Wind

Acciona-led consortium starts commercial operation of wind farm in SA

An Acciona Energia-led consortium has initiated commercial operations of the 138-megawatt Gouda wind farm in South Africa. The project is sited at Drakenstein municipality in...

Sweden gets 144-MW wind farm

Swedish wind power developer Nordisk Vindkraft has launched a 144-megawatt project — the Sidensjö Wind Farm — about 440km north of Stockholm. Nordisk Vindkraft...

Netherlands to power railways entirely with wind power by 2018

An agreement recently signed in The Netherlands is expected to switch the country’s railway network entirely to wind power by 2018. The said agreement has...

Duke acquires 50 pc stakes in Texas wind project

Duke Energy Renewables has acquired 50-percent stake in Mesquite Creek Wind, whose output is to be purchased by global confectioner and food giant Mars. Acquisition of the...

Inox to supply turbines for 100-MW project in Madhya Pradesh

Inox Wind will supply turbines for installation on a 100-megawatt project at Lahori in Madhya Pradesh. Ostro Energy has placed the order with Inox under...

Vestas wins 73-MW turbine supply order in Finland

Vestas has won a 73-megawatt wind turbine order from Finnish company wpd. Bloomberg reports that the companies have not revealed details of the financial...

Vestas to develop 26.4 MW project in Germany

Danish wind power company Vestas has signed a supply, installation, servicing and commissioning contract for a project in Germany. Vestas will be supplying eight V126-3.3MW...

Vattenfall plans to boost wind power investment

Swedish power company Vattenfall is planning to boost its wind power expansion as it moves away from loss-making dirty fuel based power projects. Reuters has...