The wind farm in the hot valley of a total capacity of 12 MW located in the towns of Bourg-le-Hornoy Lafresguimont and St. Martin in the Somme (Picardy) will be developed by EPURON France with the support of Impax, manager of private investment funds.

Thus, REpower Systems will provide six turbines of type MM92 with a hub height of 80 meters and a rated power of 2.05 MW each. The park is expected to produce 35,000 kilowatt-hours per year, equivalent to the electricity consumption of more than 14 000 households (excluding heating).

Funding for this project of approximately 20 million euros, partly provided by Natixis Energéco, will cover all costs associated with the development and implementation of this project. The turnkey contract includes the supply of wind turbines, infrastructure construction, installation of wind turbines and equipment for electrical connection has been signed with REpower Systems is committed to involving French companies to the site.

“We are delighted that the team EPURON, supported by Impax, has successfully developed the proposed Warm Valley in difficult market conditions. This is a great satisfaction for the team lead to see this project started in 2003. Our choice was for the quality of REpower wind turbines and their ability to adapt to our expectations, “said Jean-Baptiste Godmet, manager of EPURON.

“We look forward to the success of EPURON for the development and financing of the Park Warm Valley in a complex environment. We hope the team will start the construction of 100 MW of projects in the next six months in France and Germany, “added David Trafford-Roberts, Director of Impax investment.

“Diversifying the energy matrix of Argentina is a strategic task of medium and long term in the country,” said President Cristina Kirchner, heading the opening ceremony of the wind farm in Rawson. The president said they are running 34 renewable energy projects totaling 910 megawatts and an investment of $2,01 million.

Rawson Park is the largest in Argentina and will be complemented with another in the resort city of Puerto Madryn. “With both, Argentina has one of the major poles in South America” ​​in wind power, said Carlos Serrano, a spokesman for the firm. The stage has now opened at 27 mills, capable of producing 50 megawatts, said Maximiliano Ivanissevich, local executive of Emgasud. Another 16 turbines will be added to complete the second phase launched in 2012, according Emgasud, which invested $ 144 million in the venture.

Each of the two wind farms use Alstom ECO 86 12 wind turbines. Adams and Danielson wind farms in Minnesota will generate up to 40 MW of wind power.

Wind energy projects are the result of a contract worth approximately $60 million, and have started commercial operations on March 9, 2011.

Alstom’s entry into the U.S. wind energy market is based on extensive experience in wind energy subsidiary of the French company. Worldwide, Alstom has installed or is installing more than 2,100 wind turbines producing more than 2,700 MW in over 110 wind farms in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, UK, Turkey, Brazil, India and Japan.

Each of the two wind farm uses Alstom 12 86 ECO turbines to generate 20 MW of electricity, with a total of 24 wind turbines and 40 MW of capacity. The contract includes the supply, transportation, installation support, commissioning, and five years of maintenance services for wind turbines. The project was developed by Juhl Wind Inc. and funded by JPM Capital Corporation, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Company.

The parks are built with zero accidents. GL Garrad Hassan, the independent renewable energy consultancy, has reviewed and followed all aspects of project development and installation and commissioning of the turbines. GL Garrad Hassan provides independent engineering services for the development of wind farms.

Alstom has expanded its presence in the wind energy market in North America in 2010 with the announcement of the construction of 115,000 square feet of manufacturing facilities for wind turbines in Amarillo, Texas. Alstom also has research partnerships with both the Department of Energy and the Renewable Energy Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, and the National Institute for Renewable Energy (NIRE) in Lubbock, Texas, allowing the French company to initagrate its technology to the grid.

Speaker of the State Administration of Donetsk region has announced the installation of three of the 23 planned wind turbines was completed. Each unit has a capacity of 2.5 MW and the entire project should be completed by 2015. He said the wind farm will be launched in the Donetsk region of Ukraine this month and will begin producing its first kilowatts on February 19.

