NORWIN News and Events

Sunset in Bahrain

James (NG) monitoring the progress

Cindy and Rich (NG) chekking the basket chains before hoisting

Cindy and Rich (NG) checking the basket chains before hoisting

Shaun, Ib, Ole and Lars

Per and Ole in action

16 August 2010, On 01 August Rosalie Bay Resort will open, powered almost entirely by natural energy! A Norwin 225 wind turbine is part of this and will generate up to 70 percent of the resort's electricity - Read the full press release HERE.

Rosali Bay Resort - Norwin 225 kW

15 July 2010, Aeronautica will reverse the trend of sending cash, tax credits and thereby American jobs overseas by building high-quality Norwin turbines in America - Read the press release in full HERE

21 June 2010, Norwin signed yet another cooperation agreement, this time with the British independent renewable energy specialist Senna UK Ltd.

To learn more about Senna UK - press the logo!

03 May 2010, Norwin signed a cooperation agreement with the Dutch installation and service company Wind Turbine Service (WTS b.v.).

With this agreement, WTS b.v. and Norwin A/S are officially entering into a cooperation to sell, install and service Norwin wind turbines in a number of countries. The parties will e.g. follow repowering projects in The Netherlands, new installations across Europe as well as in regions where WTS b.v. already has a strong presence; like in Indonesia.

WTS b.v. has been in the market for wind turbines for many years and Norwin expects that this experience will be a good foundation for improving Norwin’s market presence in Europe.

To learn more about WTS - press the logo!

30 April 2010, Press Release on the Norwin/Tecnometal licensing agreement. Read the Press Release HERE!

Ole Sangill (Norwin), Marcelus Araújo (Tecnometal) and Finn Alsgren (Norwin) - closing the deal
Ole Sangill, Marcelus Araújo and Finn Alsgren

29 April 2010, Norwin signs Cooperation Agreement with Italian company Societa Elettrica Italiana

On 29 April 2010, the Italian company Societa Elettrica Italiana (SEI) and Norwin signed a cooperation agreement. SEI will from now on be selling, installing and servicing Norwin wind turbines in Italy. The agreement covers the 750 kW and 225 kW wind turbines. However, special attention is being paid to market the 200 kW wind turbines, which suit many potential investors in Italy perfectly due to its size.

To read about SEI - press their logo!

15 April 2010, Today, a licensing contract has been signed between Norwin and Tecnometal in Brazil!

April 2010, Read the article HERE about our partner Global Wind Power Ltd. in India - from the April issue of the magazine: Energy Digital!

10 March 2010, Castle House. With immense anticipation, the implementation of the Strata SE1 wind turbines was initiated last week. Installation of blades and commissioning of the turbines is expected to commence shortly.

November 2009, The 2009 NOVA Award goes to: Bahrain World Trade Center!

The NOVA Award is an annual award instituted by the Construction Innovation Forum (CIF), an international non-profit organization, since 1989, to encourage and recognize innovation improving quality, efficiency and xost effectiveness of construction. Each year several construction projects are nominated - this year there were 35 nominees!

Read the BWTC nomination
Read press release from "Global Arab Network"

30 October 2009, Our licensee Aeronatica Windpower has selected Goss International to manufacture the NORWN wind turbines to be sold on the North American market - click to read the press release from PR Newswire and click on the below picture to read announcement on the Aeronautica Windpower website.

01 September 2009, Running out of space at Industrileddet 13 in Roskilde, Norwin decided to make a move. We have now moved into new premises in a wonderful area, still close to Roskilde.

Our new address is: Kildeager 7, DK-4621 Gadstrup

10 June 2009, 225 Kw Norwin windmill installed and commissioned at the McEvoy Ranch, Marin County, California.
McEvoy Ranch is the largest U.S. producer of estate-grown, certified organic extra virgin olive oil, and Nan Tucker McEvoy, the founder, believes that we should give back to the earth in equal proportion to what we take, hence, she has always been looking for alternative energy solutions in order to create a self-sufficient ecosystem on the McEvoy Ranch.
The new windmill is the largest and the first privately-owned windmill in the state of California to power an agricultural facility. It will provide enough electricity to meet the ranch’s needs and it stands on the sloping hills on the 550-acre ranch. The site was specifically selected to provide adequate wind but also to avoid impacts to neighbours and wildlife.

Look here for McEvoy photo gallery and read some of the various press releases from:

*	Murphy International – Resourceful Solutions in Renewable Energy
*	Marinij.com
*	Pressdemocrat.com

10 June 2009,the Danish energy magazine "Strømstyrke" publised an article about the Bahrain World Trade Center project.

To download the article as pdf, please click on the front page cover photo - the article is in Danish.

In March 2009, Norwin and Aeronautica Windpower entered into a technology transfer and licensing agreement. The agreement gives Aeronautica Windpower the exclusive rights to manufacture the Norwin 750 kW and the Norwin 225 kW wind turbines for the North American and Caribbean market.

