Two wind power companies were among the biggest gainers on the Hong Kong stock exchange at the end of 2012, after the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approved four wind power projects totalling 57.2 billion yuan (HK$71.1 billion). The NDRC announced it had approved a 24.2 billion yuan wind power project in Jiuquan prefecture, Gansu province. The project comprises eight wind farms, with a t ...

Longyuan Power has achieved 10GW of wind installations, after its Longtan Wind Farm in southwest China's Yunnan province went into operation. The 49.5MW Longtan Wind Farm is based in Qujing city, 2,500 metres above sea level. It comprises 33 high-altitude wind turbines made by Guodian United Power. Xie Changjun, general manager of Longyuan Power, said that though the local wind resources were not that rich ...

Chinese turbine manufacturer Sinovel is coming under increasing pressure at home after its decision to put staff on what it described as "paid vacation. Between 15 November and early December last year, the company indefinitely released 407 workers (14% of staff) on lower rates of pay, causing protests outside its head office. Sinovel described the plan as a "paid vacation", with staff given full salary for ...

In the wind power industry, Suzlon Energy is known for its aggression. And, a lot of it can be directly attributed to its Chairman and Managing Director Tulsi Tanti who started the company in the mid-1990s. It is this trait that has taken the Pune-headquartered Suzlon to where it is now — market leadership in India and among the top wind turbine manufacturers globally. Suzlon has aggressively pushed for gro ...

Hydro Tasmania has unveiled plans for what stands to be Australia’s largest wind energy development, a 200-turbine wind farm on King Island, worth $2 billion. The Tasmanian government-owned renewable energy generator and retailer revealed its plans for the development, which would harness the valuable wind resource known as the Roaring Forties, generating around 2400GWh to power around 250,000 households af ...

China High Speed Transmission (CHST) is to build a $96m plant in Fort Worth, Texas to carry out repairs and maintenance on gearboxes for its US customers. CHST – China’s largest maker of wind gearboxes, completed a deal to buy land for the facility last month. CHST has seen a strong rise in demand from the US over the past year, with its first-half revenues from the American market more than doubling to 876 ...

Chinese Turbine maker Sinovel has received an order to deliver nine Sinovel wind turbines, each with an output of 3MW at Van Stadens wind farm. The 27MW wind project is located in the Nelson Bay Municipality in the country's Eastern Cape Province. Developer Metrowind is expecting the delivery of the wind turbines in May, next year. The wind farm is scheduled to be operational by February, 2014. Sinovel will ...

Moventas, one of the world’s leading gear manufacturers, has opened a subsidiary in India. Developing a quality service network in the country is Moventas’ top priority. Local assembly operations could also be in the pipeline. Moventas India will initially develop its service network to cater to their existing gearbox fleet in the wind and other industrial segments. Moventas is also considering setting up a ...

SB Energy Corp, a SOFTBANK Group company engaged in renewable energy business, has announced it has established a company, Clean Energy Asia LLC, for  renewable energy development jointly with Newcom LLC, a Mongolian investment company. Clean Energy Asia LLC will conduct feasibility study on the construction of renewable energy power plants based on surveys of wind conditions and amount of sunlight at a 224 ...

ReGen Powertech and Kenersys India, on Thursday, unveiled new products for the emerging multi-megawatt turbine market. Announcing the launch of Vensys 87 (V-87), a 1.5 MW turbine, Managing Director of ReGen Powertech Pvt. Ltd., Madhusudan Khemka, said it was the third turbine from the company in the last four years. These had been developed in collaboration with Vensys Energy AG of Germany. V-87 would deliv ...