North America
News, press releases and in-depth analysis and coverage of wind power, wind farms and the wind industry in North America and Central America.
GE Energy and its remote turbine monitoring
US: Cranes, service trucks and technicians climbing towers are the obvious image when thinking of wind turbine operations and maintenance (O&M). But behind the scenes, one of the critical players in wind farm O&M is the increasingly sophisticated remote monitoring that plant owners and manufacturers employ.
North America News
US wind industry answers Schumer bill with lobbying for RES
US: The US wind industry is combining to press the government to...
AWEA response to Schumer push to suspend stimulus
AWEA statement on Senators Schumer, Casey, Brown, and Tester Urging Administration to...
Clipper makes loss in second half of 2009 as CEO resigns
US: Wind turbine manufacturer Clipper Windpower has announced in its preliminary results...
Mexico hands Acciona $600million deal for three wind projects
MEXICO: Acciona Energy has been awarded a tender by the Mexican Federal...
Daewoo signs C$139m manufacturing plant deal and wins $30m Texas order
NORTH AMERICA: South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Ltd. (DSME) will...
Patent wars - ITC rules GE is not 'sole inventor' of disputed LVRT
US: The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has affirmed that Thomas Wilkins,...
Incentives - US tax credits lure new names into wind supply chain
US: Release of US government funds for component manufacturing sees growth in...
US senators urge Obama administration to alter renewables stimulus package
US: The Obama administration is being urged by a group of Democratic...
Market Status: US wind market grows in the gloom
US: The US wind market had a record year again in 2009,...
Credit Crisis - Canadian utility bails out third project
CANADA: Nova Scotia Power has stepped in to shore up another struggling...
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North America press releases
North America In Depth
Turbine servicing - Act before the warranty is over
US: Of all the inspection cycles for a wind project, the end-of-warranty...
So what exactly is involved in servicing a turbine
US: There is no one standard service contract for operations and maintenance...
The case for CMS - it picks out a myriad of problems
US: Turning Point director David Clark believes CMS picks out a myriad...
Condition-monitoring systems - unconvinced
US: Harm Toren, head of US operations for Iberdrola, believes the cost...
Condition-monitoring systems versus hands-on
US: The price of predicting catastrophic turbine breakdowns in the North American...
North America news from the web
First US off-shore wind farm challenged by American Indians
US: Plans to build America's first off-shore wind farm in the sea...
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North America Events
Windpower Monthly's: Preventive Maintenance To Minimize Underperformance And Maximize Availability
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