AGL Energy Ltd. (AGK), operator of the A$1 billion ($1 billion) Macarthur wind farm in Australia’s Victoria state, said the project reached full capacity of 420 megawatts for the first time at the end of March. Macarthur, the largest wind farm in the southern hemisphere, has generated the equivalent of one year’selectricity supply to more than 40,000 households and started operating fully at the end of Janu ...

With a generation-based incentive of 50 paise per unit being introduced in the Union Budget, India's wind power capacity is poised to grow from 18,000 MW to 27,000 MW in the next two years, according to turbine makers and wind power producers. The withdrawal of accelerated depreciation for wind energy projects last year led to drastic fall in capacity expansion as only around 1,800 MW new wind capacity was ...

A U.S. firm has won an order for a wind power plant to be built on Kunashiri Island, one of the four-Russian held islands Japan wants returned, a senior Sakhalin Province official said Friday. Sakhalin Machinery LLC, owned by Alabama-based Tiger Machinery LLC, received the order last year in addition to a Russian government order for a geothermal power plant on the same island, which is located off Hokkaido ...

The renewable energy sector in the country is likely to miss the capacity addition target for the current financial year on the back of economic slowdown as also due to lapse of an incentive scheme and uncertainties over reintroduction of a government support scheme for the wind sector. During the first 11 months of current financial year, country has added only 2,380 mw of new capacity. However, the new ca ...

This week,  Grant King delivered a presentation hosted by CEDA where he again took aim at the Renewable Energy Target, and also criticised the carbon price as having had little influence over carbon emissions. What would probably raise quite a few eyebrows is the chart below outlining his company's projection of new build wind capacity. According to reports in Fairfax newspapers, King outlined that the RET ...

German manufacturer Siemens has signed to supply six turbines for the 18MW Akita Port wind project on the north-west coast of the Japanese island Honshu. The deal with Japanese wind developer Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation includes the delivery and installation of direct-drive 3MW 101 machines with a rotor diameter of 101 metres. Installation and commissioning is scheduled for summer 2014 and the contrac ...

A 38-ton wind turbine crashed 50 meters to the ground in Kyoto Prefecture after the steel column supporting it snapped, according to officials. The massive Dutch-made turbine, which sat atop a Japanese-made steel column, was part of a mountain wind farm. It was put up in 2001 with an expected life of at least 17 years. “We are asking experts to look into the cause of the problem. We suspect metal fatigue mi ...

China Longyuan Power Group Corp and Thailand’s Electricity Generating PCL are among shortlisted parties vying to buy a stake in an Australian wind farm. Interest in the Boco Rock wind farm in New South Wales state planned by Continental Wind Partners and Wind Prospect Group underscores how overseas investors are becoming more confident that they can make a profit from renewable energy projects. Early invest ...

Siemens Energy has opened two major Research & Development test facilities for wind turbine technology in Denmark. The new test center in Brande features test stands for major components of Siemens wind turbines, including generators, main bearings and complete nacelles. In Aalborg, seven blade test stands are capable to perform full scale tests of rotor blades, including the world's largest blade in op ...

Mytrah Energy said it has agreed conditional terms to acquire 59.75MW of existing operational wind power assets in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. These assets, which have an average age of under 12 months, comprise turbines from Gamesa, ReGen and Enercon. The proposed acquisition has enabled Mytrah Energy to better optimize the use of its development budget and cash resources, by allowing ...