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Oerlikon delivers a International 120 MW plant to Russia In the mid-August, Oerlikon So- lar received an order from Nano NEWS Solar Technology Ltd. (NST), a newly formed Russian high-tech company, for a thin-film panel production plant. The plant will have a production capacity of 120 MW. NST is a joint venture between Renova Group and the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies­ (Rusnano). At a planned annual capacity of a million solar modules, this is the largest order for a thin-film pho- tovoltaic production facility worldwide this year. Oerlikon’s micromorph technology is included in the order. NST plans to supply mainly the markets in Spain, Italy, Greece and Germany. The plant will be delivered in 2010 and production is planned to begin in 2011. The plant is currently under construction in No- Largest solar PV fab in Switzerland opened – equipped with Oerlikon Solar’s micromorph vocheboksarsk (Chuvash Republic). The or- end-to-end PV module production line. Photo: Oerlikon Solar der also includes a muli-year maintenance contract. Along with the planned production Switzerland’s largest module production plant, Rusnano will collaborate with the Iof- fe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian The Pramac Group and Oerlikon liver in the solar world.” In the capital-inten- Academy of Sciences to establish a large re- Solar announced at the end of sive solar module manufacturing business, search center dedicated to increasing the ef- July that production has begun at Switzer- it is important to minimize the amount of ficiency of solar modules. land’s largest solar module manufacturing time between the start of construction and facility. Oerlikon Solar’s micromorph end- the start of commercial production and rev- US Military to buy to-end manufacturing solution enabled enues. Implementing an end-to-end solu- Pramac to reach production just seven tion can reduce the delay and uncertainty of 500 MW solar plant months after completing their facility. The construction time, production ramp-up and The US Military has selected the plant near Locarno, Switzerland, will pro- module certification. Clark Energy Group and Acciona duce 30 MW of thin-film solar panels every The Pramac facility will produce approx- Solar Power to build a 500 MW solar power year and create 150 jobs in the region. imately 250,000 solar modules every year. plant at Fort Irwin, California. Clark and Ac- “We are pleased to begin production so One year’s worth of output from the facility ciona were selected by the US Army Corps soon after building our factory, because it would be able to cover the approximate of Engineers, Baltimore District, Enhanced allows us to address the fast-growing solar scope of all of the currently installed PV in- Use Leasing (EUL) programme working in market and gain a return on our investment stallations in Switzerland. partnership with Fort Irwin and the Depart- more quickly”, said Paolo Campinotti, CEO The factory is Pramac’s first solar pro- ment of the Army. The 500 MW solar power of Pramac Group. “Pramac is benefitting duction location. Based on predicted market plant is part of an even bigger approach, to from Oerlikon Solar’s renowned technology, growth, Pramac plans to expand the plant’s deliver a 1,000 MW capacity of renewable ramp-up experience and reputation to de­ capacity over the coming years. energy. Clark and Acciona plan to reach the 500 MW capacity through both photovolta- ic and (CSP) tech- Solar power for 3,900 villages in India nology which will be implemented step by step. The Indian federal state Karna- mulative capacity is anticipated to be in The Fort Irwin Solar Energy EUL pilot taka has launched a self-sus- the range of 16 MW. project is an initiative of the Secretary of taining solar technology programme for The generated power would be metered the Army’s Senior Energy Council. It is 3,900 villages in the 39 most backward re- and made available at a fee determined in tasked with coordinating and promoting of gions of the state that have either no elec- advance that is self-sustainable. These energy security and policy for the Army by tric supply or get poor voltage at present. projects will provide power either through utilizing measures for saving and careful It will cater to the energy needs of 5 million a local mini-grid or stand-alone or be made use of energy while also encouraging the people. The state-owned Karnataka Re- available at a charging station, enabling production of alternative sources of energy newable Energy Development Ltd. will play residents to charge their electrical appli- from the Army’s substantial land holdings the role of facilitator in the project. The cu- ances. across the United States.

