Pattern Energy Signs 138-MW PP with Manitoba Hydro
Pattern Energy Group LP and Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board announced that the two companies have entered into a 27-year power purchase agreement for the sale of energy produced by St. Joseph Windfarm Inc., a 138-megawatt (MW) wind project currently under construction and located in the southern Manitoba community of St. Joseph.
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Pattern Energy Signs 138-MW PP with Manitoba Hydro
Siemens to Provide Grid Access for London Array
With its 175 Siemens wind turbines and a total capacity of 630 megawatts (MW) the London Array offshore wind farm will, following completion, be the largest of its kind in the world. After Siemens Energy was selected to supply the turbines for the project, the company also received the order to connect London Array to the power supply network. The orders were place by the project’s owners Dong Energy, E.ON and Masdar. The order is worth £116 million.
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An Exclusive Look at the New Siemens 3-MW Direct-Drive Turbine
Little over a year after Siemens erected its first 3.6-MW direct-drive “Proof of Concept” wind turbine, this November the company presented a new rather different 3-MW direct-drive concept. RenewableEnergyWorld.com was exclusively invited to the Brande HQ in Denmark to view the prototype and discuss the new turbine with Siemens CTO Henrik Stiesdal. A prototype was erected near Brande during the first week of December.
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