Siemens Energy has secured its first wind turbine orders within Africa, with orders for two new wind farms going up in Morocco. Siemens will supply turbines with a total capacity of 100 MW, 50 MW to the Haouma Wind Farm project in Northern Morocco, and 50 MW to Foum El...

The Big Apple is finally exploring wind power. New York is pursuing wind power by planning a few projects that take advantage of the city’s coastal features. In the meantime, many city residents can buy wind power through their utility companies. Some buildings have experimented with drawing electricity from their...

While offshore turbines deliver 50% higher plant load factor (a measure of capacity utilisation) than onshore farms because of higher wind speeds at sea, the capital cost of tapping offshore wind could be over Rs 30 crore a MW, five times that of onshore, says this report I am not...

A consortium of companies, academic institutions and research organizations is planning to develop an experimental offshore floating wind farm sponsored by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The consortium comprises Marubeni Corp., the University of Tokyo, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel,...

Well, well. This reads like a spy novel. I am sure none of us would have been surprised if we were told that there was not much rule of law in China. After all, the country is more known for thinking big and getting things done than about having moral...

Hempel has won the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award for its accomplishments in the wind turbine protective coatings market. Gaurav Vyas, Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan, comments: “Hempel’s strong foothold in the wind turbine protective coatings market is a result of the customer-centric strategy that it...

Danish consultancy BTM Consult released data about turbine OEM performance a few months back, which clearly shows the growth of the Chinese OEM's at the cost of European leaders such as Vestas. BTM also said Europe lost out to Asia as the largest wind power continent last year. It said...

Most times, I keep hearing how Europe is a dull place for renewables with most solar and wind companies packing up and looking for markets elsewhere. But this article from Bloomberg make me wake up and start looking at things in a different light... As the report opens up, not...

Something that we all have been waiting for is beginning to happen. Sheikh Zaki Yamani, one of the most famous Middle East officials Saudi Arabian who served as his country's oil minister three decades ago, famously said, "The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil...

Increasing energy capture through the use of larger rotors has the single largest impact on wind turbine cost of energy. Turbine OEMs are pushing the envelope of design, moving toward aero-elastic tailored blades that enable heightened turbine performance while minimising fatigue loads. Carbon fibre and automated production processes are being...