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Scottish & Southern Energy gets planning consent for Scottish wind farm
The decision follows a Public Inquiry into the development, which was concluded in August 2007 – the original planning application was made in October 2005. The wind farm will have 23 turbines and construction work is expected to begin next year, with the wind farm scheduled to be commissioned in 2010. Its development will require the investment of around £55m. When Achany is commissioned, SSE ...
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Iberdrola Renovables commissions first wind farm in Hungary
IBERDROLA RENOVABLES has begun to commission its first wind farm in Hungary, the Kisigmand facility located in the Komarom-Esztergom province in the north of the country. The site will boast an installed capacity of 50 MW. The facility, which is equipped with 25 Gamesa G90 wind turbines with 2 MW of output each, will enable the company to spearhead the development of wind farms in Hungary, an ...
By Iberdrola
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Res disappointed by dumfries and galloway council`s decision to refuse minnygap wind farm
The application for ten turbines, south west of Moffat, was reviewed by Dumfries and Galloway's Planning Committee. The committee rejected the 20MW scheme on the grounds that the MoD's Eskdalemuir Seismic Array would be adversely affected. Councillors also overturned the advice of their planning officers by including impact on landscape and tourism as reasons for refusal. Bruce Henry, RES ...
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Gamesa agrees sale of 30 MW wind farm in Catalonia to Greentech Energy Systems
Gamesa, a global leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines and a benchmark wind farm developer, has agreed the sale of a 30 MW wind farm development located in Tarragona (Spain) to Greentech Energy Systems, a Dutch wind farm developer with a pipeline in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway and Poland. This wind farm, developed and built by Gamesa's wind farm development ...
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GE to co-develop 1GW-plus Australian site
GE is in line to supply more than 200 turbines from its Cypress platform for Australian developer Westwind Energy's 1GW-plus Golden Plains project in Victoria. The US manufacturer has been named preferred supplier for the wind farm, which it will also co-develop with Westwind. Golden Plains is slated to be completed in stages and fully commissioned in 2025. Its planned total capacity between ...
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Windlab signs PPA termsheet for Lakeland Wind Farm
Windlab Limited (ASX: WND) today announced that it has executed a binding term sheet with Flow Power for the sale of 50MWs of electricity output and associated Large Scale Generation Certificates from its proposed 104MW Lakeland Wind Farm project, for a period of up to 10 years. Lakeland Wind Farm is a fully approved wind farm located 60 km South-west of Cooktown on the Cape York Peninsula, ...
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Cuel Cuel Wind Farm - Case Study
The Cuel wind farm is located 560kms south of Santiago, close to Los Ángeles city in the Bío Bío region of Chile. Mainstream fully developed the project in association with local authorities, municipalities and the community. Construction of all 22 turbines was completed Q1, 2014 and, in February 2014, the project started to generate power and sold on the spot market - a ...
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Gamesa ventures into a new market Kenya supplying 14 MW of turbines to power company Kengen
The project, the country’s second wind farm, will be the largest wind farm in East Africa. Gamesa, a global technology leader in the wind power industry, has ventured into a new market: Kenya. The company has signed an agreement with local power company Kengen to supply 13.6 MW of turbines for a wind farm Kengen is developing and Iberdrola Ingeniería is constructing. The Ngong ...
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Wal-Mart Mexico to go all wind powered
The 348 Wal-Mart stores in Mexico will be powered by the 'Oaxaca I Lamatalaventosa' Wind ...
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Wind Iris Lidar Installation at Caracoles Wind Farm
With assistance from RNRG team member Dale Lamell, Ventus Ingenieria recently installed a Wind Iris nacelle-mounted Lidar at the 20MW Caracoles wind farm in Uruguay. The Wind Iris is being used to monitor turbine performance and offer optimization solutions for the project. Here's an overview of the trip, told in pictures: RNRG and Ventus arrive at the Caracoles wind farm ready to install a Wind ...
