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	Windpower Weekly		21st May 2013

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Repower COO Tanti to rejoin Suzlon Group

GERMANY: Repower has hired Nordex's chief procurement officer Lars Rytter to replace Vinod Tanti in the role of chief operating officer.

Sinovel loses second chairman in two months

CHINA: Sinovel chairman Wei Wenyuan has resigned from the company after only two months in the job.

Analysis - Facebook looks to MidAmerican $1.9bn Iowa project

UNITED STATES: Facebook is in talks with Warren Buffet-owned MidAmerican Energy over using credits from the utility's $1.9 billion Wind VIII project.

Wind World takes number 1 slot in India

INDIA: Wind World India, the company formerly known as Enercon India, has become the number one turbine manufacturer in India, according to figures from the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA).

Windpower Monthy launches industry awards

UK: Windpower Monthly has launched the Windpower Awards, a celebration of what is best in the onshore and offshore wind industry.

GGOWL and Fluor settle Greater Gabbard legal battle

Nordex boosts turbine sales by 30%

Capital constraints force Vattenfall EOWDC reduction

8th PWEA Conference and Exhibition

The programme of this year's 8th PWEA Conference and Exhibition will be mostly dedicated to the analysis of effects of implementation of the RES Act and will not only constitute a source of knowledge, but a platform for exchange of experiences and reliable discussion. Even if we do have a contingency plan, the reality may surprise us. Sometimes a helping hand of an external expert proves to be the only rescue. It is our intention to make our Conference not only the next important step in the social dialogue concerning the Act, but also a practical "roadmap" to successful completion of investments in the new legal environment. We kindly invite you to register for the event www.pwea2013.com.pl

No date on Quebec 800MW wind promise

GIB commits EUR 117 million to UK offshore

Analysis - States' bids to slash renewables targets slows US progress

South Africa signs off second REIPPP tender

Offshore Wind Technical Experts , GL Garrad Hassan

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Electrical Engineering Manager - Virginia USA , Viridium Associates

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Senior Structural Design Engineer - Cumbria, UK , Viridium Associates

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Proposals Manager. The Netherlands , Viridium Associates

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Kazakhstan to build utility-scale wind farm

KAZAKHSTAN: Samruk-Green Energy plans to invest up to $94 million in building of Kazakhstan's largest wind power plant.

Repower wins 82MW community contract

GERMANY: Repower has been awarded a EUR 90 million contract from Bürgerwindpark im Kirchspiel Medelby to supply 82MW across four projects.

Iberdrola finishes 400MW Wikinger study

GERMANY: Iberdrola has completed a programme of geotechnical studies for its 400MW Wikinger offshore wind farm.

Market forces demand lean, innovative future for supply chain

UNITED STATES: Uncertainty over the industry subsidy, the production tax credit (PTC), and low-cost competition from natural gas has made the situation within the wind industry in the US incredibly tough. Many players have exited the market or diversified out of wind within the past year.

Wind gives bigger share of electricity generation in the US

UNITED STATES: Wind power generation rose in 2013 and produced more than 10% of electricity in nine states, up from five in 2011. Across the country, wind generated 3.5% of the nation's electricity, behind coal with 37%, natural gas with 30%, nuclear with 19% and hydro-electric with 6.9%.

Call to phase out production tax credit gathers pace

UNITED STATES: As the $0.023/kWh production tax credit (PTC) is back on a countdown to expiration just months after US Congress passed a short-term extension of the incentive, some in the US wind sector are weighing whether negotiating its eventual demise may be the only way to put the industry on a stable footing for the long term.

Network expansion must keep pace

UNITED STATES: Four years ago, transmission was the single biggest constraint hampering US wind power's growth. In 2009, an estimated 311GW of wind projects was waiting in grid interconnection queues, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).

WindEconomics - Brazil savings, GE in Taiwan, Connection costs

WORLDWIDE: Windpower Monthly's new digest reveals recent deals that demonstrate low wind turbine costs and maintenance costs, a high offshore grid connection deal in Germany, rising gas generation costs in Europe and a nuclear strike price related to the length of contract

Offshore Vessels & Access 14-16 May 2013

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Windpower Monthly examines the major issues dominating the US wind market

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