent Erik Carlsen, Ditlev Engel and Henrik [read more]
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