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SGRE: picking up the turbine pace

The merger of Siemens and Gamesa was never going to be a simple affair. Two major multinational wind...

Wind OEMs are having to fight on many fronts

The prominence of Chinese machinery in our selection of the year's best new wind-energy hardware can...

Onshore wind is UK litmus test

One of the last pieces of legislation passed through the UK parliament under the premiership of Ther...

Making sense of takeover deals

The consolidation of wind-turbine OEMs has taken another couple of small steps in recent weeks. Firs...

Vestas rewrites the rules for onshore technology

The headline figures -- nameplate capacity of 5.6MW and rotor diameter of up to 162 metres -- are st...

Weather shows need to change

Those of us who work in the renewables industry largely understand the difference between weather an...

Slow growth beats boom and bust

Another year of sluggish growth, squeezed margins and fierce price competition from natural gas lies...

Big oil sees value of clean energy

With a few exceptions -- the conversion of Dong Energy (Danish oil and natural gas) to offshore-wind...

Offshore needs the big players

For all the optimism and confidence on display in London at the WindEurope/RenewableUK offshore wind...

Wind enters the subsidy-free zone

The argument that wind power can only compete with conventional forms of electricity generation by b...

Smart thinking masterclass

Former Siemens chief technology officer Henrik Stiesdal delivered a fascinating "masterclass" on the...

GE puts blades at the cutting edge

Another month, another major acquisition. GE has once again dipped into its seemingly bottomless poc...

Competitive age needs deep pockets

There are many challenges associated with developing projects in forested, low-wind sites, but findi...

Some things just don't change

If you found a time machine and sent our Top 10 turbine manufacturers feature back five years, it is...

Political indecision is one safe prediction

This time last year, I wondered whether 2014 would lift the industry out of the doldrums that 2013 i...

Marginal gains will get us everywhere

When Sir David Brailsford was running the British cycling team, he developed the philosophy of margi...

A new year, a new chance to shine

So 2013 is over and done with, goodbye to all that. It was predicted to be an "annus horriblis" for ...

Comment: Voice of Experience

Putting together this month's special publication in honour of the 25th anniversary of Windpower Mon...

Running in the dark

In the world of wind energy financing, the global credit crunch means lenders have become more cauti...

Illuminating the bar room

Few topics generate as much heat and as little light as the integration of wind energy into power sy...

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