Vestas has received an order for a total capacity of 50.4 MW, consisting of 28 units of the V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for a wind power project in Nooriabad in the Jimphir region of Pakistan. The contract comprises supply of the turbines, supervision of the installation on site, commissioning as well as a VestasOnline® Business [...]

Vestas, the world leader in wind energy, has received two orders from key account EDF Energies Nouvelles for delivery of 19 V90-2.0 MW wind turbines for the Gargano wind farm in Apulia, Italy, and for 12 V90-2.0 MW turbines for the Eckolstädt wind farm, in Thüringen, Germany, for a total capacity of 62 MW. Both [...]

Vestas has received an order for 17 units of the V112-3.0 MW wind turbine for Poland. The contract comprises supply, installation and commissioning of the turbines as well as a 12-year service and maintenance agreement with the solution AOM 5000 (Active Output Management), which is Vestas’ new service product optimising wind power plant output and [...]

Wind energy has begun to lead the way in renewable energy solutions.  Manufacturers of wind turbines face challenges such as reducing downtimes and maintenance work.  Some of the demands placed on turbine components include extreme temperature conditions, vibration, oscillation and aggressive offshore air composition. Keeping wind turbines safely operating is becoming increasingly important as more [...]

German President Christian Wulff presented the 2011 Deutscher Zukunftspreis (German Prize for Innovation and Technology) to Prof. Karl Leo (TU Dresden/co-founder of Heliatek), Dr. Martin Pfeiffer (CTO and co-founder of Heliatek), and Dr. Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth (Novaled AG) for their outstanding innovation, “Organic electronics – More light and energy from wafer thin molecule layers” on December [...]

New Program Supports Renewable Energy Installations Greycon Ltd., a world leader in supply chain optimisation for the paper, printing, film and nonwovens industries, has recently announced a new program that supports renewable energy installations through free consulting and development for photo-voltaic (PV) installations. Inspiration for this new program came to Greycon from its customer, DuPont, [...]

Polyera, imec, and international chemical group Solvay have achieved a new world-record efficiency of 8.3% for polymer-based single junction organic solar cells in an inverted device stack. These excellent performance results represent a crucial step towards successful commercialization of organic photovoltaic cells. Solar power is gradually becoming cost-competitive with traditional mainstream energy sources such as [...]