Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has sold a 24-MW wind farm in Poland to Windflower, from the Israeli Sunflower group. The Suchań wind farm, developed and promoted by Gamesa, was built under turnkey project modality and is located in West Pomerania Province, in northwestern Poland. The project is comprised of 12 Gamesa G97-2.0 MW…
Major win for South Australian wind farm
South Australia has reaffirmed its position as a renewable energy powerhouse, according to the country’s The Lead news report. The 270-MW Hornsdale Wind Farm under construction about 220 km north of Adelaide has won a contract to deliver an additional 100 MW of power to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Developed by leading French company Neoen,…
ACCIONA Windpower to supply turbines for 30-MW Iowa wind project
ACCIONA Windpower, an ACCIONA group subsidiary dedicated to the designing and manufacturing wind turbines, has completed a turbine-supply agreement with Building Energy for a 30-MW wind project located in central Iowa. Building Energy is a global renewable energy company with experience in 24 countries worldwide. Under the agreement, ACCIONA Windpower will deliver 10 AW125-3000 turbines,…
Blattner Energy announces an industry record 25,000-MW of installed wind energy
Blattner Energy, a power generation contractor and provider of renewable energy construction in North America, announced that it has more than 25,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power installed or under contract across North America, more than any other contractor. This accounts for approximately one-third of all installed wind power capacity in the United States and…
Wind generators show strong demand for Clean Line’s Grain Belt Express
Clean Line Energy (Clean Line) received requests for more than 20,000 megawatts (MW) of transmission service for the Grain Belt Express Clean Line in its open solicitation process, representing more than four-and-a-half times the available capacity of the transmission line. All requests for transmission service came from wind generators who require new transmission infrastructure to…
Nordex awarded 111-MW project in South Africa
Nordex SE is broadening its market position in South Africa with the award of a firmly financed order for a 111 megawatts (MW) of wind power. The turnkey project, located in the south of the country, will have 37 N117/3000 turbines, making it the first one in South Africa to be fitted with Generation Delta…
Siemens increases power output of direct-drive offshore wind turbine
Reliable technology is one of the primary levers in Siemens’ goal to reduce the cost of offshore wind power generation. In this regard, the company’s flagship offshore wind turbine, the SWT-6.0-154, has already set new standards in gearless turbine design. Today, the market leader in offshore raises the bar yet again: introducing a generator upgrade…
Ontario is procuring 300 MW of wind energy under new competitive process
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) applauds the Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) launch of a 565-megawatt (MW) renewable energy request for proposals (RFP), of which 300 MW will be dedicated to wind energy. This is the first of three RFPs under IESO’s Large Renewable Procurement (LRP) competitive process that supports Ontario’s targeted goal of…