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Analysis - Facebook looks to MidAmerican $1.9bn Iowa project
UNITED STATES: Facebook is in talks with Warren Buffet-owned MidAmerican Energy over using credits from the utility's $1.9 billion Wind VIII project.
Lack of government support helps Mexican wind sector
MEXICO: While uncertainty over subsidies hampers wind development in Europe and North America, the lack of government support in Mexico is actually encouraging international investors to back projects in the country.
Analysis - Vestas CEO Engel happy to move on a year
DENMARK: In this year's Q1 figures, Vestas announced Q1 revenues of EUR 1.096 billion, a 1% decrease on the same period in 2012. However, for Vestas CEO Ditlev Engel this is far preferable to last year's Q1 announcements of a EUR 162 million loss, a postponement of the development of the V164 8MW offshore turbine and the problems with 376 V90 gearboxes.
Business & Companies News
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United Kingdom Falck puts 49% of assets up for sale
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United States Enel increases ownership on two GE-partnered wind farms
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Germany GE replaces Ritter in European operations shake-up
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Spain Gamesa cuts 394 jobs in Spain
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Egypt Egypt resumes wind expansion with auction
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United States Siemens worldwide B53 turbine curtailment
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Pakistan Nordex wins 50MW Pakistan deal
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Brazil Gamesa attains Brazilan local sourcing accreditation
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United Kingdom GGOWL and Fluor settle Greater Gabbard legal battle
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Germany Nordex boosts turbine sales by 30%
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Business & Companies Comment
From a technology push to a market pull
EUROPE: To make Europe sustainably energy-independent will require a renewable-eneration portfolio built where resources are optimal and not constrained.
Growth only tells half the story
The American Wind Energy Association is proclaiming 2012 as wind's "best year ever". On the face of it, the figures are impressive.
Flat-out rivalry is a fool's errand
With more than 2,000 offshore turbines installed and generating electricity, the offshore wind sector has come a long way since the Vindeby wind farm entered operation in the Baltic Sea in 1991. The industry's ability to deliver power generation capacity at scale, under hostile marine conditions, is no longer in doubt.
Manufacturing news
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Canada Repower announces Ontario factory location
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Germany Repower announces job and cost cutting plans
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Belgium ZF Wind Power to make 135 job cuts
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China Siemens signs 550MW generator deal in China
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China Goldwind staff counts falls 24% over 2012
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Germany Repower temporary staff leave the company
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United States Acciona cuts jobs in Iowa
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Denmark Siemens open two R&D centres
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Spain Alstom Wind cuts 35% of jobs in Spain
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United States Vestas makes 110 job cuts in the US
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United States US tower uplift as Broadwind wins $27 million deal
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Vestas loses place as world's number one wind OEM
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