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PV market: the ware­ Inverter efficiency: new world record houses are filling up The Fraunhofer Institute for So- thermal losses, smaller cooling devices The US market research compa- lar Energy Systems (ISE) from and a more compact construction. These ny iSuppli reports that the aver- Freiburg, Germany, has set a new world savings also help to compensate for the age storage period of PV products has in- record of 99.03 % for the efficiency of PV higher price that has to be paid, especially creased by 64.3 %. The reason for this de- inverters. The researchers have reduced for the silicon carbide components. Burger velopment is that the production capacities the losses by another third in comparison states: “I see enormous potential for the have increased massively, whereas de- with their previous top performance invert- new silicon carbide transistors. They are mand is rather poor at present. In the first er. “We now use junction field-effect tran- constantly becoming better and less expen- quarter of 2009, modules, cells, wafers and sistors made of silicon carbide and manu- sive, whereas the costs for passive compo- polysilicon remained in storage for an aver- factured by SemiSouth Laboratories Inc. nents containing significant amounts of age of 121 days. In the same quarter of This is the main reason for the improve- copper and other metals are rising continu- 2008, the corresponding figure was only ment”, explains Bruno Burger, leader of ously.” 74.2 days. the Power Electronics Group at Fraunhofer The efficiency world record was meas- Because additional production capaci- ISE. “In addition, we have optimized the ured for a complete PV inverter, including its ties for polysilicon are going into operation gate units and many other details of the internal power supply, a digital signal proc- this year, iSuppli expects the current price circuit.” In practice, this not only improves essor for controls, a grid filter and a relay for erosion to continue along the entire value efficiency: higher efficiency implies lower connection to the grid. creation chain. The spot price for silicon, the key material of the PV industry, will drop to just under 50 US$/kg by the end of 2009, the company says. At the beginning of the year, the price still amounted to 180 US$/kg. Suntech to build 1.8 GW in China Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. recently entered into a number of strategic agreements with several provinces in China to develop solar projects with a total capacity of 1.8 GW. The projects will be built in the prov­ inces of Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan and Panzhihua City. One Project will have a capacity of 300 MW, while the other three 99.03 % efficiency thanks to silicon carbide. The modern components are still expensive, are planned to reach a capacity of 500 MW but they have proven their efficiency. Photo: Fraunhofer-ISE each and will be developed in several stag- es. These provinces have high solar re- sources making them ideal locations to China releases 500 MW Taiwan plans a PV roof generate solar electricity. PV programm programme The implementation of these projects is subject to the fulfilment of a number of The Chinese government re- Starting in 2010, the Taiwanese conditions including obtaining related per- leased details of the “Golden trade ministry is planning to im- mits from the National Development and Sun” demonstration programme. It con- plement a PV roof programme to install Reform Commission and other relevant sists of financial subsidies and technologi- 100,000 roof systems with a total output of government bodies. cal assistance for large scale projects be- 300 MW. “These strategic agreements demon- tween 300 kW and 20 MW. In June, in the run-up to the programme, strate the commitment of governments of The subsidies will range from approxi- the Renewable Energy Development Stat- Shaanxi, Shizuishan, Qinghai and Panzhi- mately 50 % of the total investment for ute was passed which regulates the legal hua to adopt utility scale solar energy to grid-connected PV up to 70 % for off-grid framework for investments in renewables. power sustainable development. With on- projects in areas with underdeveloped grid For instance, the statute provides subsidies going investment in technology and inno- connection. for system acquisition and low interest vation, Suntech is determined to continue In addition the grid-connected plants loans. Subsidies for PV systems max out at to drive the cost to grid parity and encour- will sell the generated electricity at the lo- 3,672 US$/kW. The government will as- age greater adoption of solar throughout cal rate for desulfurized coal in the range of sume a maximum of 50 % of investment China”, said Suntech’s Chairman and CEO, 0.30 to 0.40 RMB/kWh. (approx. US-ct 4.4 costs. Before the end of this year, the gov- Zhengrong Shi. to 5.8). ernment plans to introduce a feed-in rate.

