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The dizzying heights of Mountain Home

US: It was my wife who applied for the job for me. I had mechanical experience from the automotive industry and I was used to heights from fitting nets at baseball grounds, so turbines would be no problem. Then she looked on a map for Mountain Home Wind Farm in Idaho, and wasn't so keen that I take the job.

 
Suzlon technician Kent Smith
 

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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...

 
 
 
 

Market Status: Japan - Slow start for green growth under new regime

JAPAN: In September last year, the centrist Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),...

 
 

Market Status: Israel - Premium price rise coming as country slowly wakes up

ISRAEL: Israel had been expected to see an increase in wind capacity...

 
 

Market Status: Egypt - Banking on private sector to keep momentum going

EGYPT: Egypt added 66MW of operating wind capacity in 2009 with the...

 
 
 
 

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Round 3: the background and its implications

Dogger Bank: UK wind farm could generate up to 10GW

UK: Windpower looks the story behind the UK government's plan to build...

 
 

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The latest offshore articles from Windpower Monthly

The latest offshore features and news from Windpower Monthly

 
 
 

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Post-2012 Climate: Climate deal pressure mounts

By mid-October the world's governments still appeared to be struggling towards coming...

 
 

Reinvest plans two projects totalling 53 MW

Swiss renewables developer Reinvest is planning two projects with a combined capacity...

 
 

Time to come clean

Wind power is clean, but its supposed champions can be pretty grubby...

 
 
 
 
 

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