daily news

Zurich, Switzerland – ABB has won an order worth about $110 million from Litgrid AB, the state owned electricity transmission system operator to supply and install a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in Lithuania.

Madrid, Spain - Gamesa released a preview of its 2012 results, in line with the guidance the company provided the market on 25 October, illustrating Gamesa’s progress on implementing its 2013-2015 Business Plan.

Sulzemoos, Germany - Phoenix Solar AG, a photovoltaic system integrator has decided to part company with a number of loss making operations due to the fact that the market environment raises severe doubts about their recovery in the near term.

Munich and Burghausen, Germany - Wacker Chemie AG has stopped the short-time work schedule introduced at Burghausen's polysilicon facilities back in early October 2012.

Paris - GDF Suez announced the construction of the 300MW Tarfaya wind farm in Morocco, which will be the largest wind project in Africa.

Paris - Alstom Renewable Power announced the signature of a memorandum of understanding with Renova Energia, a leader in wind power generation in Brazil, to supply, operate and maintain in Brazil around 440 onshore wind turbines for a total amount exceeding €1 billion.

Aarhus, Denmark - 2012 was a challenging year for the wind power industry and for Vestas.

Vienna, Austria - Siemens Energy launched its new offshore wind turbine - the SWT 4.0-130 at the annual conference of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) in Vienna.

Brussels, Belgium - Wind power in Central and Eastern Europe will become a significant source of electricity production by 2020 and Turkey's wind power generation capacity will grow even faster - provided there is a stable legal framework in each country.

Baoding, China - Yingli Green Energy announced that it has entered a strategic partnership agreement with SAP AG.

Kassel, Germany - A unique alliance for German wind energy research was officially formed in Berlin - the Research Alliance for Wind Energy.

Cuxhaven, Germany - The wind farm project developer, PNE Wind AG, has received a further milestone payment amounting to EUR 25 million from the sale of the offshore wind farm projects, "Gode Wind" I to III.

Düsseldorf, Germany - E.ON SE, Düsseldorf, today presented information about its main 2012 earnings figures and its revised 2013 forecast.

Hamburg, Germany / Montreal, Canada - Suzlon Group’s subsidiary REpower Systems SE has signed a contract with EDF EN Canada Inc., a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, for the delivery of 175 2 MW wind turbines of the REpower MM82 and MM92 type for a project in Quebec, Canada.

Changzhou, China - Trina Solar Limited (TSL), producer of photovoltaic modules, announced that it will supply 30MW of photovoltaic modules to Gestamp Solar for two projects in South Africa.

Blaubeuren & Ulm, Germany - centrotherm photovoltaics AG has now passed the decisive hurdle for the company's reorganization and recapitalization.

Brussels, Belgium - Europe installed and grid connected 293 offshore wind turbines in 2012.

Pune, India - Suzlon Group announced the formal approval of its proposal for the restructuring of its domestic debt by the Empowered Group of Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) Cell.

Brussels, Belgium - The European Commission announced an ambitious package of measures to ensure the build-up of alternative fuel stations across Europe with common standards for their design and use.

Sulzemoos, Germany - Phoenix Solar AG reports that Phoenix Solar Inc., its US subsidiary, has installed and officially inaugurated a solar power plant with a peak output of 9.5 megawatts on the factory site of Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.

Reno, USA - Ormat Technologies, Inc. announced that it will record a non-cash pre-tax charge of up to 230 million US-Dollar during the fourth quarter of 2012 for impairment to the company’s North Brawley power plant located in Imperial County, California.

Paris - EDF Energies Nouvelles announces the commissioning of two wind power plants, Massif du Sud and Lac Alfred (first phase), with an installed capacity of 150 MW each.

Dresden, Germany - FuelCell Energy Solutions GmbH, a provider of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, announced a multi-year service agreement for a stationary fuel cell power plant owned by Elektrizitaetswerke Zurich (ewz), an electric utility company in Switzerland.

Tokyo, Japan / Rotterdam, Netherlands - Eneco and Mitsubishi Corporation have agreed that Mitsubishi will acquire 50% of the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm planned for construction off the coast of the Netherlands.

Freiburg, Germany / Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - The International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance their cooperation.