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In Scotland - the world’s biggest offshore wind farm will be built
The wind farm will have 339 wind turbines which could provide power to over 40% or about 1 million of Scotland’s householders, generating 1.5 GW at an average cost of about 5.7 billion dollars. Construction of the wind farm is planned to start in 2015 and will be completed by 2020.
read more... 03/09/2012
Enel Green Power has completed a new wind farm in Romania
Italian renewables giant Enel Green Power (EGP) has fully grid-connected the new Moldova Noua wind farm in the Banat, Romania. The fully operational plant includes 21 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 48MW, and will be able to generate some 130 million kilowatt hours, therefore avoiding the emission of over 70 thousand tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.
read more... 30/08/2012
Vestas to build its first V100 turbines in Italy
Vestas will build its first project consisting of 11 units of the V100 wind turbine in Tuscany, for the Santa Luce Wind Power Plant. The project is the first on Italian soil to use the V100 and includes delivery, transportation, installation and commissioning of turbines.
read more... 17/08/2012
Germany new wind power installation up 26% in the first half of 2012
According to some data released by BWE wind power group and VDMA Power Systems turbine makers group, Germany has added about 1000 MW of installed wind farm capacity in the first six months of the year. They expect that the capacity will jump to 2400 MW by the end of the year, the equivalent to the energy produced by two nuclear power plants.
read more... 02/08/2012
Germany: First in Europe in offshore wind growth
According to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Siemens dominated the offshore wind turbine market during the first six month of 2012, installing 108 wind turbines across Europe. Siemens and RePower were most active in places like UK and Europe, installing 422 MW of wind turbines.
read more... 25/07/2012