American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, announced today that it has received an initial order for full wind turbine electrical control systems worth more than US$20 million from Ghodawat Energy Pvt. Ltd. (GEPL). Under the terms of the contract, AMSC will begin shipping the electrical control systems to Ghodawat in the middle of calendar 2010 and will complete all shipments by the end of calendar 2013 at the latest. Ghodawat is the sixth customer to place a volume production order for wind turbine power electronic components or systems with AMSC over the past 12 months.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES, in an effort to help grid operators with the control, capture and forecast of wind energy, has provided its Wind Power Management System and Wind Farm Cluster Management System (WCMS).
SMA America, the U.S.-based subsidiary of SMA Solar Technology AG, has strengthened its North American wind inverter family with the new Windy Boy 8000US model. In conjunction with the debut of the new inverter, SMA has also doubled its standard warranty on its entire UL-listed line of Windy Boys.
GE has planned to expand its wind turbine business in several EU countries, which includes Sweden, the U.K., Germany and Norway.
Report Buyer’s new report, ‘Deep Research Report on Cost and Price of China Wind Power Equipment 2010’ provides an in-depth analysis of China’s wind power equipment.
Outokumpu, a worldwide leader in stainless steel, announced that it will be participating in the development a 30-MW wind park in Tornio, Finland along with Rajakiiri Oy, a wind power company. Outokumpu is having a shareholding interest in Rajakiiri.
Indian Oil Corporation, a state-owned company in India and a major oil refiner, is planning to invest approximately Rs. 2,000 crore to develop solar energy generation capacity of 50 MW and wind energy generation capacity of 200 MW.
In a move to expand its wind energy operations, power-plant operator NRG Energy signed a letter of intent for the acquisition of the South Trent wind farm. Located near Sweetwater, this 101 MW wind farm will be the fourth onshore plant in the NRG Energy portfolio and is expected to enhance the company’s power generation capacity to 450 MW.
The NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation), a power generating company owned by the state, has shown interest to develop wind and solar projects in the state of Orissa, India with total 500 MW of generating capacity.
In 2010, Suzlon Wind Energy plans to execute nine projects, whose total wind power capacity will be over 700 MW.
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