Wind

US auctioning 343,833 acres offshore New Jersey for wind projects

The US will be offering 343,833 acres offshore New Jersey for commercial wind energy development. A competitive lease sale of the space will be...

Siemens signs service and maintenance agreement with Minnesota Power

Siemens has signed a 10-year service-and-maintenance agreement with the US energy company Minnesota Power. The company will take care of 149 wind turbines of...

Terraform acquires two Brazilian wind projects

Terraform Global, the yieldco of US renewables major SunEdison, has completed acquisition of two Brazilian projects. The projects — Salvador and Bahia wind parks...

Nordex inaugurates 75-MW wind farm in northern France

German wind turbine maker Nordex and project partner H2air have jointly inaugurated the 75-megawatt Seine River Gauche Nord (SRN) wind farm in northern France. Seenews.renewables...

Sri Lanka plans development of 375MW clean energy projects

Sri Lanka plans to develop 375 megawatt of wind power capacity in Mannar between 2018 and 2025. The projects will be undertaken by Ceylon...

GE launches first turbine in 3-MW platform

General Electric (GE) recently launched its wind turbine model 3.2-130 — the first in its new 3-MW platform. The product was launched at the...

Vestas launches 3.45-MW low-wind onshore turbine

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has launched a 3.45 megawatt low-wind V136 onshore turbine. It is the fifth turbine model of the company introduced...

India working on framework to repower wind farms in country

India’s ministry of power is developing a framework to repower wind farms in the country. Business Standard, quoting minister Piyush Goyal, reports that the power...