Ukraine is exploiting today that 0.2% of its wind power capacity. However, the Ukrainian energy strategy provides for an increase in alternative energy production up to 6%. Meanwhile, wind energy would provide 20% of the electricity consumed by Ukrainians, according to statements made by Dmytro Khmara, Radio Svoboda energy expert.

“Currently, about 60% of energy resources, mainly natural gas, the country is imported. Therefore, increasing the wind power generation will make the country more energy independent and politically,” said Dmytro Khmara.

Other developing countries also increase their capacity for wind energy. According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), India has increased its capacity to 2.1 GW in 2010, Brazil to 326 MW, Mexico to 316 MW  and the states of North Africa such as Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia have added 213 MW to produce them.

Although Ukraine is a little late compared to EU countries for wind power produced so far it has made great progress in terms of wind installations, emerged ahead of Russia, Iceland and Switzerland, according to statistics provided by the European Wind Energy Association for the year 2010.

“Wind power is now expanding rapidly beyond the traditional markets of the” rich “, which is a clear indication of growing competitiveness,” said Steve Sawyer, Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

The new wind farm will be located in the town of Ngong, about 30 kilometers from Nairobi, and the deadline for execution of works is 18 months.

The turnkey wind farm project has been awarded by the national power generation company Kengen (Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited) and includes the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the wind farm.

The wind farm will be called Ngong II and will have 16 wind turbines from Gamesa G52 model. Its funding will include contributions from the Development Assistance Fund .

Iberdrola Ingeniería is present in Kenya since 2006 and has opened in the capital, Nairobi, a business office personnel moved from Spain.

From that year until late 2009, developed a project that included the automation of hydro Kengen and construction of a control center for them. The project represented a significant transfer of technology to Kenya and training for professionals in this country.

Gamesa, the contract represents its first foray into the country, the result of a new strategy to expand into new markets and customers. The subsidiary of Iberdrola is destined to stay in Kenya and is currently studying the possibility of participating in more wind projects, as well as others related to the electricity grid and geothermal plants.

Electric vehicle with lithium batteries do not emit CO2 or damage the environment if the electricity comes from renewable sources like wind, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal. Wind turbines can supply electricity to electric vehicles in the future will also serve to store and regulate the electricity intermittent wind energy sector.

With over 15 years experience, Gamesa is a world leader in the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of wind turbines, with the installation of about 20,000 MW in twenty-six countries on four continents.

Gamesa is also a world reference in the market for development, construction and sale of wind farms, with more than 3,500 MW and a portfolio of over 22,000 MW in wind farms in various stages of development in Europe, America and Asia.

With thirty manufacturing sites in Europe, United States, China and India, and annual production capacity of 4,400 MW, the company employs over 7,000 people internationally.

Wind power in China for 2020 reached 230 gigawatts, an amount equivalent to thirteen times the electricity produced by the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydroelectric project.

This is one of the main conclusions of the report “Overview of China Wind Power 2010″, presented in Beijing by Greenpeace, the World Wind Energy (GWEC) and the Renewable Energy Industry in China.

The paper notes that China led the world in 2009 with the installation of wind turbines, with 10,129 new wind turbines to build a capacity of 13.8 GW, which involves the installation of a new wind turbine every hour in China.

In fact, this is the fourth consecutive year that the country doubled its wind capacity, which now totals 25.8 gigawatts. With these data and in absolute terms, China is now at second position worldwide, behind only the United States.

The largest concentration of wind turbines were recorded in the regions of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, two largely rural with large areas full of highland terrain.

“The speed of wind power development in China is remarkable,” said Steve Sawyer, secretary general of the Global Wind Energy Council.

The wind farms will be used to replace the energy generated by 200 power plants using coal, “argued Ailun Yang, head of Energy and Climate team of Greenpeace China.

Among other benefits, he said, will mean a reduction of 440 million tonnes of CO2 in the atmosphere and creating half a million jobs.