Aeronautica Windpower, based in Massachusetts in the US, is a full service, fully integrated wind turbine manufacturing company that provides mid-scale (65 to 750) turbines and towers, perfect for the market sector of distributed energy, community wind energy and small wind farms.

The first Aeronautica/Norwin wind turbines are expected to be ready for installation in the beginning of 2010. However, Norwin is about to install the first 225 kW wind turbine in California, which is an example of the wind turbine technology that will be available from Aeronautica.

For more information on Aeronautica press here:

December 08, the Bahrain World Trade Centre wind turbines were put into automatic operation. The turbines were inaugurated in April 2008 and commissioned in June 2008, but could not be put into automatic operation because the advanced communication system between the buildings and the turbines was not ready. This system will automatically ensure that the building and the turbines “talk” together and that the condition is “OK” for turbine operation.

Svend-Aage Vad Nielsen inspecting blade tip

In the next period, the turbine operation will be closely monitored and the operation will gradually be enhanced. For the same reason the turbines are expected to have a number of stand still periods.

October 08, the final step in Reliance ADA acquiring 33% of the shares in Norwin A/S was taken. As a part of the agreement, Mr. Sudhindra Rao of Reliance ADA and CEO of Global Wind Power Ltd. took the position as Vice Chairman in Norwin.

Mr. Sudhindra Rao

We are very happy to have Mr. Rao on the board and we believe that he will be a great asset to our company.

Global Wind Power Ltd., a group company in Reliance ADA, has an exclusive license for manufacture of the Norwin 750 kW wind turbine in India.

September 2008 - IMPORTANT NEWS! The Construction Week magazine brought an article on Sept. 13 regarding BWTC - press HERE to read the article. Unfortunately, there has been a number of misunderstandings and therefore, a 'response' to the article has been made from the BWTC which has been published as well - press HERE to read the 'response'.

September 1 - Read about the project that can very well emerge as the second largest wind player in India after Suzlon - Norwin is in it! Read the article HERE. Please note that the company called Global Wind Energy (GWE) in this article, is actually Global Wind Power Ltd. (Norwin's partner in India).

July 2008 - Norwin obtained the DNV B-Type Approval for our 750 kW wind turbine - pres HERE to see certificate.

June 2008 - a NORWIN 225 kW wind turbine erected in Dominica, the Caribbean!
In June 2008, Norwin put up a 225 kW wind turbine in Dominica. The erection of the wind turbine was not without complications due to very limited accessibility to the site, so installation took a little longer than planned, but was successful. Click HERE for more photos.

May 2008 - we signed the Castle House project, our second Building Integration Wind Turbine project. Castle House in London consists of three pieces 20 kW at 140 m, a rotor diameter of approx. 9 m and Venturi mounted.

Read the article “BWTC scores world first” issued in the May 2008 edition of the magazine “Gulf Construction” – press HERE to read the article.

The film "Mega Structures - Bahrain World Trade Center" made by National Geograpic Channel will be rerun in Denmark on 16 May at 20:30, 18 May at 18:00, and 23 May at 12:00. Program information (in Danish).

April 2008 - View press release from Bahrain World Trade Center, speaker's note, newspaper clippings from "Gulf Daily News" and "Bahrain Tribune", and photos from the inaugural turning of the wind turbines on the Bahrain World Trade Center on 8 April.

First run in Denmark of the film "Mega Structures- Bahrain World Trade Center" made by National Geograpic Channel was on 16 April. See program information (in Danish).

March 2008 - For the first time, Norwin makes each of the 3 Bahrain World Trade Center wind turbines cut in on the building grid, producing power for a short time. Watch the video HERE.

February 2008 - National Geographic runs the first show: "MEGASTRUCTURES - BAHRAIN WORLD TRADE CENTRE" in the UK. The show is expected to be broadcasted in the rest of the world in March and April.

January 2008 - Norwin and Global Wind Power Ltd. sign an agreement that gives Global Wind Power Ltd. a miniority share in Norwin.

December 2007 - Norwin and Ramboll finalize the feasibility report for the Lighthouse in Dubai and expect to continue with the project.

November 2007 - Norwin gets the first wind turbine on the Bahrain World Trade Center rolling, which is a major step forward for the project.
The first run was closely watched and filmed by National Geographic who are preparing a show about the project for the National Geographic Channel, to be released in the beginning of 2008

September 2007 - Norwin enters into an agreement with the Reliance controlled company Global Wind Power Limited in India for manufacture of the Norwin 750 kW wind turbine.
The manufacturing plant that will be put up in Silvassa north of Bombay will allow for a production capacity of 300 turbines per year.

August 2007 - Norwin enters into the first agreement in USA, California, for a 225 kW wind turbine for delivery in 2008.

June 2007 - Norwin finalizes an agreement for delivery of one 225 kW turbine in Dominica in the Caribbean in the beginning of 2008.

May 2007 - Norwin enters into an agreement with the Chinese company Gaoke regarding sale and manufacture of the Norwin 750 kW ASR wind turbine and the Norwin 225 kW stall regulated wind turbine.