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Tough scrutiny of construction safety -- Federal standards on the way

The American wind industry's record shattering growth rate has attracted newfound attention from the...

Drive train design trends -- EU research (1)

The strong wind industry trend towards the use of power electronics converters to connect wind turbi...

Biggest concerted research effort yet

The European wind industry will unveil detailed proposals for future research priorities under the E...

Series of blade repairs underway -- More Clipper problems

American wind turbine manufacturer Clipper Wind says it is having to "reinforce" the blades on about...

Vergnet prototype 1 MW turbine begins testing in France

Another wind turbine prototype is about to start testing, this time a 1 MW model from Vergnet, a Fre...

Efficient maintenance -- EU research (2)

An EU-funded research and development project aimed at reducing the cost of wind energy to below EUR...

Energy minister sees wind future -- Ireland looks at 42% wind

The island of Ireland could meet 42% of its electricity demand from renewable energy by 2020 without...

Working group to study radar concerns

Some good news at last on the topic of alleged interference from wind turbines on radar in France. A...

Inspired by birds -- Blade research (2)

Turbulent winds present few problems for hovering birds -- their wings developed long ago to constan...

Preventing ice build up -- Blade research (1)

Danish blade maker LM Glasfiber is partnering with two Quebec research labs to develop a surface tre...

Dual axis blade testing -- Cutting cost

A system for fatigue testing of wind turbine blades in two directions simultaneously -- instead of t...

New 900 kW turbine design goes into series production

Germany's Conergy Wind says it has secured contracts for supply of all the main components for its n...

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