Hitachi Zosen Corp., an industrial machinery maker, wants to use its partnership with Statoil ASA to bring technology for floating offshore wind turbines to the Japanese market more quickly. Hitachi Zosen, which started as a shipyard in 1881, in November signed a technical cooperation agreement with Statoil, Norway’s oil and gas producer. Statoil’s “Hywind” project features the world’s first full-scale floa ...

The Indian government has brought back a key wind industry incentive in today's budget, following intense lobbying from the industry. The industry has been lobbying for the reintroduction of the generation-based incentive (GBI) since it was withdrawn last April. It paid wind generators INR 0.5/KWh (EUR 0.007/kWh). The government has not yet announced the new rate. Indian finance minister P Chidambaram also ...

Continuum Wind Energy, backed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners LP, received a 9-billion rupee ($164 million) loan from banks for a wind farm in India. The lenders led by the State Bank of India (SBIN) issued letters of credit to the local unit of Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS), Continuum’s Chief Executive Officer Arvind Bansal said in an interview. The wind farm operator has placed orders for 40 win ...

Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Tuesday granted a boon to the wind turbine sector by announcing a proposal for 75 MW of windmill units. Presenting the railway budget for 2013-14, Bansal announced "setting up of 75 MW windmill plants and energizing 1,000 level crossings with solar power". He said that as a measure to protect the environment and to promote sustainable development, a railway energy managem ...

Siemens has delivered a new 2.5MW version of its 2.3MW turbine, specially developed for the Asian market, to a 50MW project in eastern China. The turbine, which has a 108-metre rotor and targets medium wind speed locations, has been designed in conjunction with Shanghai Electric. According to Siemens, the new machine has received upgrades to the power conversion system. It is manufactured at the Shanghai na ...

Japan will begin operating two offshore wind turbines this year as it tries to diversify its energy mix and develop turbine technologies. A 2.4-megawatt turbine has been installed off Choshi in Chiba prefecture in a research project with Tokyo Electric Power Co., Masaharu Itoh, director of the new energy technology department of Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, said yes ...

Fujian province’s development and reform commission announced a plan for constructing onshore wind farms as a major part of its energy development strategy form 2012 to 2020. The plan calls for 196 new wind farms, with a total installed capacity of 8.16 million kilowatts per year. By 2015, Fujian expects to be saving 1.64 million tons of standard coal annually, based on a 2010 coal consumption of 327 grams/ ...

Tata Power, India's largest integrated power utility, today announced the successful registration of its 50.4MW wind power project at Samana, Gujarat, under the CDM programme of UNFCCC. The 50.4MW wind plant at Samana was commissioned in May 2009 and uses 63 wind turbine generators of 800KW capacity each to harness wind energy for power generation. The Samana plant helps in reducing the carbon dioxide equiv ...

Intellectual Property India has published a patent application filed by Siemens AG in 2011. The application for the patent - which was invented by Erik Groendahl and Hans-Joergen Thougaard - was published on Jan. 18 under issue no. 03/2013. According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Wind turbine comprising at least one generator adapted to generate electric power and a number of ...

Mytrah Energy Limited (MEIL) gears to become the largest wind based independent power producer in India by installing a capacity of 310 MW of power from wind assets. In Andhra Pradesh, the company has a total capacity of 63 MW of wind assets in Vajrakarur in Anantapur district. Over Rs 400 crore has been invested for the project in Vajrakarur. A capacity of 37.4 MW in Burgula in Kurnool district is under co ...