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Solar thermal supports district heating In the Danish town of Gram the company Arcon Solvarme A/S has put into operation a solar collector field that is to feed heat into the local district heating grid. 802 collectors with a total net area of more than 10,000 m2 will now con- tribute a share of 17 % to the heating de- mand of the more than 1,000 households that are connected to the grid. A similar plant is right under construc- tion in the Danish town of Broager. Piping and foundations are already installed and the first of the almost 800 collectors have arrived. Like in Gram, the net area of the collector field will exceed 10,000 2m . A so- lar output of 508 kWh/(m2/a) is predicted. The President of the Government of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, and the Presi- That is a little more than for the collector dent of Acciona, José Manuel Entrecanales, in front of collectors at the CSP field in Gram with 482 kWh/(m2/a). Both plant in Alvarado. Photo: Acciona installations use flat plate collectors of the Acciona opens parabolic trough type HT-SA. The collector field in Broager is expected to contribute 22 % to the heating At the end of July, the Spanish Construction of the plant began in Feb- demand of the 1,019 households that are company Acciona celebrated the ruary 2008 and involved shifting more than connected to the district heating grid. Dis- inauguration of its first parabolic trough a million cubic metres of earth. An average trict heating is very common in Denmark. power plant in Spain: Alvarado I in the of 350 people worked throughout the That makes the country a good place for big Badajoz district. It is also the first solar 18-months construction period, and a staff solar installations. thermal power station in the Extremadura of 31 will make up the plant’s operation region. Like the other existing Spanish CSP and maintenance team. World’s largest solar power plants, it has a capacity of 50 MW. As well as Alvarado I, which has already cooking system According to Acciona the installation been completed, Acciona has three other cost was € 236 million. It is equipped with plants currently under construction in The world’s largest solar thermal the same parabolic troughs as the Nevada Spain: one in Majadas de Tiétar (Cáceres steam cooking system was in- Solar One power station in the USA, which region) and two in Palma del Río (Cordoba stalled at the pilgrimage centre of Shri has been operated by an Acciona subsidi- region). Saibaba Sansthan in Western India. It will ary since 2007 Acciona has applied for planning per- provide the hot water required for cooking The “Alvarado I” CSP plant covers an mission for three other CSP plants in Spain food for 20,000 pilgrims per day. The sys- area of more than 130 hectares. It has – including a second 50 MW facility in Al- tem comprises 73 automatically tracked so- 184,320 reflectors aligned in rows and 768 varado – and is working on high-profile lar dishes, each of 16 m2 aperture area, solar collectors with a total length of power projects in the USA and other coun- placed in a series and parallel combination. around 74 kilometres. tries worldwide. It has a steam header connected with a large number of receivers where water can be stored in the morning when electricity is Saint Gobain produces EBL invests in a Fresnel available. During the day time, when power parabolic mirrors power plant failures occur from time to time, it runs on a thermosiphonic principle without the need In July, the glass producer Saint Swiss utility company EBL ac- for electricity. The generated steam is Gobain opened their production quired an 85 % stake in a Fresnel stored in the header until it is used for unit for parabolic cylindrical mirrors used power plant project called II cooking in the kitchen. About 3,500 kg of for solar power plants in Portugal. The Covi- by Novatec Biosol AG, Germany, in the steam at desired pressure and temperature lis facility until now focused on glass for PV Spanish region of Murcia. Construction is being generated from this system every panels. The Saint Gobain Group invested should start in October, provided the revi- day. The system is connected to a conven- more than € 20 million to add a 12,000 m2 sion of the Spanish feed-in legislation is tional boiler running on liquefied petrole- extension to the facility. The new produc- successful. EBL expects construction to last um gas (LPG) in times of clouds and hours tion line is capable of producing 2 million two years. The power plant would have a without sunshine. The cost of the system is square meters of parabolic cylindrical mir- capacity of 30 MW and generate 50 million 13.3 million Indian Rupees (INR, approx. rors per year. This is enough to supply five kWh of electricity. A power plant called US$ 275,000). The Ministry of New and Re- 50 MW CSP power plants. According to Puerto Errado I (PE-1) with a capacity of newable Energy has provided a subsidy of Saint Gobain, the new production facility is 1.4 MW has already been in operation in INR 5.84 million (approx. US$ 120,000) to the biggest in the world. the region since March of this year. the temple Trust.

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A passive house travels India: True size of the solar thermal market

