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Taking care of workers at far-shore sites
WORLDWIDE: Working at sea is utterly different from working on land. Offshore wind developers and operators have realised very quickly that deploying a workforce in a marine environment involves a lot...
Uncertainty triggers fears of big job losses
UNITED STATES: The likely-to-lapse US production tax credit (PTC) has created an avalanche that is hurtling towards the American wind industry - already beginning to curtail development, destroy manuf...
WindTech: Siemens' new 'easy transport' model
Siemens Wind Power has developed a new tower design that can be pre-manufactured and easily transported. The steel-shell prototype has been installed on a 2.3MW onshore turbine. The design focuses on ...
Windtech: NRG to launch aerospace design
WORLDWIDE: NRG Systems has turned to the aerospace industry to develop its first condition-monitoring system, the TurbinePhD. The company, which has historically specialised in wind-measurement device...
Windtech: GE 4.1MW passes first test
EUROPE: GE has announced that its prototype GE 4.1-113 offshore turbine has passed its initial testing with over 99% reliability.
Generous incentives spark rapid growth
ROMANIA: Head back just two years and Romania's wind-energy sector would in many ways be unrecognisable. At the end of 2009, the country had just 14MW of installed wind capacity and the environment fa...
Pioneering spirit lives on in US wind sector
UNITED STATES: The US is one of the world's largest wind markets with a huge untapped potential, yet a major share of the technology used by US firms originates in Europe. However, the as-yet limited ...
Wind to lead energy market integration
EUROPE: With every passing year the world's largest energy companies are extending their reach further, investing in new gas-fired power stations and wind farms far beyond their home-nation boundaries...
Towers - the next area for innovation?
WORLDWIDE: Taller wind-turbine towers are becoming increasingly important as the best wind sites are taken up in a growing number of markets. A move to locations with lower wind speeds is pushing some...
New investors seek better safety nets
WORLDWIDE: Pension funds and other institutional investors have long been heralded as the saviours of all kinds of infrastructure investment, including renewables. When PensionDanmark and Dong last ye...
'High-efficiency classic' takes on PMG
WORLDWIDE: Emerson's European subsidiary Leroy Somer (LS) recently introduced a new generator design to compete with the permanent-magnet generator (PMG) - a copper-only classic synchronous generator ...
Windicator - Financial analysis
WORLDWIDE: A number of wind-sector stocks rebounded in early 2012 from end-of-year torpor, but this was not enough to lift the gloom among analysts acutely aware how investor sentiment towards wind-tu...
Windicator - Market context
WORLDWIDE: Windpower Monthly's total of just over 228GW installed wind capacity at the end of 2011 is somewhat lower than some estimates to be found elsewhere, due to the uncertainty that surrounds th...
Developing remedies to anti-wind sentiment
There are more than a thousand anti-wind-energy groups globally. Understanding these increasingly sophisticated and vocal sources of opposition is a crucial first step to developing effective strategi...
Vessel design adapts to changing demands
WORLDWIDE: As offshore wind farms move further from shore and increase in size, there is a growing demand for a new types of vessel that can withstand rough seas, cope with deep waters and fulfil seve...
Proposed curtailment policy threatens growth
IRELAND: Wind developers active in the Irish market were feeling reasonably positive at the end of last year, predicting more than 272MW in new installed capacity for 2012, more than one third above l...
BMT produces two-metre wave docking unit for new vessel
UK: A jet propulsion unit to allow docking with offshore turbines in higher sea states is the key feature in a new wind farm support vessel announced by design group BMT Nigel Gee and vessel operator ...
The ongoing effort to globalise standards
WORLDWIDE: While the majority of US citizens were unwrapping presents and enjoying roast turkey on Christmas day, the country's wind association was busy publishing guidance on turbine support structu...
How to speed up the learning curve
WORLDWIDE: The continued growth of the global wind industry means a demand for appropriately skilled and trained professionals at each stage of the production value chain.
LM unveils 73.5m cutting-edge blade
WORLDWIDE: LM Wind Power's 73.5-metre blade has been developed for Alstom's 6MW Haliade direct-drive offshore turbine.
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