The development of Chinese wind sector is apparent in the rise of companies that manufacture wind turbines, and Sinovel (ranked third worldwide), Goldwind (fifth) and Donfang (seventh), which are among the ten largest in the world, a classification that is also present the Spanish Gamesa, sixth, and Acciona.

China also has a key position in the manufacture of lithium batteries and electric cars, is the largest manufacturer of solar photovoltaic and is taking the first steps in thermal.

According to a new report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the U.S. could get 20% of its electricity from offshore wind by 2030 if developed offshore wind farms along the coasts and Great Lakes.

The report states that in 2030, under conservative assumptions, the country could obtain 54 GW of offshore wind energy.

The development of offshore wind farms will create 43,000 permanent jobs and inject 200,000 million dollars into the economy. The study states that every megawatt of wind energy creates more than 20 jobs. This news coincides with two other important developments in the offshore.

First, the investment from Google and other companies in transport infrastructure of wind power in the U.S. east coast, which will install 6,000 MW of wind power.

Second, the news that the Cape Wind project, the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., has received a loan to 28 years of Interior Department for its development and operation in federal waters, making wind turbines a reality .

In addition to the park eólicp Cape Wind, there are 20 wind projects totaling 2,000 MW in various stages of planning and management of permissions.

NREL wind resource estimated that the U.S. Navy is more than 4,000 GW, which is four times the current installed capacity.

Alstom and the Spanish organization for research and development specializing in energy technology-IK4 Ikerlan using IBM software to develop wind turbine control mechanisms that improve the performance of wind energy systems.

The new wind turbines use a sophisticated control system, electronic sensors are able to obtain information on changes in environmental conditions, such as direction and wind speed, temperature, etc.

The central wind farm control system collects and analyzes this data for each wind turbine and make diagnoses. Also remotely manages the wind and adapts its operation according to variations in environmental conditions, optimize their performance.

“With this technology, IBM aims to help generate Ikerlan Alston and wind systems more intelligent, to obtain optimum performance and sustainability. The contribution of the Rational software enables these companies to reduce costs and development time, which helps optimize the system, “said Antonio Rodriguez, director of IBM Rational Software Spain.

Alstom and Ikerlan-IK4 using IBM software to develop and refine the control system of wind turbines and communication systems between them. In addition to combine it with Gears Software Product Line Lifecycle Framework, BigLever Software company, business partner of IBM, to custom design and adapt to different climatic and geographical conditions in which they operate wind turbines.

Alstom and Ikerlan-IK4 believe that the implementation of IBM software and Big Lever enables them to reduce development costs by up to 25% and development time of each product variation to the tenth.

“The main benefit of using IBM tools you can implement an automated process for the design and development of control systems Alstom. Undoubtedly, this advantage allows us to offer customized solutions that fit seamlessly into the new emerging standards, new markets and customer needs, “said Alfonso Faubel, Vice President of Alstom Wind.

For his part, Salvador Trujillo, chief engineer-IK4 Ikerlan project, notes that “the fact that wind turbines can be customized according to geographical features or adjust according to the environmental changes of the environment adds further complexity to a process software development and hard enough. ”

The use of wind to generate power in a sustainable manner has increasingly more popular worldwide. So much so that wind power grew 31% in 2009 despite the crisis, and it is estimated that by 2020 12% of all global energy will come from this source.

In Europe, the trend is the same. According to the European Wind Energy Association, in 2009 settled in the European Union greater capacity for wind generation than any other electricity generation technology is becoming an important energy source for some countries. In Spain in days ” windy wind energy in 2009 contributed over 40% of the electricity produced in our country.

According to one industry expert, the offshore wind farm will be the next market to develop in Europe, while remaining overcome some challenges.

The offshore wind sector in Europe is in the final take-off phase. Since installing the first wind turbines off the coast of Denmark in 1991, the process of adapting wind turbine technology to the marine environment has been strengthened thanks to political support from several countries to develop this source of renewable energy production.

