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Frost & Sullivan Lauds GE`s Bently Nevada Line for Creating Enhanced Customer Value Through the Development of Sophisticated Condition Monitoring Systems
Based on its recent analysis of the condition monitoring market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes GE's Bently Nevada® product line, a unit of GE Measurement & Control Solutions, with the 2011 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement. The company leverages more than 50 years of experience in condition monitoring to understand the issues of customers in a wide ...
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GE expands Brazil Wind Turbine production facility
São Paulo Facility Expansion to Add 35 Skilled Jobs Expansion an Investment for the Wind Industry in Brazil New Facility to Produce Machine Heads for GE 1.7-100 and 1.85-82.5 wind Turbines Today GE (NYSE: GE) announced the expansion of its Campinas, São Paulo, manufacturing facility and the creation of 35 new skilled jobs. Co-located with Brazilian machinery manufacturer and ...
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GE Software Powers Research on Efficient Wind Energy Production
GE today announced that it is working with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to investigate ways to improve wind farm productivity and efficiency. The results of the study will directly contribute to future product and service designs. The project is part of a larger Department of Energy (DOE) investment of $9 million to an IIT-led consortium to enhance the ...
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GE Accelerates Wind Energy Development in Brazil with Opening of New Services Center
Facility is First of Two Brazilian Wind Energy Service Centers to Open this Year, Improving Efficiency and Speed of Services to Local Customers Centers Represents a $1.5M Investment of a Total of $5.5M in 2013 for the Renewable Industry in Brazil GE (NYSE: GE), one of the world's leading wind turbine suppliers with more than 20,000 units installed, today announced the opening of a new wind ...
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Northeast States Release Three Reports on Offshore Wind Development
On November 2nd, the States of Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island released three reports that set out the context for offshore wind development in the Northeast and reveal its potential economic development benefits. The Northeast has the potential for offshore wind deployment of between 4,000 to 8,000 megawatts by 2030 and the creation of up to 36,000 jobs according to the reports, which ...
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Gamesa to build its second wind farm in Jordan - an 86-MW facility - under a turnkey arrangement
Gamesa, in a consortium with Spanish company Elecnor, has been awarded the contract to build an 86-MW wind power plant on a turnkey basis in the region of Maan, in southern Jordan. This contract, placed by Green Watts Renewable Energy Company LLC, a 100% subsidiary of Alcazar Energy, comprises the installation of 41 G114-2.1 MW wind turbines at the Al Rajef wind farm and the operation and ...
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Gamesa sells a 24 MW wind farm in Poland
Gamesa will provide the facility's operation and maintenance services for a period of fifteen years. Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has sold a 24 MW wind farm in Poland, built under turnkey project modality, to Windflower, from the Israeli Sunflower group. The Suchań wind farm - developed and promoted by Gamesa- is located in West Pomerania Province, in northwestern ...
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Gamesa cements its leadership in Mexico with two new orders from Iberdrola for the supply of 325 MW
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has entered into two new agreements with Iberdrola for the supply of 325.5 MW in total in Mexico. These orders1 consolidate the company's position in this market, in which it has entrenched itself as the leading OEM. The first contract encompasses the installation and commissioning of 84 of the company's G114-2.625 MW turbines (220.5 MW) at the ...
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Gamesa secures début order for its new 3.3 MW platform, specifically the supply of 198 MW in Mexico
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has achieved an important milestone in its sales and product strategy, having secured the first order for its new G132-3.465 MW turbine, which guarantees the lowest cost of energy across a broad spectrum of sites. The company has secured an order from a power utility for the supply of 198 MW at one of its wind developments in Mexico. ...
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WindVision 2025–a wind energy strategy for Quebec
By 2015 Quebec's wind energy industry will develop 4,000 MW of generating capacity, resulting in $10 billion in new investment, thousands of new jobs, and significant economic benefits for those regions hosting wind farm developments, according to a study commissioned by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) by the firm Hatch in collaboration with economist Jean-Claude Thibodeau. "These ...
