World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blades to Be Built by Alstom & LM Wind Power in Denmark | Wind Power

LM wind power, in collaboration with Alstom want to develop the world’s longest wind turbine blades. The new blades will be designed to fit Alstom’s 6MW wind turbine.

The first prototype made out of polyester and glass fiber will be created in the company’s Danish factory in Lunderskov. According to company officials, Alstom prototype sites from Europe will have such blades by the end of 2012.

The length of the new blade has not been specified, but will be longer than LM’s longest blade, the 61.5m/202-ft 61.5P2, which is manufactured at the company’s Lunderskov, Denmark, factory.

“This new blade builds on the innovative features developed for our recent design, offering an additional annual energy production of four to five per cent compared to standard blades,” said Roland Sundén, CEO of LM wind power.

Being one of the world’s largest supplier of blades, brakes and services to the wind industry, LM wind power has created about 130,300 blades over a time of 30 years.

Alstom is a global leader in power transmission, power generation and infrastructure (including nuclear, hydro, coal, gas and wind power), having sales of over €23 bln in 2010. Recently the company started collaborating with Brookfield Renewable Power to produce plant equipment to two hydro-power facilities in Brazil.

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Source: World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blades to Be Built by Alstom & LM Wind Power in Denmark | Wind Power

DHL to set up more FTW zones in India

DHL Global Forwarding, the freight forwarding division of DHL, plans to invest around 90 crore ($20 million) over the next two years on setting up more free trade warehousing zones in India. DHL is scouting for large multiuser facilities along the trunk routes. Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Delhi are slated to be among the first cities to have these large warehouses. 

As of now, the company has selected Mumbai and Delhi to set up the new FTWZ. The Mumbai facility, expected to come up near JNPT, is likely to attract an investment of 45 crore ($10 million) and be operational by December 2011. The Delhi FTWZ will be located close to the Haryana-Punjab border. It will entail a similar investment and is expected to commence operations by 2012. 

In May 2010, DHL had announced the setting up its first free trade warehousing zone at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, which is expected to be operational in January 2011. The FTWZ, spread across 1.50 lakh sq. ft, will cater to multiple industries including automobile, engineering and manufacturing. This FTWZ will have a dedicated life science hub to service transit cargo as well as inbound and outbound domestic needs. It is expected to be operational by mid-2011.

Source:- http://www.projectsmonitor.com/MISC/dhl-to-set-up-more-ftw-zoPublish Postnes-in-india