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Gamesa concludes turnkey construction of its first in Chile

Gamesa has concluded turnkey the most recent wind report by works and infrastructure for the construction of its first wind farm Navigant’s BTM Consult, Chile had project, including more than 20 in Chile — the 36 MW San Pedro 413 MW cumulative installed by the kilometers of roadway, an elec- Chiloé wind farm — for the local end of 2013 and, supported by high trical substation, a 25-kilometer company Transantartic. The project energy demand, is expected to reach high-voltage transmission line and is located on Chiloé Island, in the 1.5 gigawatts cumulative installed a bridge. As part of the project, southern part of the country. by 2018. Gamesa will provide comprehen- The successful commissioning of The wind farm features 18 Game- sive Operations and Maintenance its first project in Chile marks the sa G90-2.0 MW wind turbines. (O&M) services for the wind farm establishment of Gamesa’s com- Construction for the project began for a period of 12 years. mercial presence in a wind market in January 2013 and included the with great potential; according to development of all necessary civil — Source: Gamesa

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Rigging Handbook Now with Metric References

said Jim Headley, President of Crane Institute of America. “Cus- tomers in Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East have been asking for a met- ric version of the book.” Along with the rated capaci- ty tables of slings and rigging hardware, the book covers how to calculate load weight, how to cal- culate sling loading, and proper load handling techniques. The in- formation is applicable to rigging operations no matter where you are in the world. By offering two Crane Institute of America an- the Rigging Metric handbook versions of the books, trainers nounces the availability of the contains the latest information on and students now have a resource newest edition of the indus- wire rope, rigging hardware, and that improves communication, try’s favorite rigging handbook. slings, including capacity tables understanding, and safety. Rigging, by James Headley, has and charts. For more information, or to been converted from imperial to “For years, the handbook Rig- order the handbook, visit Crane metric. Providing practical infor- ging has been popular outside the Institute’s Online Store at www. mation and great illustrations, United States for use in training,” craneinstitute.com.

30 SEPTEMBER | 2014 to build 37.5 MW Orla wind farm in Poland Contract awarded for first phase of construction with operation slated for 2015

Wind turbine manufacturer arm of Nordex. “This is going of Poland, the wind farm is to Nordex has been awarded a to be the first realization from generate an annual energy yield contract for the delivery and our pipeline of own developed of up to 100 GWh, resulting in installation of nine turbines projects in Poland. It is a good a of an above- from its N100/2500 series. This illustration of how Nordex can average 33 percent. At the same constitutes the first construction provide more value to the market time, it will avoid emissions of phase of the 37.5 MW “Orla” with quality projects,” said Lars around 57,000 tons of carbon wind farm, which will comprise Bondo Krogsgaard, a member of dioxide, which would otherwise a total of 15 N100/2500 wind Nordex SE’s Management Board. arise from thermal power turbines as cold climate The client is the project com- stations. Under the targets set by version. The turbines which pany “C&C Wind” owned by in- the European Union, Poland has have now been ordered are to ternational private-equity inves- undertaken to roughly double the go into operation as early as in tors and an independent power proportion of renewable energies December 2014, with the other producer. The project finance has in its national energy balance to six to follow by mid next year. largely been provided by the Eu- 20 percent by 2021. The Orla project was initiated ropean Bank for Reconstruction in 2008 and developed since and Development (EBRD). — Source: Nordex by the project development Located in the eastern part

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