Currently in Europe there are more than 100 GW of offshore wind projects in various stages of planning, which will position the continent as a world leader in this renewable technology. If realized, these plans will produce 10% of EU electricity, avoiding the emission of 200 million tonnes of CO2 a year.

Will the new boom of wind energy due to the large potential of offshore wind energy in the world. After many years of being just a project and a target, this energy has become more promising after a contest UK resolved to install 25,000 MW of offshore along its shores. Only this program involves more than 12-fold increase installed capacity in the world today, that barely exceeds 2,000 MW.

The pioneer Denmark, followed by Germany, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries are not far behind and prepare their own plans as an incentive for these facilities to help them meet the 20% of consumption that have to meet with renewable energy in 2020, as committed the EU.

At the moment, as has been advanced, the lead is worn by northern European countries. They have perfect conditions. Industrial country, with commitments on renewable energy consumption in the medium term and their ability to install onshore wind power is limited by market saturation and lack of places with good wind resource.

On the other hand, have a wide continental shelf with depths less than 50 meters to 100 kilometers away from the coast. The offshore action is better, we could estimate that up to double the land. The most bet on offshore wind power is the United Kingdom, which analyzes such as the investment bank Nomura designated as the country most offshore monopolize power in 2020.

Offshore wind there twice but the investment required is also higher. In a wind farm on land 70% of the cost is the turbine and other infrastructure. At sea, this changes radically and connections become the most expensive and most difficult. The operation of an offshore plant maintenance is more like an oil rig a wind farm that land. In the end, depending on various conditions, is approximately two times more expensive than a ground facility. In this sense, Ingeteam is ready not only to develop the technology for wind energy, but it is to carry out maintenance of offshore windmills.

Spain, despite enjoying the 4,872 miles of coastline, is not going to be as easy as its European neighbors. Need a little more time, research, and regulatory networks to reach their goal. Offshore wind energy in our country collides with these challenges are very relevant.

In the final energy mix proposed by the Government in 2020, offshore wind has a goal of 5,000 megawatts installed in that year. In April last year, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism published the Strategic Environmental Study of the Spanish coast, known as the ocean wind map. In this detail the areas suitable for the installation of these parks. However, there is enough uncertainty to be resolved, not only on procedural matters but also on the technical and economic feasibility of such projects.

The specific conditions in Spain mean that this energy can have here a medium-term development. Further research is needed on technologies floating in expert system decision support for the operation and maintenance, and new equipment based on state control of the machine.

Also need a better understanding of the behavior of wind on floating structures, a new generation of high-power turbines (10-20 MW), as well as infrastructure development and manufacturing processes, including ships and port facilities or other systems to overcome the problems of the Spanish continental shelf. The depth of the sea rises quickly and this makes it difficult and more expensive parks. We should add another problem, the needs for evacuation to the grid of electricity produced.

The first demonstration phase of this initiative would be launched in 2012 and consist of a dozen wind turbines. Then, this and other areas would be opened to the implementation of 900 MW, which the government hopes to begin installation in 2013, again according to local sources. The plan, the first phase of which could be ready this month, is part of the government’s strategy to reduce energy dependence from 50% now to around 30% in 2030, according to Yonhap news agency, which says, moreover, that the offshore wind plans could raise their goals to five gigawatts in 2019.

The Korean government has set a target to raise the renewable energy mix in the electrical system from 2.4% (figure for 2007) up to 4.3% in 2015, from 6.1% in 2020 and 15% in 2030. The total investment required is estimated at 75,000 million dollars. The government plans to cover a third of this amount to state aid, according to other sources consulted by renewable energy.

South Korea installed 86 MW of wind power in 2009, reaching a cumulative 364 MW, according to Wind Energy Association. One of the most recent facility has been promoted by the Spanish group Acciona, which connected to networks Korean wind farm Yeong Yang, of 61.5 MW at the end of 2009. According to Christian Kjaer, chief executive of the European Wind Energy Association, the wind industry the old continent “is facing fierce competition” in many countries around the world, including South Korea quoted (the other would be China, United States, Japan and India).

