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Gamesa hosts its first technological seminar in the Pakistan market
Gamesa celebrated today the first technological seminar in Karachi, Pakistan. The company gathered local stakeholder guests such as developers, IPPs, engineers and consultant companies, investors and institutions, among other profiles. Mr. Carlos Morales, the Ambassador of Spain in Pakistan, inaugurated this key event for Gamesa. Mr. Amjad Ali Awan, Chief Executive Officer of Alternate Energy ...
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Innovative Indian Companies Drawn to Eastern Germany
The number of Indian investors in Germany continues to rise, with 255 Indian companies active in Germany today. Most recently, Kalyani subsidiary Kenersys inaugurated its wind turbine production plant in the Eastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Generous incentives and low costs have drawn high-tech Indian companies to Eastern Germany in recent years. In order to meet the increasing ...
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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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Siemens well on track to become one of the world’s top three providers of wind turbines
Siemens continues to expand its international manufacturing network in the rapidly growing wind power business: This week, the technology company opened in Shanghai its first rotor blade manufacturing plant in China, a new nacelle production in Hutchinson, Kansas, and has selected Tillsonburg in Ontario for its Canadian rotor blade manufacturing site. The investment volume for the three new ...
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Bonfiglioli announces new solutions for the wind industry at WindEnergy 2016 exhibition in Hamburg, Germany
For all applications of yaw and pitch drives for the monitoring of load peaks, Bonfiglioli presents a solution that is protectively integrated into the gear motor for the first time. The integrated load cell quickly and precisely measures torque and enables torque monitoring in real time. Connected via an external cable connection, the system provides an automatic engine shut-down to protect the ...
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Siemens named as sponsor of European future energy forum
Global green infrastructure giant and a significant UK employer operating across the sectors of Industry, Energy and Healthcare, Siemens, has been named as a platinum sponsor for the European Future Energy Forum, Europe’s leading renewable energy event which heads to London ExCeL, Oct 19/21, 2010. This comes shortly after an announcement by Siemens that it is to invest more than £80 ...
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New way of predicting ice on wind turbines
As wind turbines become an increasingly important source of energy, there is a growing need to better predict when ice forms on them and prevents electricity from being produced. A research project at SMHI has developed new methods for projecting ice formation on wind turbines. There is growing interest in wind turbines as an energy source in Sweden, but wintertime the turbines are affected by ...
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Gamesa showcases at Awea its new G114-2.5 MW wind turbine: more energy production with the lowest CoE
The new turbine, based on the 2.0 MW platform proven technology, reaches the highest efficiency and profitability in medium wind sites G114-2.5 MW produces 29% more energy than Gamesa’s G97-2.0 MW turbine while lowering the cost of energy by 10% Gamesa, a global technology leader in the wind industry, showcases its new wind turbine with 2.5 MW of unitary power: the G114-2.5 MW at the ...
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Inox Wind signs landmark agreement with AMSC for the launch of 3MW Wind turbines in India
Inox Wind Limited, one of India’s leading wind energy solutions provider, has signed an exclusive agreement with AMSC (NASDAQ:AMSC), a global solutions provider serving the wind and power grid industry, to launch the 3MW wind turbine which is especially suitable for low wind regimes in India. The 3MW wind turbine platform is a globally operating and proven platform. This agreement comes on ...
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PES WIND: Made to measure or off the shelf? Wind sensors for control of Wind turbines
Klaus Hirzel, CEO at Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH, questions in this article of the PES WIND magazine why turbine manufacturers have never asked suppliers for their ideal set of environmental sensors. (Published April ...
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The first 60 kw Wind Turbine made ATB Riva Calzoni
In the past few days, the first 60 kW wind turbines, one of four that will be installed in plants in the south of the country, in Sicily, Campania and Basilicata. The wind turbine was manufactured in the new site of Artogne dedicated to clean and renewable energy, it has been opened in the beginning of March. The equipment is on the cutting edge of technology: materials and design absolutely ...
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GE to Provide Wind Service Coverage for Entire First Wind GE Fleet
First Wind, a Boston-based independent wind energy company, has selected GE (NYSE: GE) as its service provider for the company’s entire fleet of 264 GE wind turbines at eight sites across the United States. The eight-year comprehensive service agreement expands upon existing contracts with First Wind, and is the first contract to cover an entire fleet of ...
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The Finnish Minister of the Economy visits ACCIONA Energy`s facilities in Navarre, Spain
The Finnish Minister of the Economy, Mauri Pekkarinen, visited several facilities of ACCIONA Energy in Navarre today with the goal of learning first-hand about the way the company works, aiming to foster increased development of wind energy in Finland. The Minister headed a delegation consisting of top civil servants from his Ministry and representatives of various Finnish research centres and ...
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Tender models were the main topic at the third Spanish Wind Power Congress
Topics discussed included the indisputable advantages of the auction system in the context of Spain’s tender process. Though it is a complex system, its competitiveness and efficiency is unquestionable; 3.7 GW have already been awarded and an additional 3 GW will be awarded at the auction set to take place in July. A total of 6.7 GW will be reached by 2019. The Secretaries of State for ...
By DN Tanks
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Gamesa Selects Towers from Broadwind Energy for U.S. Wind Projects
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Gamesa Technology Corp., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica, a global manufacturer of wind turbine generators with headquarters in Spain and operations in the U.S., Europe, China and India has selected Tower Tech, Inc., a subsidiary of Broadwind Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWEN), to supply structural wind towers for wind sites in the United ...
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Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Expands Expertise to Meet Growing Demand in Wind Turbine Manufacturing, Building on Successful Track Record
Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. (S&SE) brings its decades of pollution abatement expertise to wind turbine manufacturing companies. Showcasing its commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility, Ship & Shore’s comprehensive air pollution abatement solutions target the widely publicized eco-impacts, such as greenhouse gasses and toxic air pollutants as well as mounting ...
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Energy Secretary Granholm Announces Ambitious New 30GW Offshore Wind Deployment Target by 2030
Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm (March 29) joined the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce at a White House roundtable meeting to announce a national goal to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030. This effort is expected to support approximately 77,000 jobs in industry and surrounding communities, generate electricity to power over 10 million American homes, and cut 78 million ...
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Unique political common ground on uk renewables and green bank
Cross party support for the new UK Green Bank has reigned in, despite election politics. With the recent release of the Treasury’s Strategy for National Infrastructure and the Tory Energy Policy, spending on renewable energy and modernizing UK energy infrastructure has emerged as unique common ground between the three major parties. The Treasury’s Strategy includes the Green Investment Bank, ...
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Frost & Sullivan applauds hempel for dominating the wind turbine protective coatings market by developing versatile products with unmatched functionality
Based on its recent analysis of the protective coatings for wind turbines market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Hempel with the 2011 Europe Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy. Hempel has penetrated new markets and regions and differentiated itself from the competition in terms of product performance and business strategy. Hempel has had a long innings in the coatings market ...
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New growth strategies in wind energy are now essential, says Frost & Sullivan
Due to the strong growth and placement of wind turbine orders in 2008 and the lead time between placing the orders and shipping them out to customers, the top line for wind turbine manufacturers in 2009 has been relatively unaffected. However, the fall in orders in 2009 will affect revenues of these companies in 2010. Therefore, it is essential for companies to adopt new strategies to keep their ...
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