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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, ...

Turbines face cold-weather tests in harsh climate research

CANADA: Turbines designed to withstand ice and extreme cold will be tested in a moist winter environ...

Analysis - Software projects cranks up turbine capacity

US: At a time when wind turbine vendors are logging fewer new orders, some are creating innovative u...

Analysis - changing blades without a tall crane

US: American turbine manufacturer Clipper has developed a simple, inexpensive new way to change blad...

Analysis - Japanese maker to build turbines in US

US: Leading Japanese wind turbine manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is proposing to bui...

Vestas broadens technology reach

PHILIPPINES: Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has inaugurated an information technology (IT) ...

Transmission - Alberta refunds prompt withdrawals

NORTH AMERICA: Many less-viable or less-developed wind projects have quit a connection queue in Albe...

Siemens yet to discover reason behind blade break

UK: A week after a blade fell off one of the turbines at its 322MW Whitelee project, ScottishPower h...

Bigger is better - ECC puts its money on supersize turbines

US: Betting on a future of bigger turbines and offshore wind development in the Great Lakes, Energy ...

GE announces major European investment as part of offshore return

EUROPE: GE has announced plans for a €340m expansion of its European offshore manufacturing and desi...

Siemens blade falls off at Europe's largest wind farm

UK: ScottishPower has closed down Whitelee, Europe's largest wind farm with 322MW capacity, after a ...

French rules on lights could undermine wind energy support

FRANCE: New rules governing the installation of lights on wind turbines could undermine public advoc...

GE and MHI held licensing talks three years before patents fight

US: In the latest twist to the ongoing Mitsubishi (MHI)and General Electric (GE) patent dispute, it ...

Wind Turbine Clips - A head for heights

Forget the cheesy music and the shaky camera, stick with this film....

Wind turbine clips - inside a turbine

Forget the promotional element for a moment, because the presenter here is right about one thing. Mo...

Wind turbine clips - Turbine collapse (plus effects)

This clip has everything bar the obligatory cheesy music, but then again who needs that when you hav...

REpower receives German grid certification for MM82 turbine

GERMANY: REpower has become the first manufacturer to receive certification for a turbine with a dou...

Lean times require smooth running

US: These are sober days in the US wind market. The industry is patting itself on the back for bring...

Patent wars - ITC rules GE is not 'sole inventor' of disputed LVRT

US: The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has affirmed that Thomas Wilkins, a California-based...

LM Glasfiber signs strategic deal with Envision

DENMARK: LM Glasfiber has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese manufacturer Envisio...

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