Second Nelja Energia wind farm launched at seacoast
International NewsJune 16, 2011
BNS, 14.06.2011
On Tuesday, Estonian company Nelja Energia said it has started running its second wind farm of 12 megawatts capacity in Lithuania at the end of the last week. Six wind turbines in the territory of Silute Municipality which cost EUR 22.5 million will produce 38,205 MWh of electricity. The new wind farm near the Mockiai village belongs to Nelja Energia and its long-term investors – Estonian Freenergy and Norwegian Vardar Eurus whose investment in the Baltic countries are already exceeding EUR 200 million. Nelja Energia owns all wind farms that belong to Vardar Eurus and Freenergy in the Baltic countries.
Suurhiekka approved
International NewsApril 11, 2011
Sun & Wind Energy, 4/2011
WPD Finland, a subsidiary of the WPD Group in Bremen, has received water rights to build Finland’s first large-scale offshore wind farm with 80 turbines. Loe edasi »
WinWinD, Cursor and TuuliWatti to boost wind energy business in the Finnish Kotka-Hamina region
International NewsFebruary 22, 2011
WinWind Press Release, 07.02.2011
Cursor Oy and Winwind Ltd. have signed a cooperation agreement on wind energy cluster development in the Kotka-Hamina region in Finland. At the same time, Cursor, WinWinD and TuuliWatti Oy signed a Letter of Intent for developing wind energy projects in the region, a concrete example of which is a wind energy project located in Virolahti municipality. Loe edasi »
PACE: The right to a healthy environment demands a new energy model
International NewsJune 26, 2010
While deploring the tragic consequences of the accident that befell the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the Louisiana coast, PACE’s (Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe) Committee on the Environment today adopted a statement which recalls that Europe is not safe from a disaster of the same type. Loe edasi »
Renewable power generation in Latvia grows 10.6 percent in 2009
International NewsMay 25, 2010
RIGA, May 20, BNS
Last year Latvia generated 3,555 megawatt hours (MWh) of electric power from renewable energy sources, which is a growth by 10.6 percent from 2008. Loe edasi »
Green growth finance spells eastern promise
International NewsMay 19, 2010
Windpower Monthly, April 2010
Heather O’Brian wrote an article in April’s issue of Windpower Monthly about wind energy projects of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) who through Freenergy is also one of the investors of Nelja Energia – the biggest wind energy developer in Estonia. Loe edasi »
Global Wind 2009 Report was published
International NewsApril 25, 2010
Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) published the Global Wind 2009 Report at the European Wind Energy Conference in Warsaw.
It contains statistics for wind power installations in over 70 countries around the world, as well as detailed reports on key national markets. In addition, it includes GWEC’s five-year market forecast for 2010-2014.
Swedbank joins Lithuanian Wind Energy Association
International NewsMarch 16, 2010
VILNIUS, Mar 16, BNS – Swedbank, one of Lithuania’s biggest banks, has joined the Lithuanian Wind Energy Association (LWEA), which brings together around 90 percent of all investors in wind energy in the country. Loe edasi »