SPANISH BUY HUNGARIAN WIND/ BRITS BUILD WIND IN YEMEN

The world wind industry is so busy, onshore and offshore, it's hard to find someplace it ISN'T developing. Here are two of the more unexpected examples where wind is at work.

But first, one late-breaking aside: An important thing to remember about wind energy, an American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) official remarked Friday to NewEnergyNews, is that if you heard about Iran developing wind energy, you wouldn’t be waiting to next hear about the UN Security Council convening to consider the dangers. Well, Tom, it’s not Iran, but they call Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world because it has the bomb and it's about to build wind:

Power generation using wind energy (Zaheer Abbasi, November 3, 2007 -- Business Recorder, Islamabad). Let me know if the Security Council convenes.

Now Yemen and Hungary:

Spanish firm buys Hungarian wind farms
October 31, 2007 (The Budapest Sun)

WHO
Iberdrola Renewables; Callis Energetika;

WHAT
Iberdrola purchased 4 wind farms from Callis for 155 million euros.

Hungary may not have a lot of great wind sites. But it has transmission, so developing what wind it has makes a lot of sense. And dollars. (click to enlarge)

WHEN
The projects are scheduled for completion in 2008 and 2009.

WHERE
The projects are in Hungary's Komárom-Esztergom and Vas counties.

WHY
The 4 farms have a total capacity of 108 megawatts, expanding Iberdrola’s Hungarian wind energy capacity to 254 megawatts.
Iberdrola Renewables is among the biggest wind energy supplies in the world.

Good business to be in. Wonder why US political leaders don't want to get behind it? Guess they'd rather see the industry grow somewhere else. (click to enlarge)

QUOTES
Budapest Sun: “…The market is a ripe one, given that [Hungary]'s operational wind farms now total only 62 MW.”

ALSO

British Company to Generate Wind Power in Yemen
October 31, 2007 (Bernama)

WHO
Yemeni Minister of Electricity and Energy Mustafa Bahran; Ken Johns, CEO, British Manj Company

WHAT
Bahran and Johns signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for British Manj to build wind energy installations in Yemen.

WHEN
- The MOU signed October 30 covers a 5-year development process.

WHERE
Sana’a, Yemen

Yemen, a small and underdeveloped nation at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula, does not have much oil. But maps in posts below show it is rich in sun and wind. What it is going to need is transmission. (click to enlarge)

WHY
- The first step will be a feasibility study. The goal is 1000 megawatts of capacity, pending results of the study.
- A previous World Bank feasibility for the Yemeni area near Mocha recommended 15 megawatts of capacity.

QUOTES
Bernama: “…Johns expressed aspiration to invest in this field in Yemen, noting that the feasibility study would clarify cost, prices and time of implementing the project.”