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Siemens to provide long-term service at the Bison Wind Energy Center in North Dakota
Siemens has signed a long-term agreement with the U.S. energy company Minnesota Power to provide service and maintenance for 149 D3-platform wind turbines installed at the Bison Wind Energy Center, located near New Salem, North Dakota. ...
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NREL and alstom celebrate wind turbine installation
Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), along with officials from Alstom, today commemorated the successful installation and full capacity operation of a 3 megawatt Alstom ECO 100 wind turbine at NREL’s National Wind Technology Center. This event signifies a crucial step forward in the long-term, collaborative research ...
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GE Milestone: 1,000th Wind Turbine Installed in Canada
The 1,000th GE (NYSE: GE) wind turbine to be installed in Canada will enter service next month at Cartier Wind Energy’s Gros Morne project in the Gaspésie Region of Quebec, GE announced today at CanWEA’s 27th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Continuing to expand its presence in Canada’s wind energy sector, GE expects to have more than ...
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Each new wind turbine installed in Europe generates €10m of economic activity
Wind energy is 300,000 jobs in Europe and contributes €37bn to EU GDP every year according to WindEurope’s new report: ‘Wind Energy and economic recovery in Europe – How wind energy will put communities at the heart of the European recovery”. European leadership in wind energy will continue to boost jobs and benefit communities. Delivering the National Energy and ...
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Global Offshore Wind Turbine Market 2011-2015
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Offshore Wind Turbine Market 2011-2015 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0445023/Global-Offshore-Wind-Turbine-Market-2011-2015.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Wind_turbine TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Offshore Wind Turbine market to grow at a CAGR of 11.63 ...
By ReportLinker
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GE and E.ON sign major O&M deal for US wind turbines
GE (NYSE: GE) and E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America have signed a seven-year operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement covering EC&R’s complete fleet of 529 GE wind turbines installed in the United States. The O&M deal is one of the largest wind services deals ever signed by GE. The agreement is designed to maximize turbine availability and energy production ...
By E.ON AG
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Renewable Distributed Energy Generation
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Renewable Distributed Energy Generation http://www.reportlinker.com/p0165354/Renewable-Distributed-Energy-Generation.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Solar_Photovoltaic Distributed Solar Photovoltaics, Small Wind Power, and Stationary Fuel Cells: Demand Drivers and Barriers, ...
By ReportLinker
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US Department of Energy celebrates new DOE 1.5 research wind turbine
Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have joined industry representatives and managers from DOE’s National Laboratories to celebrate the latest tool to advance the Department’s wind energy research: a state-of-the-art wind turbine installed at DOE’s National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, near Boulder. The turbine, which is the first ...
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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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Europe’s Installed Wind Capacity will Increase 64% by 2020
Wind turbine installations in the European Union will increase 64% by 2020 compared to 2013 levels, according to data compiled by the European Wind Energy Association. A protracted economic crisis in Europe since 2009 and regulatory instability in a number of key European markets has contributed to EWEA’s new scenario for 2020. EU member states will reach a combined 192.4GW of installed ...
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The number of turbines installed by Gamesa in Brazil reaches the 1,000 mark
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy and the number-two turbine OEM in Brazil according to the MAKE Consultancy ranking has achieved a new milestone, having installed 1,000 wind turbines since it entered this market six years ago. These turbines, which imply total installed capacity of 2 GW, are sufficient to cover the electricity demands of a city the size of Munich (Germany), ...
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GE Announces New Projects, Technology Milestone and New Service Program at AWEA WINDPOWER 2012
GE (NYSE: GE), which is celebrating 10 years of leadership in wind energy, today made several announcements at AWEA WINDPOWER 2012, including new wind projects in Michigan and Iowa, an industry milestone and a new services offering. Here are today’s announcements. For more information on each release, please click on the links provided. 1. DTE Energy ...
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Osbit to deliver monopile upending tool for Seajacks
Offshore equipment supplier Osbit has secured a contract with Seajacks to design and build a monopile upending bucket, to be used by the vessel operator in its offshore wind turbine installation projects. The system will initially support the development of the large-scale, bottom-fixed Akita and Noshiro Offshore Wind Farms in Akita Prefecture, part of Japan’s renewable energy expansion ...
By Osbit Ltd.
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Installation of foundations for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm completed
54 monopiles successfully built Installation of inter-array cables and substation to begin in coming months Turbine installation expected to start in early 2017 Commissioning of the 332 megawatt wind farm anticipated in 2017 During the weekend the installation team successfully installed the last foundation for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, located approximately 40 km north of the ...
By RWE AG
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GE Celebrates 10 Years of Advancing Wind Energy
GE (NYSE: GE), a global technology leader and supplier of wind turbines and related services, is celebrating 10 years of industry leadership in wind energy. Since GE entered the industry through the acquisition of Enron Wind in 2002, it has installed 18,000 wind turbines and grown the business from 500 megawatts to 28 gigawatts of installed capacity. This year, ...
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U.S. ranks first in world for electricity generated from wind power
According to the 2015 Wind Technologies Market Report released in August by the Energy Department and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the United States ranks second in the world for wind power capacity and remains first for electricity generated from wind power. Total installed wind power capacity from turbines rated at more than 100 kilowatts in the United States grew at 12% in 2015 and ...
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New NIB loan to wind farm project in northern Sweden
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Swedish Gabrielsberget Nord Vind AB have signed a loan totalling EUR 33 million for the financing of a new wind farm project in Västerbotten in northern Sweden.The 16.5-year loan will be used for financing the wind farm project, which has a total capacity of 46 MW. The wind farm will be made up of 20 wind turbines and the commercial operation of the farm is ...
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NIB lends to wind farm project in northern Sweden
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Swedish Gabrielsberget Syd Vind AB have signed a loan totalling EUR 35 million for financing the construction of a new wind farm in Västerbotten in northern Sweden.The 16.5-year-maturity loan will be used for financing the wind farm project which has a total capacity of 46 MW. The wind farm will be made up of 20 wind turbines and the commercial operation of ...
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Vessels, Cables and Foundations in the Offshore Wind Market - Global Market Size, Cost Analysis, Market Share and Demand-Supply Scenario to 2020
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Vessels, Cables and Foundations in the Offshore Wind Market - Global Market Size, Cost Analysis, Market Share and Demand-Supply Scenario to 2020 ...
By ReportLinker
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EU reaches 100 GW wind power milestone
100 GW of wind power can generate electricity over a year to meet the total consumption of 57 million households, equivalent to the power production of 39 nuclear power plants. It took the European wind energy sector some twenty years to get the first 10 GW grid connected. It only needed 13 years to add an additional 90 GW. Half of the total European wind power capacity has been installed over ...
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