Scaling-up Wind Power Deployment for Pakistan’s Sustainable Energy Future Windenergie Windparks Wirtschaft 24. Juni 201423. Juni 2014 Werbung Wind Power as Primary Solution for Pakistan’s Power Crisis Planning Minister: “Renewable Energy is Energy of People” which “no one can monopolize” (WK-intern) - Islamabad/Bonn (WWEA) – At a conference “Scaling-up Wind Power Deployment for Pakistan's Sustainable Energy Future”, jointly organized by WWEA, Alternative Energy Development Board and Heinrich Böll Foundation Pakistan, 100 participants from government, business, academia and NGOs discussed how Pakistan can progress faster in wind power deployment in order to encounter its current energy crisis. High-level speakers included Planning, Development and Reforms Minister Prof Ahsan Iqbal; Mr Asjad Imtiaz Ali, CEO of the Alternative Energy Development Board; Dr Miftah Ismail, CEO of the
WWEC2014 Conference Resolution – Shanghai, China, 7-9 April 2014 News allgemein 10. April 2014 Werbung 13th World Wind Energy Conference Distributed Wind Power The World Wind Energy Association, the Chinese Wind Energy Association, Chinese Wind Energy Equipment Association and the China National Renewable Energy Centre welcome the presence of those 500 participants from 40 countries attending this Conference, from wind and all other renewable energy technologies. (WK-intern) - The Conference covered all aspects of wind utilisation, related policies, manufacturing, development, operation as well as economic and social issues, with a special focus on the role that distributed wind power can play to accelerate the deployment of wind power in the world. The Conference appreciates the support of the
Vestas erhält 99MW Auftrag aus Finnland Produkte Techniken-Windkraft Windenergie Windparks Wirtschaft 15. März 201414. März 2014 Werbung Vestas receives 99MW order, our largest ever in Finland TuuliWatti Oy has placed a 99MW order with Vestas for two projects in Finland using V126-3.3 MW turbines and the new Large Diameter Steel Tower technology. (WK-intern) - Vestas has received its largest ever order in Finland with a 99 MW order from leading Finnish developer TuuliWatti Oy. The order consists of two projects utilising V126-3.3 MW turbines and featuring Vestas’ Large Diameter Steel Towers (LDST), which allows for taller hub heights and therefore greater annual energy production at low wind speeds. The order comprises the 73 MW Kalajoki project, which will be the first
Vestas receives 23 MW order for the extension of the Bakras wind power plant in Turkey Techniken-Windkraft Windenergie Windparks Wirtschaft 2. Dezember 20132. Dezember 2013 Werbung Tefirom Group has signed an agreement for the extension of the Bakras wind power plant using 7 V112-3.3 MW wind turbines. Vestas remains the sole provider of wind turbines to the Tefirom Group, who operates in the construction, energy, transport, logistics and education sectors in Turkey and with the extension will have 65 MW of wind power capacity. Built in 2010, the existing Bakras wind power plant currently consists of 5 V90-3.0 MW turbines. (WK-intern) - The wind turbines for the extension are scheduled to be delivered in the first quarter of 2014, and to be commissioned by the second quarter of 2014. The
Wind power seen generating up to 18% of global power by 2050 Offshore Windenergie Windparks Wirtschaft 24. Oktober 2013 Werbung (WK-intern) - Wind power could generate up to 18% of world’s electricity by 2050, compared with 2.6% today, the new report Technology Roadmap: Wind Energy – 2013 Edition finds. The nearly 300 gigawatts of current wind power worldwide must increase eight- to ten-fold to achieve the roadmap’s vision, with the more than USD 78 billion in investment in 2012 progressively reaching USD 150 billion per year. The report, an update of a document first published in 2009, envisages a much larger penetration of wind power than the 12% share on global electricity generation by 2050 considered in the first roadmap. It
Worldwide Wind Capacity close to 300 Gigawatt Offshore Produkte Techniken-Windkraft Windparks Wirtschaft 18. Oktober 2013 Werbung (WK-intern) - The worldwide wind capacity reached 296’255 MW by the end of June 2013, out of which 13’980 MW were added in the first six months of 2013. 14 GW of new installations in the first half of 2013, after 16,5 GW in 2012 Worldwide wind capacity has reached 296 GW, 318 GW expected for full year Dramatic slump in US leads to global decrease, partly compensated by new markets China has reached total capacity of 80 GW This increase is significantly less than in the first half of 2012 and 2011, when 16,5 GW respectively 18,4 GW were added. All wind turbines installed
