The first of 160 turbines at the Gwynt y Môr wind farm in the UK has been successfully installed. The wind turbine from Siemens was installed on a monopile foundation approximately twelve kilometres off the coast of North Wales. The installation of each wind turbine comprising two tower segments, a nacelle, a hub and three ...
Solar-Fabrik AG has delivered modules and inverters for the largest solar plant to date in Turkey. The system, with a total output of 250 kW, was implemented in Torbali in the province of Izmir, on the building of the logistics company Reysas, and is said to be capable of generating 470 MWh of solar electricity ...
87.5 MW wind farm which includes 35 N90/2500 turbines for Bord Gáis Eireann will be built by Nordex. Nordex has recently started construction works of the Knockacummer wind farm for the state-owned Irish utility Bord Gáis Eireann. In the end of 2012, the utility again opted for Nordex strong-wind turbines and placed an order for ...
Vestas has released three new product variants of the 3 MW wind turbine: the V112-3.3 MW, the V117-3.3 MW and the V126-3.3 MW. Vestas upgrades the 3 MW platform The new turbines are based on further optimization of the V112-3.0 MW nacelle in combination with a root extended 55 m blade for the V117-3.3 MW ...
The blade is 62.5 metres long and will be installed on Spain’s first offshore wind turbine. Gamesa has recently started the transportation of a 62.5-meter blade destined for a prototype of the first offshore wind turbine to be installed in Spain. The blade, manufactured at the Aoiz factory (Navarre) is the longest turbine blade ever ...
Apple’s huge solar farm is now live and supplies clean energy for its data center in Maiden, North Carolina. By the end of the year 60 percent of the power for the data center will come from these sources. Apple has turned on the first halves of both its massive solar panel farm and adjacent ...
Two of the world’s leading concentrating solar power (CSP) companies join to build the 500 megawatt (MW) Palen solar complex. Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, and BrightSource Energy, a leading concentrating solar thermal technology company, have recently signed an agreement ...