to the Olympic Games For the online news page 2009. It can be assumed that the still domi- The Winter Olympics in Canada www.solarthermalworld.org the nating flat plate collector market imports next year will have more to offer Indian journalist Jaideep Malaviya did a hardly any glass and purchases only a than just top sports performances. The cross check on the actual volume of the In- small number of coated absorber sheets in company Austrian Passivhouse Group dian solar collector market. A Study of the Europe, far below 10,000 m2. The flat plate (APG) will present a technology for improv- Swiss bank Sarasin states a collector area collector manufacturers rather use the na- ing energy efficiency, a passive house. The of 650,000 m2 for 2007 (equivalent of tionally developed Nalsun technology. 2 “Austria House” is built from solid timber 455 MWth), whilst the authors of Solar Heat Numbers of 320,000 m in annually as a two-storey wooden house following Worldwide 2008 come to the conclusion sold coating material and 330,000 m2 in the passive house construction standard. that the market volume for 2007 was shipped solar glass are therefore a close 2 The building’s useable floor space is 256,000 m , an equivalent of 180 MWth. estimate of the flat plate collector market 260 m2. The building was manufactured in Malaviya did not ask the collector manu- size in India. If you also consider the share Austria and has already started its journey facturers but their coating and glass suppli- of vacuum tubes to be 15 %, the total mar- to Canada. There, the efficient building will ers about the quantities they sold in the In- ket in 2008 could have been around be officially opened in February 2010. dian fiscal year from April 2008 to March 400,000 m2. The project is intended to serve as a model for energy-efficient building in North America. There are 5,000 passive houses 100 new solar heated pools in Ontario in Austria, but statistics show that there The company SolarOntario.com lar pool heating system for their pool and are only 50 of them in the whole of North Ltd. has installed more than 100 we get about 700 of these calls every year”, America. The Austria House will cost about solar pool heating systems this summer said the company´s President Andrew € 1 million in total. It is being funded by in Southern Ontario – compared to 700+ McKegney in a press release. According to sponsors, by the municipality of Whistler, systems during the more than 30 years of him, neither the cool weather this summer which is the venue of the games, and by its existence. “Starting in February, peo- nor the economic downturn have had a the Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) as ple begin inquiring about installing a so- negative effect on the pool heating market. the tenant. During the Winter Olympic Games 2010, the ÖOC and the Austrian Wave energy converter Oyster goes for a swim Broadcasting Corporation ORF will use the passive house for representation. The nearshore wave energy con- onshore turbine. Grid connection and sea verter „Oyster“ – developed by the trials will follow later this year. Oyster is de- Australia wants 20 % Scottish company Aquamarine Power – is signed to capture the energy found in near- renewables lowered onto its seabed subframe and shore waves up to a depth of 10 to 12 m. bolted in place. With this, Aquamarine According to the company, a commercial The Australian government ap- Power has completed the first phase of its farm of 20 devices with a capacity of proved a bill to promote renewable deployment at the European Marine Energy 10 MW could provide enough energy for a energy in late August. With its Renewable Centre at Billia Croo on the Orkney Islands, town of 6,500 homes. “We are confident Energy Target legislation, Australia plans to Scottland. The 194 ton full scale device will we will deliver power to the national grid by launch an overhauled funding programme be connected to sub-sea pipelines which the end of the year”, commented Martin for renewables. A follow-up to the previous will deliver high pressure fresh water to an McAdam, CEO of Aquamarine Power. programme of 2001, the new programme aims to further expand renewable power generation. The law will reportedly attract 22 billion Australian dollars in investments. The plan stipulates that 20 % of the country’s power should be produced from renewable energies by 2020. Climate Change Minister Penny Wong says that her goal is to quadruple renewable energy gen- eration to 45,000 GWh per year. That is one-fifth of Australian energy consumption. Geo-energy will be emphasized, along with solar and wind energy projects. The gov- ernment secured compensation to offset cost of the new requirements for export- oriented companies with high energy de- mand. With the new bill, Australia catches up with the European Union’s targets wich has also agreed to increase the share of re- newable energy to 20 % by 2020. Oyster is the UK’s first nearshore wave energy converter. Photo: Aquamarine Power

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Daewoo buys DeWind Renewables exceed nuclear in US

