Suzlon Group, a global turbine manufacturer, announced that its innovative S97-HT DFIG 2.1-MW wind turbine has achieved 35% PLF over the last 12 months. The prototype with Suzlon’s All-Steel Hybrid Tower, was commissioned on June 9th, 2014 in India. The S97-HT DFIG is currently the world’s tallest steel hybrid tower at 120 meters in height.…
Philips to power North American operations with 100% wind energy
Philips North America will use 100% renewable energy for its North American operations by the end of 2016 — a major step toward its 2020 carbon-neutrality ambitions announced last week at COP21. Working with EDP Renewables North America, Philips will purchase 250,000 MWh of electricity per year over the next 15 years from the Hidalgo…
Wind energy to power GM’s Texas Assembly Plant
General Motors’ (GM) Arlington Assembly plant will soon be powered with wind energy. GM recently signed a power purchase agreement with EDP Renewables North America, a fully owned subsidiary of EDP Renewables, for 30 MW of power from the planned 250 MW Hidalgo Wind Farm in Edinburg, Texas. Fifteen of the wind farm’s 261-foot-tall turbines will generate the…
Amazon Web Services plans 100-MW Ohio wind farm to power its data centers
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced that it has contracted with EDP Renewables to construct and operate a 100-MW wind farm in Paulding County, Ohio. Starting in May 2017, the new Amazon Wind Farm US Central is expected to start generating approximately 320,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of wind energy annually. That’s enough to power more than…
Retired coal plant serves as new energy storage site
Duke Energy, LG Chem, and Greensmith are bringing new technology to the site of a 1952 retired coal plant with the completion of a 2-MW battery-based energy storage system. The new project is designed to increase reliability and stability for the electric power grid. As of November 17, the fast-response system is actively regulating electric grid…
Adwen appoints consortium for the design of two offshore wind factories in France
Adwen, a joint venture between AREVA and Gamesa, recently appointed a consortium for designing and preparing a detailed implantation scheme of the two offshore wind factories it plans to build in France. These facilities will produce the nacelles and blades for the 8-MW turbines to be installed in three future projects: Baie de Saint-Brieuc (2020),…
Procter & Gamble plans to run its facilities on 100% wind power
Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced plans to meet its electricity demands with a long-term vision of using 100% wind power. The company serves nearly five billion people around the world with its brands, including Tide and Dawn. The wind-powered goal is now possible because of a partnership with EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE), which will see a…
HELUKABEL holds ground-breaking ceremony for expansion of manufacturing plant in Germany
HELUKABEL, a global cable manufacturer, recently held a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a new expansion at its manufacturing plant in Windsbach, Germany. Once completed in the fall of 2016, the new building will offer more than 96,875-sq. ft. of additional office, laboratory, and production space. The expansion also allows HELUKABEL to combine its…
ACCIONA Windpower opens a wind turbine plant in Brazil
ACCIONA Windpower, the ACCIONA subsidiary dedicated to the design, manufacture and sale of wind turbines, has opened a turbine assembly plant at Simões Filho (Bahia, Brazil). It is already producing all of the three-megawatt (MW) machines for the Brazilian market. The opening ceremony was presided by the Governor of Bahia, Rui Costa dos Santos, who…
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind wins 21-MW service contract extension in Denmark
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been awarded an extension of the service contract at the 21-megawatt (MW) Sprogø offshore wind power plant in Denmark, which is owned by A/S Storebælt. The contract extends the cooperation between MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and A/S Storebælt by three years, with the option to extend the contract for a…
ACCIONA Windpower inaugurates first concrete tower production plant in Mexico
ACCIONA Windpower, the ACCIONA Group subsidiary that designs, manufactures, and markets wind turbines, has set up the first operational plant in Mexico for the production of concrete towers for wind turbines at General Escobedo, near Monterrey. It means the creation of around 300 direct and more than 1,500 indirect jobs. The plant produces concrete segments…
Wind turbine generator assembly plant
Location: West Branch, Iowa Technology: Wind turbine generator engineering and assembly Collaborators: Ryan Companies US, Inc; R&M Materials Handling Construction completed: November 2007; turbine assembly commenced December 2007 Wind turbine output: 450 unit annual capacity Turbine models produced: AW-1500; AW-3000, near future Investment total: $30 million The AW-1500 has rotor diameters of 70, 77 or…