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With reference to the Vestas Wind System A/S company announcement No. 21 of 23 May 2013, Vestas has received a 155.1 MW order for Mexico.
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Renewable energy increases share of UK's electricity mix
Renewables’ share of UK electricity generation increased by more than 2 per cent in the third quarter of 2012. Renewable electricity generation was 9.5 TWh in the third quarter of 2012, an increase...
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In December 2010 the European Commission issued a new guideline which no longer sees waste as an unnecessary burden but rather as a valuable resource. The waste hierarchy distinguishes five stages: waste...
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The world's first inter-continental link of emission trading systems has been announced by the European Union and Australia. The Australian Read More...
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COWEC 2013
Unlimited, environmentally friendly and comparatively inexpensive – wind energy offers a lot of advantages. This is why it is expanding globally at a tearing pace. Wind power is one of the renewable...
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MENASOL 2013 is the leading solar event in the Middle East and North Africa region. As 2 conferences in one, covering CSP and PV, MENASOL will help solve your critical challenges and connect you to local...
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IPPO ENERGY S.r.l.
IPPO ENERGY S.r.l. is part of the JO Group, cluster of five Italian companies and two non-profit organisations. IPPO ENERGY is an Energy Service Company (ESCo), which has its core business in the implementation...
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Over the decades, harnessing the sun's energy for the purpose of restoring natural resources has come a long way from just heating water to many other applications. Catering to the demanding requirements...
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ML Solar is a manufacture and wholesale distributor of solar energy products. Our products include solar panels, solar cells, inverters, controllers, JBOX, tabbing, bus, flux, mounting and many other...
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Battery solution for renewable energy applications
Narada is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We complement our extensive line of motive power, reserve power, and specialty batteries with a full range of integrated...
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These Off-Grid photovoltaic modules are composed of 36 high efficiency policrystalline solar cells produced with the most innovative technologies of isotropic exturization and antireflecting coating. Istar...
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Our kilowatt turbine, the V52-850 kW, is extremely reliable, and well suited to sites with restricted access or complex terrain. Compact dimensions make the V52 easy to transport and install. We have...
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Lithuanian Wind Power Association
The Lithuanian Wind Power Association unites Lithuanian wind energy market participants, i.e. wind energy investors, facility producers and service providers.
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stoRE aims to facilitate the realization of the ambitious objectives for renewable energy by unblocking the potential for energy storage infrastructure. Energy storage, as part of an integrated approach...
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The SAVE AGE project is the first European initiative, addressing energy efficiency issues in nursing homes as an important potential for decreasing energy consumption and costs.Besides technical improvements...
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As the offshore wind sector grows so will the size of the turbines used to power its energy into electricity? According to the Offshore Wind Supply Chain Strategy Report 2011 the average size of offshore wind turbines is set to grow from its present 2 to 7MW capacity range to between 10 and 20MW in the next 10 to 15 years.
On the basis of a wide-ranging industry survey of offshore wind turbine manufacturer OEMs the new report finds that 40 per cent of respondents see 10 to 20MW as the standard size in future years, 35.6 per cent sees it growing to between 8 and 10MW and a notable 6.7 per cent believe it will go even larger beyond 20MW.
The report’s authors say that one of the main drivers behind the increase in size is to improve OEMs economies of scale on offshore projects and reduce cost.
The ramp-up will bring a myriad of challenges for offshore component suppliers. According to OEMs it will lead to the need for “compact and lighter designs” of blades and towers, reliable electronic components and the location of manufacturing plants closer to offshore wind farms.
One leading OEM said: “Components increasing in size is a natural development of an immature industry. The real problem will be in the logistics and how to transport extremely large components.”
Another told the report: “The coming 10-20MW turbines will be floating. This means that the critical components will be blades, drive train and generator. Less critical but still challenging will be a floating foundation.”
When asked which components would prove to be the most difficult to scale up OEMs said rotor blades because they take a long time to manufacture, towers because of the increased costs of raw materials, direct drive because of the cost of copper and rare earth metals and bearings due to technological constraints and a limited supply base.
One OEM said: “It’s rotor blades because of the logistical difficulties. There will be a challenge in handling the blades which will be much bigger and stronger.”
OEMs told the report’s authors that they were pushing the “design envelope” on both blades and bearings to drive improved scale.
Indeed new designs, technologies and offshore innovation will be vital tools for component manufacturers to embrace in both the present and the near future if they want to gain offshore contracts from OEMs.
One of the main findings of the report was that OEMs wanted to work closer with their component suppliers on design and innovation issues including the sharing of conceptual ideas and data to shared testing.
The report highlights the case study of blade component manufacturer LM Windpower and its partnership work with OEM Alstom. Both parties are developing new 61.5m blades for use on a new 6MW turbine to be used on the Thornton Bank offshore site in Belgium. More of these partnerships are likely to follow in the years ahead.
To learn more about how to access a copy of the Offshore Wind Supply Chain Strategies 2011 Report please go to the following link:
https://secure.windenergyupdate.com/offshore-wind-turbine-report/purchase.shtml
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25 Mar 2014International Renewable Energy Congress
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