Wind turbine component manufacturer Euros has completed the first blade for Mitsubishi’s next generation 7MW Sea Angel offshore generator. The 81.6-metre blade, which weighs 32.5 tons, is heading for Fraunhofer IWES in Bremerhaven, where static and dynamic tests will be performed. The trials will ensure the structural design and manufacturing process comply with the calculations and verifications required f ...

President Ma Ying-jeou has promised to consider revising the renewable energy law after a wind power company complained about restrictions on selling electricity directly to clients. Ma made the promise during a visit to the coastal Changpin Industrial Zone in Central Taiwan where there are many wind turbines. He met with energy officials and company representatives to learn about wind power operations ther ...

Gamesa India has won an order for the supply of 65 wind turbine generators of 2 MW capacity each, from CLP India. Neither Gamesa nor CLP India has disclosed the value of the order, but since Gamesa sells its 2 MW machines at around Rs 13 crore, the value of the order is about Rs 900 crore. CLP India is a leading wind Independent Power Producer and a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based CLP Holdings. The IPP ha ...

Suzlon Energy Ltd. Has ceded its position as India’s top wind-turbine supplier in the year ended March 31 for the first time in at least a decade, according to figures from an industry group. Wind World (India) Ltd., formerly known as Enercon (India) Ltd., took the top spot after installing 454 MW of turbine capacity last fiscal year, according to data from the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers’ Association ...

Welspun Energy today said it has been sanctioned Rs 120 crore loan for its 20 MW wind power project at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. The company has received a sanction exceeding Rs 120 crore as against a debt requirement of Rs 88 crore. The entire project cost has been funded on a 75:25 debt equity ratio. Welspun Energy Solar Rajasthan is a fully owned subsidiary of the company had signed a Power Purchase Agreem ...

Shanghai-listed Sinovel Wind Group Co Ltd, China's largest manufacturer of wind turbines by market value, has just lost its second chairman in two months, the company announced Wednesday. After Wei Wenyuan, chairman and acting president of Sinovel, formally announced his intentions to resign from the turbine maker Monday, the company's board of directors voted in Wang Yuan as its new chairman and Liu Zhengq ...

EnergyAustralia, the Australian unit of Hong Kong-listed power generator CLP Holdings Ltd., has agreed to sell its majority stake in a wind farm to Canada’s Northleaf Capital Partners and Australia’s Palisade Investment Partners, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday. EnergyAustralia will receive proceeds, net of costs, of 228 million Australian dollars, for its 75% stake in the Waterloo wind farm, ...

REpower Systems SE, part of wind turbine maker Suzlon group, has bagged an order worth 90 million euros (over Rs.639 crore) for four wind power projects in Germany. A contract has been received from Burgerwindpark im Kirchspiel Medelby GmbH & Co KG for supplying 27 wind turbines to four projects worth 90 million euros, Suzlon said in a statement. The turbines are scheduled to be delivered next year and ...

Hytex Integrated Bhd is making its maiden foray into the energy-generation sector after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China's Gezhouba Group Electric Power Co Ltd to collaborate in the development of a 500 million yuan maglev wind farm in Guizhou Province, China. In a statement, Hytex said Gezhouba had been appointed as turnkey contractor to develop the wind farm on a build-and-transfer b ...

Suzlon Energy Ltd., India’s largest wind-turbine maker, said plans to build a plant in South Africa are “advanced” as President Jacob Zuma’s government prepares to accept renewable-power proposals in a third round of bidding. “We are looking forward to submitting a new bid,” Silas Zimu, chief executive officer of Suzlon’s local unit, said today in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Cape Town. “We e ...