American company Composite According to the latest issue of 4.7 % 1.25 % Technology Corporation (CTC) the “Monthly Energy Review” will sell its wind turbine business to South by the US Energy Information Administra- Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine En- tion (EIA), domestic energy production 9.3 % hydropower gineering Co. Ltd. With this acquisition, from renewables exceeded the amount wood and wood wastes Daewoo assumes all liabilities of CTC sub- contributed by nuclear power this April. 19.0 % 34.6 % sidiary DeWind Inc., based in Lübeck, Ger- That month the total US energy production biofuels many, as well as its subsidiaries, and en- was 1.76 TWh with 0.20 TWh (11.1 %) com- wind ters the wind energy sector. “We will use ing from renewable sources; nuclear power geothermal 31.2 % the technology and experience of DeWind provided 0.18 TWh (10.4 %). For the first solar to become one of the leaders in the global third of 2009, production of renewables wind energy market”, announced Sang Tae was 6 % higher compared to the same pe- US energy production from renewables in Nam, president and CEO of Daewoo. Ac- riod in 2008. More specifically, domestic the 1st third of 2009 Source: EIA cording to CTC, the price was some energy production for the first four months US$46.5 million for all of the main operat- of 2009 totalled 7.2 TWh of which renewa- ecutive Director of the non-profit research ing assets and liabilities of DeWind Inc. ble sources (biofuels, biomass, geother- and educational organization Sun Day DeWind develops, produces and operates a mal, solar, wind, water) accounted for Campaign. “Fossil fuel use is dropping series of wind turbines. This includes, 0.74 TWh. sharply and nuclear power is barely hold- amongst others, the 2 MW D8.2, equipped “As Congress continues to debate ener- ing on to its market share while month af- with the hydrodynamic WinDrive manufac- gy and climate legislation, it would do well ter month the mix of renewable energy tured by Germany’s Voith Turbo GmbH & to take note of the clear trends in the na- sources continues to set ever-higher Co. KG. This technology converts that the tion’s energy mix”, said Ken Bossong, Ex- records.” low and variable rotor speeds to a high, constant speed. Following the sale, a number of the cur- Schmack Biogas enters the British market rent DeWind owners will stay on-board. The company, established in 1995, was ac- The German company Schmack plant. About 34,500 tons of maize silage quired by the British EU Energy Group in Ju- Biogas AG is becoming active in and 2,500 tons of whole-crop silage will be ly of 2005. CTC took ownership of the tur- Great Britain. After Italy, Britain is the sec- used in the plant annually. The installation, bine manufacturer a year later through the ond foreign market in which the company located at Stoke Bardolph in the East Mid- acquisition of EU Energy. In August of 2008 has become systematically active. The com- lands, will be operated by the utility com- DeWind filed for bankruptcy. The company pany will provide key components worth pany Severn Trent Water. The plant is ex- says that, so far, it has delivered turbines around € 4 million for a 2 MW biogas plant pected to go into operation at the end of with a total output of some 500 MW. and will take over the engineering of the 2009.

Ambitious: China’s plans for renewables 1,800 mile bioethanol pipeline in the US China’s legislature introduced smart grid systems. China is mandating to plans to push the renewables en- produce at least 15 % of its energy from The North American ethanol pro- ergy sector. A draft amendment to the re- wind, solar and other renewable sources by ducer Poet LLC. and the energy newable energy law was submitted to the 2020. service company Magellan Midstream Part- National People’s Congress (NPC). The draft ners, L.P. plan to set up a 1,800 mile 2005 2010 2020 requires related ministries to concretize bioethanol pipeline across the USA. plans for meeting the country’s green ener- 117 After its completion, the purpose of the Hydropower 190 gy targets. The plans include a massive up- 300 pipeline will be to connect 30 ethanol fac- grade of the electricity grid, because its de- tories in Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and velopment is falling behind the expansion 2 South Dakota to the East Coast. The two Solar power 5,5 of the renewables. As a consequence of 30 companies expect considerable savings in this imbalance, more than 20 % of the transport costs and CO2 emissions, be- country’s wind power machines did not 1,26 cause it will be possible to transport the Wind power 5 generate any electricity in the last year. 30 ethanol without using trucks and trains in The draft also stipulates the setting of a na- the future. tional quota for green energy and orders 0,07 However, the project is not yet home Bioenergy grid operators to purchase electricity from 0,3 and dry. It still depends on the outcome of 1,8 renewable sources. feasibility studies, but also on the revision unit: million kW installed The draft amendment also calls for a of the Energy Policy Act from the year 2005, government fund to support research and China’s plans for renewable energy which deals, among other things, with development in renewable energies and Source: NPC Environment & Resource Committee credit guarantees.

