Wind

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 ...

china has world’s highest wind power capacity, surpassing the US, report says

Thursday, 13 January 2011 china has surpassed the US as the nation with the largest wind power infrastructure in the world, according to a report in the state-run Xinhua News Agency.

Vestas to supply turbines for 49.3 MW project in china

Wednesday, 29 December 2010 Vestas, a global leader in wind energy, has received an order for 49.3 MW in wind turbine capacity from Chongli Construction Investment Huashi Wind Power Company Ltd. The order consists of both V52-850 ...

china Datang Corp. raises $642 million for wind energy projects

Friday, 17 December 2010 china Datang Corp Renewable Power Co, the renewable energy unit of china Datang Corp., has raised $642 million (€485.7 million) from an initial public offering in Hong Kong, much of it intended to ...

Longyuan aims to dethrone Iberdrola

Thursday, 16 December 2010 According to declarations by Longyuan’s Chairman, Xie Changjun, the Chinese wind developer plans to install sixteen gigawatts (GW) of wind energy capacity over the next five years (2011-2015), becoming ...