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Windicator: Quarterly update of industry share price performance and global installed capacity
As world capacity growth continues to slow and cheap gas in North America quells demand for wind power, there has been a marked downturn in confidence in the sector's largest market. Yet orders remain...
Investment in offshore research will prevent costly errors
UK: Looking back to the early days of wind power, it's clear that the UK played a leading part in the evolution of the industry. However, a subsequent lack of funding and support in this country has s...
Modern turbines continue to push technicians' knowledge
As turbines have grown and some elements of repair and care have reduced in relation to power output, the introduction of more complex systems has meant that the job of keeping them running has not re...
Wind turbine evolution can win on reliability
EUROPE: The next decade should see both global onshore and offshore wind markets continuing to expand fast. Today's state-of-the-art wind technology applied in both areas can be described as both conv...
Turbines require tailored servicing
All turbine designs require their own maintenance routines. Eize de Vries explains the key features of the main designs and looks at what needs to be considered to ensure smooth and continuous operati...
The Iberdrola control centre monitoring its vast turbine fleet
US: Decked out in soothing colours, ergonomic furniture and computer screens galore, Iberdrola's new North American wind plant control centre appears much like any other ultramodern high-tech office s...
Gamesa set to power up on land and sea
SPAIN: Gamesa is expanding turbine production in Asia and the US, taking on new challenges in onshore wind and dipping its toes offshore for the first time in a bid to retain leadership among global s...
Future wind turbines - inside Spain's National Renewable Energy Centre
SPAIN: From below, the small buildings and weather masts on top of the Alaiz mountain, in Spain's blustery northern region of Navarra, give little away as no wind turbines have yet been installed. But...
Research paves the way for US wind expansion
The robust whir of powerful wind turbines has reached ears in Washington DC, where federal officials are directing their labs to think bigger, taller and mightier. The US Department of Energy's (DOE's...
Bigger turbines require smarter construction
US: It was 2005 when Mortenson Construction installed its first turbine larger than 2MW, a 2.5MW Clipper, and since then a third of all turbines installed by the company have been 2MW or greater. For ...
Wind industry gears up to go beyond the 2MW turbine
US: The US market, long dominated by GE Energy's workhorse 1.5MW turbine, has seen average nameplate capacity inch upwards from 1.60MW in 2006 to 1.74MW in 2009, according to new figures from the Lawr...
Opportunity knocks for US suppliers
US: Two utility-scale turbine assembly plants began US operations last year and three more are coming online in 2010, bringing the domestic total to nine. This should be great news for manufacturers l...
Analysis - Europe boosts R&D to maintain dominance
EUROPE: Europe is in danger of losing its lead on wind technology and must act now to safeguard it, says Ditlev Engel, president and CEO of Danish manufacturer Vestas. He was speaking as the European ...
Push for greater data transparency on turbine systems
Turbine maintenance: A tendency across the wind industry to hide data produced by the electronic nervous systems that control turbines is preventing plant operators from optimising performance. That w...
Offshore: Cabling crunch will hit in five years
OFFSHORE: The offshore wind industry will face a supply chain bottleneck around 2015, because the sluggish trickle of offshore projects is discouraging supply chain companies from investing in the eye...
Seven wind power designs shortlisted by Carbon Trust
OFFSHORE: Seven foundation designs for wind turbines sited in deep waters have been shortlisted by the Carbon Trust in a competition aiming to slash the cost of offshore wind. The shortlist includes t...
Conference Report China: Battle for technology supremacy
One step into the exhibition hall at the China Wind Power 2009 exhibition in Beijing in October, was enough to see that some feisty rivalry was afoot.
Conference Report Offshore: The Stockholm Declaration
A total of 29 recommendations for action in four policy areas to enable offshore wind power "to provide a significant contribution to European energy supply at low costs" make up the Stockholm Declara...
Post-2012 Climate: Wind makes case in climate crunch
With the world's leaders set to descend on Copenhagen next month to secure a new global climate change agreement, warnings that nothing less than an energy revolution is needed have been rife.
China Special - Offshore: Due diligence vital in move to offshore
For China to maximise its potential for offshore wind power development, it would do well to heed the lessons learned from the European industry and avoid some of the early costly mistakes it incurred...
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