Goldwind Americas announced that it has secured a wind-turbine supply order from Potentia Renewables Inc., a Toronto-based developer, owner, and operator of renewable energy assets. At a ground breaking ceremony this week, Potentia Renewables’s CEO Jeff Jenner announced plans for the 200-MW Golden South Wind Project located in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. The wind farm will feature…

Goldwind International Holdings announced the sale of its 20-MW Musselshell Wind Projects in Montana to Potentia Renewables Inc., a Toronto-based developer, owner, and operator of renewable energy assets. Goldwind is parent company of Goldwind Americas and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. “As part of our expansion and commercialization strategy in North America,…

Goldwind Americas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., announced that its CEO, David Halligan will be resigning to pursue a new energy venture. Halligan helped launch Goldwind in the Americas, and is launching a new renewable energy venture focused on distributed and digital energy solutions. The new venture will look to deploy Goldwind’s…

SNC-Lavalin has been selected as the preferred contractor for the Stockyard Hill Wind Farm in Victoria, Australia by Goldwind Australia and has commenced early works.

Goldwind has more than 40 GW of capacity worldwide, Goldwind’s Permanent Magnet Direct Drive (PMDD) technology is shaping a new standard in wind energy.

Goldwind Americas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., announced that it has signed agreements with One Energy Enterprises LLC. The contract is for 60 MW of Goldwind turbines for various distributed generation wind projects, as part of One Energy’s Wind for Industry model. As part of the framework agreement, a firm order of…

Goldwind Americas, a subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. has signed an agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Americas to acquire the 160-MW Rattlesnake Wind Project located in McCulloch County, Texas. Once operational, the project will become Goldwind’s largest U.S. wind project to date. “This investment in the Rattlesnake Wind Project highlights our long-term commitment…

Xinjiang Goldwind has announced that it has agreed to purchase the Stockyard Hill Wind Farm project in Victoria, Australia, from Origin Energy for a price of AUD$110 million. Origin Energy has also agreed to purchase all the energy and renewable energy certificates produced by the project until 2030 under a power purchase agreement (PPA). The…

Renewable Energy Systems (RES), a developer of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage projects in the Americas, and Goldwind Americas announced authorization of notice to proceed (NTP) on construction for the Rattlesnake Wind Project located in McCulloch County, Texas. The 160-MW project was acquired by Goldwind, a provider of wind-turbine technology and energy solutions, from RES in May of 2016. The…

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. announced that it has received tax equity financing commitments, from MidAmerican Wind Tax Equity Holdings and Citi, for the 160-MW Rattlesnake Wind Project in McCulloch County, Texas. The $250 million Rattlesnake Wind Project uses 64 Goldwind GW 109/2.5MW PMDD wind turbines, and will bring significant economic benefit to the community of McCulloch County. It…

LM Wind Power announced that its newly developed 66.9-meter blades for Goldwind’s 3-MW turbine platform (the GW3S) were installed successfully on the first prototype turbine. The new blade was developed in record time with the installation taking place less than six months from project initiation. The LM Wind Power blades have been selected as part of…

Goldwind Americas, a subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. has entered into an exclusive agreement with Viridis Eolia, a Wyoming corporation, for the conditional supply of Goldwind’s permanent-magnet, direct-drive (PMDD) wind turbines. The Viridis Eolia Master Plan, a planned 1,870-MW multi-phase wind project in Carbon County, Wyoming, will use Goldwind’s 2.5-MW and 3.0-MW…

Goldwind Americas, a subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., announced that it has signed an agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES) to acquire the 160-MW Rattlesnake Wind Project located in McCulloch County, Texas. Once operational, the project will become Goldwind’s largest U.S. wind project to date. “This investment in the Rattlesnake…

Goldwind Science & Technology announced the successful installation of wind lidar system ZephIR DM by Beijing New Energy Technology Ltd. (BNET) on the company’s 6-MW prototype direct-drive permanent magnet wind turbine. Goldwind confirms ZephIR lidar systems will be used for optimizing the prototype turbine before it enters mass production, measuring power curves, and to understand…

When many turbines have so much in common – gearboxes, general layouts, and geared pitch drives – it’s refreshing to find even a little out-of-the-box thinking. For instance, the Chinese engineers behind the Goldwind 2.5 PMDD (permanent magnet, direct-drive) have broken with convention in several areas. Most noticeably, there is no gearbox, a trouble-prone unit…

Goldwind Americas, a subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. has launched the GW121, the company’s latest turbine on the 2.5 MW Permanent Magnet Direct Drive (PMDD) product platform. The GW121 is equipped with a 121-meter rotor, designed to maximize annual energy production at low wind sites, while maintaining Goldwind’s reliability and world-class availability standards. The GW121’s…

Goldwind USA, the US subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., announced today that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank has financed the 215MW second phase of the Penonome Wind Project located in the Province of Coclé, Panama which will use 86 Goldwind 2.5MW permanent magnet direct drive (PMDD) wind turbines.  The…

Goldwind USA, the US subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., recently announced that it has received an order from InterEnergy Holdings to supply 86 of its 2.5MW Permanent Magnet Direct-Drive (PMDD) turbines for the 215MW Penonome wind project in the province of Cocle, Panama. The order is Goldwind’s largest international sale to…

DNV GL has recently completed the Design Evaluation for a 2.5-MW wind turbine designed by Goldwind. At the 8th China International Wind Energy Exhibition, DNV GL handed over a Conformity Statement to Goldwind, one of the largest wind turbine manufacturers in China. It confirms that the turbine meets the requirements according to the standard IEC…

As Vermonters gathered from across the region for the Queen City’s annual First Night celebration, a recently commissioned community wind farm was available to power the festivities. The Georgia Mountain Community Wind farm (GMCW), which announced it is fully operational, provides about 8% of Burlington Electric Department’s (BED) energy demand through a long-term stably priced…