Wind

18.9 GW of new wind power added in 2010

Thursday, 07 April 2011 china added 18.9 GW of new wind power capacity, thereby reaching a total installed capacity of 44.7 GW. This figure, which was published today by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the Chinese Renewable ...

New Zealand to host wind energy conference

Monday, 28 March 2011 The 2011 New Zealand Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition will be held 12 and 13 April, 2011 at Wellington Town Hall in Wellington, NZ. The conference will highlight the achievements of New Zealand's ...

china and EU influenced by nuclear disaster, wind could benefit

Friday, 18 March 2011 Toby Price The European Commissioner in Charge of Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard, signalled at the EWEC 2011 conference this week that European Union (EU) decisions on commissioning new nuclear capacity will be ...

Global wind market falters for first time in 20 years

Wednesday, 02 March 2011 Toby Price For the first time in 20 years, growth of the global wind power market has stumbled by 5.8% to 35.7GW in 2010 (37.9GW in 2009), says EurObserv’ER in its latest Wind Barometer released this month. ...

China

Sinovel preparing to launch 6-MW wind turbine

Tuesday, 01 March 2011 Mike McGovern The Chinese news agency, Xinhua, has cited Sinovel’s director, Tao Gang, as saying that the Chinese wind turbine manufacturer will launch a six-megawatt machine next summer, and that it has also ...

Chinese firm Cogo secures $1.5 million wind turbine contract

Tuesday, 01 March 2011 china’s Cogo Group, Inc., a leading gateway for global semiconductor companies to access the industrial and technology markets in china, has secured a $1.5 million (€$1 million) wind turbine ...

Germany

Germany failed to match wind energy forecast in 2010, need for industry contraction cited in report

Thursday, 10 February 2011

Germany’s wind energy sector failed to reach the threshold capacity of 1,900 MW forecast for its domestic market in 2010m according to data collected by the German Wind Energy Institute.

Global wind industry growing strongly, led by Asia

Wednesday, 09 February 2011 New figures released by the Global Wind Energy Council show global wind power installations increased by 35.8 gigawatts (GW) in 2010. This brings total installed wind energy capacity up to 194.4 GW, a ...

Asia Pacific to drive global wind turbine market past $73 billion mark in 2015

Friday, 28 January 2011 A new study reveals that new wind turbine capacity of 236.6 GW will be installed around the world between 2010 and 2015, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17% in global installed capacity ...

New contract for Suzlon in India takes it over 15-GW mark

Tuesday, 18 January 2011 The Suzlon Group has signed an agreement with Hindustan Zinc Limited (a Vedanta Group company and the world’s largest producer of zinc) to set up, operate and maintain 150 megawatts (MW) of wind ...