Both facilities have agreed on the schedule to increase by five hundred megawatts, in just a few days, the British national wind farm. Thanet, opened on September 23, has been built and is owned by the Swedish electrical utility Vattenfall, which has invested nearly 900 million in its development. Located seven miles off the coast of Kent, in southeast England, has a total of one hundred wind turbines Vestas Distrubed V-90 about 35 square miles, in total, form the largest marine park in the world with 300 MW of power.

For its part, the connection of Crystal Rig II constitutes proof that “ground projects could and should contribute to meeting the targets for renewable energy in the UK”, according to Nick Emery, spokesman for the developer and owner of the park Fred Olsen Renewables. Simultaneous connection of the five thousand megawatts has also been very well received by RenewableUK. Thus, and as its head, Maria McCafery, “the 5 GW mark an important milestone for two reasons: we approach our goal by 2010 [that 10% of electricity is from renewable sources] and show that the sector increasingly takes less time to install one megawatt.”

Apart from these five gigawatts newly connected, United Kingdom currently has with another eighteen gigabytes of wind power on the road, ie the planning pipeline, with administrative approval or under construction.

By 2020, four offshore wind farms should be built off the coast of Shanghai, with the goal of reaching 1 GW, the equivalent of 5% of the city’s needs. Currently, energy used to power the fleet of the World Fair, but thereafter may supply more than 200,000 homes.

The location of this project has two advantages: it does not require alienation of agricultural land, important topic in China, and it shows the location of energy production close to consumption areas, which reduces transmission losses . However, offshore wind requires more advanced technology, including corrosion, and generates higher costs in particular due to maintenance.

The limitation of wind development resides in the network connection problems, which must be overcome to achieve the announced capacity. In this perspective, China is establishing a large national network to support extremely high voltages.

With 100 turbines, the Thanet offshore wind farm has a total installed capacity of 300 MW, which corresponds to annual electricity needs of over 200,000 households.

The installation of Thanet which cost a whopping 750 million pounds (895 million euros), is currently undergoing final testing by the Swedish operator Vattenfall.

The turbines are located in water depths between 20 and 25 meters and covers an area of 35 km2. Each turbine rises 115 meters tall with a base minimum of 22 meters above sea level The distance between the turbines is about 500 meters along the lines and 800 feet between rows. The nearest turbine is located 12 kms north-east of Foreness Point.

He is currently the largest offshore wind carrying the world until a more important project, based in London this time, do come to dethrone him. Indeed, the London Array project with a capacity of 1000 MW (340 turbines) will be the next step.

According to Vattenfall, “the Thanet offshore wind farm is a very large investment in wind energy to society. Its president and CEO, Øystein Loseth, will officially open the site on 23 September in the company among others, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne.

Finally, note that on September 6, the “National Grid has revealed that 10% of UK electricity came from wind farms scattered across the various British territories.

A new study published by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council seems to say otherwise. “There is currently no scientific evidence published in great detail that shows an alleged link between wind and adverse effects on human health.

Even the World Health Organization (WHO) says there is no evidence “irrefutable” that could substantiate this claim.

Interestingly, the study indicates that a wind farm (10 turbines) located 350 meters from a subject is less noisy (35-45 dB) that a car traveling at 100 km / h (55 dBA – 100 meters away) or remains well below a noisy office (60 dBA).

Furthermore, the noise levels of a wind farm are negligible – “when it does not seem to be any differences between those (Editor’s note sounds) found in other everyday situations,” notes the study.

Another complaint against the turbines on the sun’s rays are reflected by the blades causing a potentially dangerous glare. Contradicting this anxiety, the study states “that all the blades of large wind turbine manufacturers undergo treatment with low-reflectivity coating … the risk of glare of the blade on modern wind turbines is considered very low.”