By NRG Systems
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Gamesa to build a 70-MW wind farm in Uruguay under a turnkey arrangement
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has received an order from Rafisa, trustee of the Financiero Arias Trust, backed and managed by Uruguay's state utility, UTE, for the turnkey construction of a 70-MW wind farm in Uruguay. Under the scope of the agreement, the company will supply, install and commission 35 G114-2.0 MW turbines at the Colonia Arias wind farm located in the ...
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Knockaneden wind farm global wind day 2015
Knockaneden wind farm in Ireland, owned by Caherciveen Wind Ltd and operated by Mainstream Renewable Power, welcomed three local schools to the wind farm yesterday to celebrate Global Wind Day 2015. The pupils, from St. Finians, Filemore and Coars primary schools, were given a tour of the wind farm which has been in commercial operation since 2012. Mainstream staff provided the pupils with ...
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Gamesa continues to make inroads into the US market with a new contract for the supply of 99 MW
The company will supply G114-2.0 MW and G114-2.1 MW wind turbines for a wind farm located in the central United States. Gamesa, a technological leader in the global wind industry, has been awarded a contract for the supply of 99 MW[1] for a wind farm in the south central United States. The wind farm will utilize 48 G114-2.0 MW turbines and G114-2.1 MW turbines. Gamesa will deliver and ...
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Gamesa and Iberdrola Ingeniería to build four wind farms in Costa Rica with total capacity of 80 MW
The two companies will handle all the construction and commissioning phases required for four 20-MW wind farms. Gamesa and Iberdrola Ingeniería have signed EPC contracts with subsidiaries of Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy (GME) to build 80 MW in Costa Rica. The two companies will handle all the construction and commissioning phases required for this project, named Alisios, which ...
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Goole Fields 1 Wind Farm is officially opened
16 turbine wind farm generating electricity for up to 18,200 average UK households Total investment amounts to £45million Today saw the official opening of RWE Innogy UK’s £45million Goole Fields 1 Wind Farm in East Riding of Yorkshire. Over 60 community members and business representatives attended the inauguration hosted by the renewable energy leader, which included a ...
By RWE AG
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Gamesa to supply 36 MW to French developer Valorem
The company will install eight of its G114-2.5 MW turbines and eight of its G87-2.0 MW turbines at three wind farms located in France, which it will then maintain for 10 years Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, continues to make inroads with its business strategy in Europe, having received its first order from French wind power developer Valorem for the supply of 36 MW at ...
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Gamesa to maintain a 69-MW wind complex in Sicily
The company has been contracted to maintain this wind farm, fitted with 46 ECO80 turbines, for the next three years Gamesa, a technology leader in wind energy, has entered into a new agreement with energy player Alpiq for the maintenance of a 69-MW wind complex in Sicily (Italy), equipped with 46 ECO80 turbines. Under the terms of the agreement with Alpiq, Gamesa will handle the ...
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EDPR opens the Dammarie wind farm
EDPR opened a new wind farm in France with an installed capacity of 12 MW. The wind farm is located in the municipality of Dammarie, in the French Department of Eure-et-Loir. The wind farm’s output will allow it to supply clean energy to the equivalent of almost 11,000 homes. The opening ceremony was attended by Estelle Cochard, Councillor for the region of Centre-Val de Loire and Deputy ...
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Gamesa contracted to supply 52 MW to ScottishPower Renewables for two developments in Scotland
The company will install 35 G52-850 kW turbines at the Hare Hill wind farm and 11 of its G90-2.0 MW turbines at the Glen App development. Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has been contracted to supply 52 MW to ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola's UK subsidiary, for two developments: expansion of the Hare Hill facility (capacity: 30 MW) and the Glen App wind farm (22 MW). ...
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Mainstream Renewable Power gets planning permission to build 150MW wind farm in Calama, Chile
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, today (28 August) announces it has received environmental consent to build the 150 megawatt Tchamma Wind Farm in Northern Chile. The wind farm, which will be located in the commune of Calama in the Antofagasta region, will cover an area of 1,900 hectares on land owned by the National Assets Ministry. The wind farm is expected to reach ...
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