Mita-Teknik’s new CEO Klaus Knudsen has announced today his new strategic vision for the company. This year, Mita-Teknik, a company thatpioneered wind technology since the early eighties, celebrates its 50th anniversary. With Knudsen in the top job, the Danish turbine control solution specialist is gearing up to embrace the challenges of the coming decade. Strategically, the company will ...

Ørsted has taken the final investment decision (FID) on the Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Prior to the FID, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs approved Ørsted’s local supply chain plan, and subsequently Ørsted has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Taipower at the feed-in-tariff level announced on 30 January 2019. “Over the last couple of months, we have been working intensive ...

NINH THUAN, Vietnam— The Ayala group’s AC Energy is finalizing deals for wind power projects that need to be up and running in two and a half years, following its rush to build solar power plants here. AC Energy president Eric Francia said in an interview that while talks with Vietnamese partners are still ongoing, the parties involved realize that any wind project needs to be operating by November 2021 to ...

Danish consultancy COWI has opened an office in Tapei to meet growing demand for its services in the Taiwan offshore wind market. The new base adds to offices already in Asia in Hong Kong, Seoul and Singapore, the company said. COWI is also increasing staff in its Boston and Hamburg offices as part of plans to double wind business over the next three years. COWI senior market director for offshore wind Jan ...

GE Renewable Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Eolien Maritime France (EMF) to provide and service Haliade 150-6MW turbines to the first French EMF offshore wind farm to be cleared of any legal recourse. This memorandum of understanding terminates GE’s exclusive supplier status on the two other projects carried out by EMF for which Siemens Gamesa will supply the turbines. Currently, the t ...

Bo Thong Wind Farm, the latest renewable energy assignment owned by B. Grimm Power Public Company Limited, one of Thailand's fastest growing independent power producers, have awarded  Pöyry the owner's engineering services assignment for this 16MW wind farm project located in Mukdahan province, Thailand.  Pöyry's assignment includes EPC bid evaluation and negotiations, energy yield assessments, pr ...

The first order is the company’s first V150-4.2 MW order in Southeast Asia for a project in Vietnam, and the second order was secured using customised solutions for a 43 MW order with a first 20-year service contract in Taiwan. In Vietnam, the company has won its first V150-4.2 MW order in Southeast Asia, signed the project with an undisclosed foreigner investor. This 42 MW order includes supply and install ...

EverSource Capital, the joint venture between private equity firm Everstone Capital and global solar project developer Lightsource BP, is looking to invest over $1 billion in renewable energy investments through its Green Growth Equity Fund, said a senior company executive. The National Investments and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) of India and the UK government are anchor investors in Green Growth Equity Fund ...

With the increasing amount of renewable energy in the system, grid operators must address the challenge of balancing supply and demand from intermittent energy generation. One way of meeting this challenge is to use advanced forecasting tools to provide predictability in renewable energy generation in order to keep the grid stable. In support of Vestas’ efforts to provide forward-looking renewable energy so ...

Vestas has assisted Vietnamese developer Tan Hoan Cau Joint Stock Corporation to secure funding for the 33MW Huong Linh 1 wind farm in the south-east Asian country. The turbine manufacturer's structured finance business coordinated the financiers, which included the Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF), an offshore bank and a Vietnamese bank, to provide money for the project. “By having a thorough market and c ...