Opponents also formulate assessments are often subjective (and negative), such that the ugliness of the masts, the confiscation of the beauty of landscapes or sea by the wind.

Wind power also raises questions such as the danger of blades for the safety of birds and other small animals or weakness of the average production estimated by the associations to 30% of installed capacity (eg for 1 MW of power, Average production is 2,500 MWh over the year).

But compared to other energy sources, the arguments in favor of wind power are quite convincing: no inherent waste, no need to water unlike solar panels, wind turbines occupy less land.

Iberdrola Renovables, in partnership with Neoenergia, committed to provide the electricity from these wind farms to the Brazilian government for a period of 20 years, from January 2013. The annual amount of the contract awarded on August 27 is estimated at 60 million euros.

During the process of bidding between various operators represented is Iberdrola, which has received most of megawatts (MW) out of contracts which included the installation or construction of 50 wind farms (1,520 MW), 5 hydro (101 MW) and plant biomass (64 MW).

With more than 11,400 MW of installed wind energy capacity at the end of the first half of 2010, Iberdrola Renovables already has a wind farm in Brazil, in Rio do Fogo, with a capacity of 49 MW.

This contract should be the first in a list, following a Memorandum of Understanding between Iberdrola Renovables and Neoenergia in which they agree to work together to jointly develop and operate wind farms onshore and offshore Brazil.

Iberdrola Renovables and Neoenergia not exclude also to form a joint venture in 50-50 share.

The first tender will involve the installation of 600 wind turbines off the French coast, a program that represents 10 billion euros of investment, said recently the Department of Ecology and Energy.

Projects will be selected in the third quarter of 2011 on the basis of the purchase price of electricity and the proposed period of commissioning of facilities.

The ministry told that “at current cost of 3.5 million euros per megawatt installed, this represents an investment program of 10 billion euros.”

The areas chosen for the construction of wind farms should be located in the Channel and North Sea, north of Brittany, off Pays de la Loire and Languedoc-Roussillon provinces.

The development plan for renewable energies in France provides an accelerated development of offshore wind energy, and is the plant with a capacity of 6000 MW by 2020 target confirmed during the Grenelle Sea and in the adoption of the new “Energy Road Map of France”.

AGL Energy Operators (large public producer and supplier of renewable energy in New Zealand) and Meridian (developer of renewable energy projects) have ordered 140 V112 wind turbines of 3,0 MW. The Marcarthur wind farm will become the largest in the southern hemisphere with 420 MW of renewable energy.

The Macarthur site is located west of the State of Victoria in Australia between the towns of Macarthur, Hawkesdale and Penshurst. It is one of many projects related to the target of 20% renewable energy (Renewable Energy Target – RET) adopted by the Australian Parliament late in June.

The Macarthur wind farm will be jointly installed by Vestas and Leighton Contractors, a consortium. The signing of the August 12 contract covers engineering, procurement and construction agreement for the provision of service and maintenance for a period of 10 years and a SCADA VestasOnline ® Business.

“The low cost of energy and the possibility of more with less installed MW turbines represented the strengths of the V112-3,0 MW. To ensure that the platform V112-3,0 MW was the right solution for the project and Macarthur have analyzed in depth before making our choice, we conducted many site visits and technical meetings, “says Tim Lusk, Chief General of Meridian Energy.

“The V112 has a high productivity thanks to the large area swept by the blades, the efficiency of its rotor, easier maintenance and improved reliability. A set synonymous with excellent availability. At the forefront of technology, our test center allows us to ensure its reliability, “says Finn Strøm Madsen, President of Vestas Technology R & D. He continued: “This order marks the launch of our new wind V112-3,0 MW available for sale for the onshore and offshore.

The on-site delivery of the first turbine is expected during the third quarter of 2011 and the facility should be fully completed at the end of the first half of 2013.

