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MEXICO: Wind measurements began in Brazil in the late 1990s, when early developers and utilities collected data from 30- to 50-metre meteorological masts, using the information for the first wind farms.

 

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Mexico opens wind industry to private contributions

Acciona's 250MW Oaxaca wind farm sits between two mountain ranges

MEXICO: Mexico's infant wind power industry looks set to meet a government...

 
 

Interview with Brazilian wind industry vice president Lauro Fiuza

Lauro Fiuza, vice-president of Brazilian wind industry association Abeeólica

BRAZIL: Abeeólica, the Brazilian wind energy association, was set up in 1997...

 
 

South American nations to realise their power potential

LATIN AMERICA: Just a few years ago, Latin America was seen as...

 
 
 
 

How to build an offshore grid

Borwin Alpha. The world's first high-voltage direct converter mounted on an offshore platform

EUROPE: An offshore grid in the North and Baltic seas could be...

 
 

Retrospective cuts end freeze in Spain amid disgruntlement

Build dismay: production incentives were meant to be secure for a wind farm's useful life

SPAIN: The Spanish wind association, Asociacion Empresarial Eolica (AEE), has finally negotiated...

 
 

Cutting the cost of offshore wind energy

Kentish Flats. Serving accounted for half of its running costs in one year

EUROPE: Estimates of offshore operation and maintenance costs vary considerably. Although a...

 
 
 
 

Big Issues

 
 

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...

 
 

MHI v GE - the 2.4MW patent war round up

MHI v GE - the 2.4MW patent war round up

UNITED STATES: Windpower Monthly lists the various stages in the ongoing battle...

 
 

Country by country - Europe's renewable energy plans

Country by country - Europe's renewable energy plans

Wind power is a common factor when it comes to European countries...

 
 
 

Expert Opinions

 
 

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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