New committee will focus on fostering frameworks for wind power in the CIS countries Finanzierungen Techniken-Windkraft Windenergie Wirtschaft 19. September 2013 Werbung World Wind Energy Association establishes CIS Committee Bonn/Kiev - WWEA members from several CIS countries have decided to create a special working group in order to intensify their cooperation on regional issues. Recently, the WWEA Board has approved the establishment of the WWEA CIS Committee. The leading wind energy experts from the CIS countries will concentrate their efforts, knowledge and experience to promote widespread dissemination of wind technologies in the region as well as to identify existing barriers to the creation and successful development of the wind sectors in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The establishment of the CIS Wind Committee
Vestas receives 52 MW order for first V112-3.3 MW turbines in Turkey Produkte Techniken-Windkraft Windenergie Windparks Wirtschaft 4. September 2013 Werbung (WK-intern) - Erciyas Çelik Boru A.Ş, one of the leading manufacturers and top exporters of spiral-welded steel pipes in Turkey, has signed an agreement to construct a wind power plant using 16 V112-3.3 MW wind turbines. The customer’s very first wind power plant will be ready for turbine installation in the first quarter of 2014. The 52 MW Kavakli RES wind power plant will be installed in the southern province of Balikesir in Turkey. The contract includes delivery, installation and commissioning of the wind power plant, including a five-year AOM4000 full scope availability agreement. The wind turbines for the Kavakli RES wind
Government of Kenya plans to scale up massively its wind power programme in the near future Finanzierungen Produkte Windenergie Windparks Wirtschaft 30. August 2013 Werbung (WK-intern) - Government Delegation on study tour to learn from European success stories Bonn (WWEA) – A high-level government delegation from Kenya has been on a study tour through Europe, facilitated by WWEA and as part of a major programme organized by Windforce Management which aims at analyzing and improving the conditions for wind power in Kenya in general. The Kenyan government is planning to massively increase the use of renewable energy in the country, and in particular to attract investment in wind power. The government delegation has visited Germany and Denmark in order to optimize its national wind power strategy by
Vestas to supply first V110-2.0 MW wind turbines for 400 MW in USA Produkte Windenergie Windparks Wirtschaft 24. August 2013 Werbung (WK-intern) - These projects are part of the master supply agreement to deliver 1,500 MW to wind power plants in North America, South America and Europe announced April 26, 2010. EDPR selected the V110-2.0 MW because of its competitive cost of energy compared with other options. The V110-2.0 MW turbines are expected to be delivered and commissioned in 2014 and 2015. The new projects’ names and specific locations are not available for disclosure at this time. “Vestas has successfully worked with EDPR for the past eight years to deliver many wind-power projects around the world,” said Chris Brown, President of Vestas’ sales
DONG Energy sells Norwegian operating onshore wind assets Offshore Windenergie Windparks Wirtschaft 16. August 201315. August 2013 Werbung (WK-intern) - DONG Energy has just sold its 33% interest in the Norwegian onshore wind company Kvalheim Kraft to Vardar Boreas AS, which already owns a 33% interest in Kvalheim Kraft. Kvalheim Kraft owns two operating wind farms, Mehuken 1 and 2, which are located close to the west coast of Norway approx. 300 km north of Bergen. The combined wind farms have a total installed capacity of approximately 23 MW, consisting of 4.25 MW from Mehuken 1 and 18.4 MW from Mehuken 2. With the divestment of DONG Energy’s Norwegian operating onshore wind assets, DONG Energy is now focusing even more
Conference: Wind power in the CIS and Eastern Europe Veranstaltungen 26. Februar 201328. März 2013 Werbung (WK-intern) - CISWIND-2013: International Conference & Exhibition "Wind power in the CIS and Eastern Europe" Congress Complex “Olimpiyskiy”, Kyiv, Ukraine – 28-29 March 2013 Under the auspices of WWEA, the wind energy conference and exhibition for the CIS and East European countries will take place in Kyiv Kyiv/Bonn – CISWIND-2013, an International Conference & Exhibition "Wind power in the CIS* and Eastern Europe" will take place on March 28-29, 2013 in Congress Complex “Olimpiyskiy”, Kyiv, under support of the World Wind Energy Association. CISWIND is a key event for the wind energy industries of the CIS and East European countries. The organizers of CISWIND-2013 are IBCentre and