The company has in fact identified two potential sites that could accommodate a pilot area to test for floating wind turbines Hywind: the first is off the island of Lewis and the other near Aberdeenshire.

Statoil has already built any prototype unit Hywind located 10 kilometers offshore of Karmøy, Norway. According to the manufacturer, “the performance of wind turbines in place go beyond what was anticipated and the wind farm provides energy on the grid since September 2009.

The next step would be the construction of the project from March to May Hywind wind farms which shows the commercial potential of the concept.

The aid agency Scottish Development International investment and management organization of maritime resources Marine Scotland have worked closely with Statoil to confirm

If the feasibility of such a project in Scotland were to materialize, it certainly pave the way for the development of wind farms in deep water on a large scale. Next month, representatives of Statoil will make another visit to the Scottish Government to consider the future potential of these sites more thoroughly.

“The potential of Scottish waters represents one quarter of European resources in offshore wind energy. This leads me to believe that we are well placed to develop technology that will operate this remarkable revolution in renewable energy, “said Alex Salmond, Scottish First Minister visits Norway.

The government is considering a way to maximize the enormous profits that the sea breezes can bring to Scotland. This benefit, estimated at over 30 billion pounds of investment, could create up to 20,000 jobs.

“It is important that we exploit every opportunity offered to us. Indeed, a recent study showed that if we used only one third of the energy from our shores until 2050, we would produce enough energy to power seven times Scotland “Alex Salmond added.

Scotland has already demonstrated its ability to develop wind energy in deep waters with offshore wind pilot project “Beatrice” in the Moray Firth showing the possibility of setting up the turbines at a depth of 60 meters.

According to CEO of ITP, Maxo Benalal, implementation of the project has been delayed a year because of the international financial crisis, however, said that everything is scheduled to begin construction in September.

ITP has a presence in the country with two wind projects, one on de Veraguas, located in the homonymous province, and another of Boquete, in the Ngobe Bugle, representing an investment of 300 million dollars (233 million euro).

In the future works will be drawn up the T-600 (600 kW induction generator) and T-1600 (1.6 MW synchronous generator, still under development and completion forecast for next year.)

In the Americas, ITP also has a presence in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, the United States and Colombia.

The owner of the facility is Mesoamerica Energy, a company dedicated to developing renewable energy projects in Central America and neighboring countries, through its local subsidiary, Wind Energy Honduras.

The Cerro de Hula wind project, also known as wind energy project Honduras 2000, has an energy supply contract with the National Electric Power Company for twenty years, and will be funded by the U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Central American Bank Economic Integration.

The deadline for the execution of the works is 18 months and the contract includes the power grid interconnection, access to the park, civil works, transport and electromechanical erection of the turbines, as well as maintenance services for a within two years from the start.

While Gamesa will participate in the manufacture, supply, transport and installation of wind turbines, as well as supervision and commissioning of the same, Iberdrola Engineering will handle the design and implementation of wind turbine foundations, access roads and mounting platforms, as well as the building operation and maintenance of the park and design and implementation of the electrical system of evacuation.

The project Vertiwind Water Lily, already well known to readers of this blog and who was running for Fund support research demonstrator screened by ADEME last June, already has considerable support from Technip for the design and manufacture floats upon which the generator and blades, but also support of EDF France, Seal Engineering (a subsidiary of Technip), Bureau Veritas and the Ecole des Arts et Metiers ParisTech.

For the past three months, a 0.5-scale prototype is being tested on the site of the Careers Boulogne. Built in the laboratories of the Ecole des Arts et Métiers de Lille, has a power of 35 kW. With funds Idinvest Partners Waterlily will be able to manufacture and test a model-size, first on land then Wed If all goes as planned, the first commercial achievements should be born in the Mediterranean Sea and in England and Scotland, once the technology is proven. I recalled the main technical characteristics of this wind turbine floating French already described in previous articles:

- 90 meters high against more than 100 meters for traditional offshore wind

- A waterline requiring only a shallow draft, a dozen meters, which makes its tow from the land where it fully assembled and equipped, the less complex.

