Philippine-based conglomerate Ayala Corporation will be connecting a wind power project to the grid by 2014. In a statement, Ayala Corporation announced that their wholly owned subsidiary AC Energy Holdings, Inc. has signed an investment framework agreement and shareholders’ agreement with UPC Philippines Wind Holdco I B.V. and the Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure Fund (PINAI) to form a joi ...

A decision on AGL’s massive Silverton wind farm project has been put off for another year. Political uncertainties are behind the move to delay a decision on the project until 2014, with the election potentially heralding significant policy changes. If Labor were to win then current policies will largely remain intact, but if the Coalition claims power, as most expect, a scale-back of the Renewable Energy T ...

State-owned Taiwan Power Co’s (Taipower) Renewable Energy Section on Saturday promised to repair a wind turbine at the Kuanyuan wind farm in Taoyuan County’s Guanyin Township, after complaints that a blade that broke off last year has been left on a nearby beach. The Kuanyuan wind farm, constructed in 2004, is the nation’s oldest wind power plant and is equipped with 23 64m tall turbines, which have three 3 ...

  Ming Yang are working on a design for a 12 MW wind turbine. The company said the design was at an early stage and the company was unable to reveal further details. The 12MW SCD model is listed on the company's website. Last week Ming Yang launched a 6.5MW SCD prototype featuring a permanent magnetic synchronous generator. The machine has been designed for the typhoon environment in China's offshore a ...

The south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan has given approval in principle for Vietnam Electricity Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company (EVNIC) to deploy a wind power project using Russian technology with total designed capacity of 40.5 MW, Pham Hong Giang, general director of EVNIC, said. The first phase of the Cong Hai wind power project will be carried out this year on 20 hectares in Con ...

China-based wind turbine maker Sinovel is shutting down four subsidiaries and insists the closures are not related to its legal issues with the U.S. In a company filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the manufacturer revealed it will close the company's units in the U.S., Canada, Italy and Belgium, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report. At press time, Sinovel did not respond to requests for comme ...

Citing fundamental differences in commercial priorities and business strategy, GE says it has come to a mutual agreement to dissolve its joint venture with China-based Harbin Electric. In September 2011, GE announced the joint venture would work to manufacture and supply wind turbines to customers in China. Under the agreement, Harbin took 51% ownership of a new manufacturing facility in Zhenjiang, with GE ...

Gamesa Wind Turbines has signed a 46 MW wind power project order with ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division, part of the ITC Group. Under this contract Gamesa would be supplying 23X 2MW turbines to ITC at Tagguparthi, Andhra Pradesh. The commissioning is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2014. Gamesa would be undertaking the full scope of site development, supply & commissioning ...

A state-owned electricity company received the go-ahead to build what could be New Zealand’s largest wind farm just north of the capital, Wellington. A statement from Genesis Energy said it had no immediate plans to start construction after the country’s Environment Court confirmed resource consents for 286 turbines with a potential total generating capacity of 860 MW. Genesis Energy chief executive Albert ...

Siemens has appointed Markus Tacke as chief executive of its Energy Sector’s Wind Power Division. He will take up the role on 1 August and succeeds Felix Ferlemann, who is leaving the company “by mutual agreement to pursue new career challenges”. Tacke is currently chief executive of the Energy Sector’s Industrial Power Business Unit, which is responsible for the German giant’s industrial power generation b ...