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ACCIONA Windpower signs a contract to supply 93 MW of wind power for Brazil
In addition to the turbine supply contracts, the operation and maintenance of the wind farms has been contracted for a period of 15 years. To date ACCIONA Windpower has supplied, or has orders for, 423 MW in Brazil, all for its most powerful model of wind turbines. ACCIONA Windpower (AWP), a subsidiary of the ACCIONA group that designs, manufactures and sells wind turbines, has signed a ...
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Bechtel Awarded EPC Contract for New Solar Power Project
Bechtel has been awarded a contract by enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, for the engineering, procurement, and construction of the Catalina Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Generating Project in Kern County in Southern California. Bechtel will also build the 7.2 mile transmission line to connect the facility to a nearby substation. The 110 MWac facility will be built on 1,100 acres and produce ...
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Consent secured for largest onshore wind farm in Europe
Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) has been granted consent by Scottish Ministers to develop in southern Scotland a wind farm with a total capacity of up to 456MW. The wind farm will be built in two phases and, on completion, will be the largest onshore wind farm in Europe. The wind farm, known as Clyde, is located between Biggar and Moffat. It became part of SSE’s development portfolio when ...
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Mainstream signs deal to build and operate Ghana’s first utility-scale wind farm
Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power today announces the signing of an agreement with Swiss wind farm developer NEK Umwelttechnik to purchase the 225 megawatt (MW) AyitepaWind Farm, located 40 kilometres from Accra on the east coast of Ghana. The project, which represents a total investment of USD525 million, is expected to reach financial close next year and start generating ...
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GE to Provide Wind Energy in Scotland
GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that it will supply SSE Renewables with 10 GE-1.6 megawatt (MW) wind turbines for the Langhope Rig Wind Farm in Scotland. Once operational, the 16-MW Langhope Rig Wind Farm will generate the equivalent energy needs of approximately 15,000 Scottish homes (based on household consumption of 3,300 kWh a year). It is located on the Scottish Borders, approximately 5 ...
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New Carbon Trust research confirms role of offshore wind in delivering UK`s Green Growth
Growth of up to 10% per year with up to 230,000 jobs in 2050 New economic analysis released today by the Carbon Trust reveals that the global offshore wind sector is set to grow by up to 10 per cent per year and the Carbon Trust expects the UK to capture around a 10% share of the global offshore wind market, which is estimated to be worth up to £170bn/year by 2050. The new analysis also ...
By Carbon Trust
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Scottish Government announces £2.2 million to cut costs for offshore wind
A project to cut the cost of offshore wind by at least 10% is being awarded £2.2 million by the Scottish Government, First Minister Alex Salmond has announced. The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, a joint industry and government scheme, brings together nine offshore wind developers with over 72% (31GW) of the UK’s licensed capacity. The project aims to ...
By Carbon Trust
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Paldiski onshore wind farm officially opened in Estonia
Eighteen GE 2.5-100 Wind Turbines to Mark Company’s Debut in the Country 45 Megawatts of Wind Power to Increase Estonia’s Renewable Energy Capacity Estonia in Pole Position to Reach the 2020 Renewable Energy Targets GE (NYSE: GE) announced today the opening of the Paldiski Wind Farm on the Pakri peninsula in northwestern Estonia. With 18 GE 2.5-100 wind turbines, the Paldiski ...
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Kinangop Wind Farm in Kenya to be Powered by 38 GE Wind Turbines
One of the Largest Wind Power Generation Projects to be Built in Sub-Saharan Africa Iberdrola Engineering to Build the 61-Megawatt Wind Farm; Aeolus Kenya Developing Project Planned Energy Mix Will Give Kenya’s Population the Reliability of Supply and Contribute to the Social and Economic Development of Kenya GE to Provide 38 1.6-MW Wind Turbines and Operations and Maintenance for 10 ...
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Wärtsilä and Aker Solutions to jointly develop cutting edge High Performance Turbine Installation Vessel
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade Press release, 29 March at 11 am (EET) Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions provider, and Aker Solutions, the international oil and gas services company, have agreed to combine their fields of expertise to develop a new and environmentally sound concept for offshore wind farm installation vessels. According to the contract, which was signed earlier this ...
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