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	Windpower Weekly		20th June 2013

Windpower Monthly's weekly roundup of the top news from the wind industry, companies, policy, wind farm projects, operations & maintenance and technology.

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Vestas leads campaign to fight anti-wind groups

AUSTRALIA: Vestas is joining forces with environmental groups in a campaign to counter misinformation spread by anti-wind power activists.

Repower holds fire on offshore turbines beyond 6MW

GERMANY: Repower will stick with its 6M 6MW offshore turbine until the end of the decade, according to vice president for offshore development Norbert Giese.

Gamesa postpones 5.5MW turbine development

SPAIN: Gamesa has indefinitely postponed the development of a 5.5MW onshore/offshore turbine, announced at the end of 2012.

PensionDanmark agrees $200 million Cape Wind deal

UNITED STATES: The much-delayed 454MW Cape Wind offshore project has moved a step closer to financial closure following a $200 million investment commitment from a Danish pension company.

EnBW shifts its focus to renewables

Infigen and Gamesa end blade break dispute

AMSC wind revenues halve

Samsung to test 7MW drive train at Narec

UK offshore electricity production hits 7.5TWh

Windpower Awards entries closing this week

Romania cuts renewables incentives

Wind leads way in global renewable installations

Wind Farm Manager x 2 - (Teesside) , The Natural Power Consultants Limited

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Installation Engineer (Substation Jacket) , Taylor Hopkinson Associates

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Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Consultant , Taylor Hopkinson Associates

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Head of Offshore Cables. London, UK , Viridium Associates

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Vestas wins first Croatian order

CROATIA: Vestas is making its first move into Croatia after receiving an order to supply 14 V90-3.0MW turbines in the country's Obrovac province.

First ever wind farm for the Seychelles

SEYCHELLES: The first industrial-scale wind power plant has been inaugurated on the Seychelles, a 6MW facility built on two small islands near the capital, Victoria.

Nordex nabs order from Suzlon

SOUTH AFRICA: Nordex has been handed its third order in South Africa, to supply 134MW to Cennergi's Amakhala Emoyeni facility.

RWE submits planning applications for Atlantic Array

UK: RWE has submitted a planning application for its 1.2GW Atlantic Array project, following its the decision to reduce the project by 300MW after a consultation.

Analysis - Google's high-altitude wind acquisition

UNITED STATES: Makani Power, developer of the innovative Airborne Wind Turbine (AWT), has been placed under the control of Google X, the secretive R&D division of the multinational internet giant, after it acquired the firm last month.

Analysis - Egypt and Libya lead region's wind power revival

MIDDLE EAST: Wind power development was among the many casualties of the 2011 Arab Spring, though Egypt, the region's biggest market, has sprung back with requests for offers to add 850MW to its existing 550MW of online wind capacity.

Start your care regime on day one for longer life

WORLDWIDE: As the oldest megawatt-class wind turbines enter mid-life, longevity is an increasingly hot topic. Is it worth running a turbine beyond its 20-year design life? And how can strategic operations and maintenance (O&M) help achieve a longer working life?

Turbine advances cut O&M costs

WORLDWIDE: The cost of electricity from wind has only two components -- capital cost repayments (with interest) and operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. The latter account for roughly 20% of the generation cost of onshore wind and 15% of the generation cost of offshore wind.

Harnessing wind energy in icy climes

WORLDWIDE: Wind projects located in areas with low temperatures and high chances of ice and snow would not seem to be the ideal choice. Expensive to construct and maintain, hard to access, with higher safety risks to employees and returns that are complex to predict, such projects are a highly specialist area.

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