- Vertical blades, which rotate around a vertical axis itself as a tourniquet to ride

- A rotation speed of the wind, which varies depending on the wind through an electronic system of enslavement removing any risk of vibration of the blades.

Charles Smadja said: “The handling of this wind turbine has nothing to do with large projects required for assembly of wind turbines at sea that weight 200 tons. I would add that performance against the wind proved identical and they might be even higher very quickly.”

These 118 wind turbines with an installed capacity of 333MW – more than half of the 577 MW installed offshore last year – according to the EWEA said “a strong continued growth of wind energy despite the financial crisis.”

In addition, 151 additional turbines (440 MW) were installed but have not yet been connected to the network. In all, 16 offshore wind farms totaling 3,972 MW were under construction. Of these, four have become fully operational: Poseidon Denmark, Alpha Ventus in Germany, Gunfleet Sands and Robin Rigg in the United Kingdom.

In Europe, to date, there are 948 offshore wind turbines located on 43 fully operational wind farms offshore, making a total capacity of 2396 MW.

Among developers, E. ON Climate and Renewables 64% have developed the capacity of the offshore network connected during the first half of 2010, followed by Dong (21%) and Vattenfal (11%). Among manufacturers, Siemens is responsible for 55% of offshore capacity in network connected to the first half of 2010, Vestas 36% and 9% REpower.

“Despite the financial crisis, offshore wind continues to be an important developing area quickly,” said Justin Wilkes, director of policy at the EWEA. “The number of offshore wind turbines connected to the network established in the first half beyond half of total capacity installed last year and I am sure that this year will be historic.”

He added, “there is no doubt that this budding sector is constrained by a lack of funding.’s Projects its network operators are less affected by their ability to finance investments from their balance sheet but Independent developers are seriously limited. Loans from public institutions such as the European Investment Bank, are essential and have already helped a number of projects and support must still continue.”

“Europe is a world leader in offshore wind and continued growth – and the availability of funding is essential to European jobs and competitiveness and in order to reduce CO2 emissions.”

The leading Internet search engine said on its blog that it would buy wind power NextEra Energy, with facilities located in Iowa and featuring a total capacity of 114 megawatts.

According to Google, “this power is still sufficient to supply more data centers.”

“By committing to buy as much energy for so long, we give the wind farm proponent of financial security to build more clean energy projects” held to clarify Urs Hoelzle, Google vice president of operations.

Initially, the wind turbine has been designed specifically to weather storms. Indeed, most large-sized wind turbines can be placed in areas subject to heavy weather troubles. Thus there has emerged an idea to retract blades in closed position when the wind speed reaches a certain speed.

Due to the mobility and autonomy of the model, the company believes the system to be an ideal product for humanitarian missions or to rescue persons in affected areas. The military has also been tempted by this invention. NPC has obtained a licensing agreement with Oshkosh Defense, who will develop a larger model in the coming months.

The turbine has seven blades instead of three, to capture wind more effectively at low speeds. The wind and solar energy collected by the system will ultimately be stored in a battery pack.

The $170 million, the company announces, will be fully reinvested in the development of renewable projects in the country, and allow you to consolidate its commitment to the United States, a key market in its future growth strategy.

Cayuga Park Ridge is one of the largest wind farms in the world, with 300 MW of installed capacity. It is located in the state of Illinois, south of the city of Chicago, near the towns of Odell and Emington, and its implementation have worked more than 300 people.

Iberdrola Renovables has ensured the profitability of this wind project for the next 20 years, through a long-term contract with the U.S. company of Valley Authority, an agreement that guarantees the profitability of the entire energy production of this park during that period.

The U.S. subsidiary of the company has grown into the second wind energy operator in the country with presence in 23 states, has an installed capacity of 3877 MW, distributed among 41 wind farms, and has another 850 MW currently under construction.