Wind Energy

New EBRD backed wind farm gets rolling in Turkey

The first of four new wind farms in Turkey built by the renewable energy arm of the Turkish conglomerate Akfen Holding and financed by the EBRD has gone into operation. It will meet the electricity demand of 120,000 consumers...

Kitegen to develop high altitude Wind Technology with Saipem

Following the completion of extensive and intense technological research with an industrial perspective, KiteGen based in Torino, Italy, announced that, after years of intense negotiations with the most important global players in the global energy sector, it has signed...

GEs Largest Onshore Wind Turbine Prototype Installed and Operating in the Netherlands

GE Renewable Energy announced that the prototype for its Cypress platform, the largest onshore wind turbine for GE in the field, has been successfully installed and is fully operational, producing power at a rated level of 5.3 MW in...

DTE Energy brings online 161-MW Pine River wind farm

US utility DTE Energy Co switched on the 161.3-MW Pine River wind farm located in Gratiot and Isabella counties in its home state of Michigan. The wind park’s 65 turbines can produce enough electricity to meet the demand of more...

EDP Renewables, Microsoft execute wind energy agreement in Ohio

EDP Renewables SA (EDPR), through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, and Microsoft Corp. have executed two 15-year power purchase agreements (PPA) totaling 125 megawatts (MW) that will bring the Timber Road IV Wind Farm to...

Siemens Gamesa wins first deal from SPIC of China

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has reached a contract to supply six SG 3.4-132 wind turbines with a flexible power rating of 3.65 MW to a wind farm project in Inner Mongolia, China. The project is developed by the State...

Vestas launches extreme climate wind turbine

Danish wind energy company Vestas introduced the V136-4.2MW Extreme Climate wind turbine. The new turbine is built directly from Vestas’ V136-4.2 MW model, with reinforced blades and a strengthened hub. Vestas tested the model and found it was capable of...

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