Speaking about the deal, Scottish first minister Alex Salmond said: “2-B Energy is developing an innovative and exciting offshore wind turbine which has great potential to reduce costs for clean energy generators across Europe”. – Source
WORLDWIDE: Vestas and Gamesa have found themselves at the centre of reports there has been a blade component failure on their 660kW turbines. There have been reports that an analyst for ING said both companies had contacted project owners over the defect, which supposedly affected 20% of turbines and would cost… – Source
UNITED STATES: Mesa Power Group, the wind development company founded by billionaire oilman T Boone Pickens, has joined forces with Wind Tex energy to build a 372MW project in Texas. Speaking about the deal, Mesa Power executive Mark Ward said: “Mesa Power is excited about this wind project opportunity in Texas,… – Source
The special report includes a focus on operating systems in Denmark, Spain, Ireland, and a wind penetration of map of the whole region. If you are a subscriber or already get a bulletin, you can manage your bulletins at My Windpower Monthly (you will need to log in first). Windpower Monthly… – Source
FRANCE: The French authorities have withdrawn a permit for three turbines 20km from Mont-St-Michel in preparation for imposing an exclusion zone around the Unesco World Heritage Site. Although the turbines would barely be visible with the naked eye, the authorities said it asked Epuron to withdraw the project to be consistent… – Source
In September, Japans trade ministry said it was planning a 10-20 billion ($130-260 million) project to develop a floating turbine in the deep waters off the northern coast. JAPAN: Hitachi is set to increase its presence in the wind energy sector with an agreement to acquire Fuji Heavy Industries’ (FHI) wind… – Source
On 12 March, the rapporteur of the Conseil d’Etat called for the decree establishing the premium purchase price for onshore wind power to be annulled on the grounds that the government had not notified the European Commission. The call came following an appeal to the council by Vent de Colre, an… – Source
Launched in the 1990s, accelerated depreciation has been a key factor in the expansion of India’s wind sector to more than 14GW of total capacity. In January, director of wind policy at the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said: “Accelerated depreciation will go away in the April”. Accelerated depreciation… – Source
MALTA: The Mediterranean island of Malta has revealed an platform-based solution to deploying offshore wind turbines in the deep waters which make conventional monopile structures difficult to install. The scheme, devised by Copenhagen-based Hexicon AB, is a hexagon shaped lattice platform which can rotate around a central axis to align with… – Source
It explains that because grid operator ISO New England first dispatches electric generating units with the lowest cost fuel and wind is zero cost, Cape Wind will displace higher priced and polluting fossil fueled units, therefore creating the substantial savings. “This report makes it clear that Cape Wind will save electric… – Source
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