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The Switch introduces new outer rotor generator Vestas closes British plants The Finnish manufacturer „The Switch“ has introduced a new Despite heated employee protests, generator model that combines the bene- Vestas closes a turbine blade facto- fits of a permanent magnet and direct-drive ry in Newport on the British Isle of Wight and solution with an outer rotor. The design in- another facility in the southern English city tegrates the main shaft, main bearings, of Southhampton. The company says 425 gearbox and mechanical brake into a single employees will loose their jobs as a result. generator “combo”. The outer rotor reduc- 57 employees will stay on to close the facto- es the weight of a direct-drive application. ry; another 40 can work at a new turbine The generator shares a common bearing blade research center on the island. Vestas with the turbine itself, and the turbine’s wants to start building and testing proto- brake system has been integrated as part types at the center as of 2011. A fierce show- of the generator. According to The Switch, down between employees and the company first prototypes are being shipped to Chi- preceded the closure. Starting July 20, em- nese turbine manufacturer Dongfang Elec- ployees occupied the factory for 18 days to trical Machinery. The first machines with protest the layoffs. As early as April, the Dan- outer rotor generator will be installed in ish turbine manufacturer announced the re- Mongolia where they will operate under ex- Next-generation wind power generators: duction of its production capacities in North- treme conditions and at very low tempera- 1.65 MW/17 rpm and 2.15 MW/17 rpm ern Europe and the dismissal of about 1,900 tures. Photo: The Switch employees as a result. Vestas cites the cur- rent financial crisis, the unfavorable ex- change rate, and lack of local political sup- port as reasons for the cutbacks. Local plan- Germanischer Lloyd Kenya increases wind ning procedures prevented the development buys Garrad Hassan power proportion of the British onshore market and challenged the British government’s ambitious wind en- Germanischer Lloyd has taken A total of 353 wind turbines are to ergy expansion plans. Therefore, the switch over the British consulting compa- be erected on the shore of Lake in the Newport factory from producing tur- ny Garrad Hassan. By taking this step, Ger- Turkana in Northern Kenya. This makes the bine blades for the V82 – exported exclusive- manischer Lloyd wants to become the project one of the largest wind farms in ly to the US – to blades for the V90, used world’s leading provider of consulting and Africa.The installed turbines will have a to- mainly in British wind farms, has become su- technical services for renewable energies, tal capacity of about 300 MW. According to perfluous. Moreover, the offshore market is the company has announced. Garrad Has- the operator, a Dutch consortium, the Lake still in the planning stage, and the Newport san and Partners Ltd. was founded in 1984 Turkana Wind Power Project will be com- plant only produced blades for the US mar- as an international consulting company for pleted in 2012. The African Development ket. Thus, Vestas saw its withdrawal from the wind energy. According to the company, Bank is one of the participants in the US$ UK and expansion of factories in the US as a more than 360 engineers and consultants 881 million project. logical consequence. are currently working for customers includ- ing turbine manufacturers, developers and China constructs first Suzlon enters banks at 26 locations in 18 countries. In- 10 GW wind base cluding the Garrad Hassan staff, Germa- Bulgarian wind market nischer Lloyd now employs 600 members China has started the construc- Indian manufacturer Suzlon of staff at 34 locations in the field of renew- tion of the country’s first 10 GW signed an agreement with the Bul- able energies. Services relating to onshore wind base in Jiuquan of northwest Gansu garian industrial group Technomash to de- and offshore wind farms are the main fo- province. According to news agency Reu- liver six Suzlon S88 2.1 MW wind turbines. cus. With the Garrad Hassan takeover, Ger- ters, the National Energy Administration The project will be realised in a wind farm in manischer Lloyd is expanding further in the (NEA) has planned six onshore wind bases the Varna region in north-east Bulgaria. The business field of renewable energies. After with a capacity of 10 GW each in Inner Mon- turbines with a total capacity of 12.6 MW acquiring the Canadian wind energy con- golia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Hebei and Jiangsu. will be supplied in October. sulting company Helimax, and Windtest, a The project in Jiuquan will be built in two German company primarily active in the phases. The first phase comprises 18 wind Correction field of characterization and evaluation of farms of 200 MW and two farms of 100 MW wind turbines, Germanischer Lloyd took that will be realized by 2010. The second Correction to the article “Upstream produc- over the British company Noble Denton in part, consisting of 40 wind farms of tion stages remain in the background” in April of this year, thereby acquiring know- 200 MW will start in 2010. The total in- issue 8/2009: how and experience in consulting and stalled capacity in China is expected to The article describes Neo Solar Power as a project management for offshore wind jump to 5.16 GW by 2010, 12.71 GW by Chinese company. The company emphasiz- farms. 2015 and 20 GW by 2020. es the fact that it is from Taiwan.

16 Sun & Wind Energy 9/2009 How do we harness the power of the wind offshore for the cities onshore?

The wind is at its strongest and most constant out at sea, so offshore wind farms deliver even more clean power.

At the Øresund, off the Swedish coast, a revolution is taking place. In fact, hundreds of thousands of revolutions every day. Revolutions of wind turbine blades out at sea, away from the coast, where wind conditions are at their strongest. The Lillgrund wind farm – Sweden’s largest, operated by Vattenfall – provides clean and renewable power for 60,000 Swedish households. With 17 years of experience in offshore wind power, Siemens has the reliable technology to get the best out of offshore wind resources. www.siemens.com/energy

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