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Clearing up and sorting out

Four shareholders of Danish wind turbine manufacturer NEG Micon have proposed selling the five loss-...

New turbine design

Series production of the MD70 1.5 MW wind turbine has begun in Germany. The machine, which costs abo...

Vibrations fix looks solid

The wind industry's major supplier of rotor blades, LM Glasfiber of Denmark, is so convinced it has ...

Pre-series batch of Bonus 2 MW planned

The final choice of blade diameter and tower height for series production of the Bonus 2 MW turbine ...

Extensive gear box retrofit program

Experts agree that the gearbox retrofit program which NEG Micon's new management has announced -- re...

Eleventh hour rescue package agreed

With an immediate capital injection of $71.4 million and the promise of a further $28.5 million in t...

Gearbox supplier stays quiet on costs

Flender, the German manufacturer of gear boxes for NEG Micon turbines, is preparing to retrofit eigh...

Confessions from a crisis

Better late than never, NEG Micon has come clean on both its real financial state and the technical ...

A man of clear signals

One of the wind industry's largest companies, Denmark's NEG Micon, wobbled on the edge of catastroph...

New 20 kW off grid turbine featured

The wind energy group at the University of Quebec at Rimouski and an eastern Quebec plastics company...

Accounting for lost millions

The article summarises the four main reasons for NEG Micon's financial woes for 1999, of which combi...

Zond seeks more efficiency in 1.65 MW turbine

American Zond Energy Systems says it is seeking better efficiency in a new 1.65 MW wind turbine whic...

Hydrogen hybrid system test

Canadian researchers plan to develop a stand alone wind energy system using hydrogen as the storage ...

Tacke develops 1.5 MW prototype

German/American wind firm Tacke Windenergie is developing a prototype 1.5 MW machine, the TW 1.5sl w...

A wind turbine from the nuclear business

A single wind turbine towering over the highway near Boulogne represents the proud entry of France's...

New lightning sensor alerts operators to strikes

A lightning sensor has been developed in Denmark which alerts wind turbine operators to strikes. Thi...

Finally, discussions of technical problems

A number of technical presentations at September's CanWEA conference examined the challenges surroun...

A question of credibility

The Danish wind power industry has always had a special relationship with its home market customers,...

The mighty machines show off their muscle at Husum

The wind industry put on a show to remember at this year's Husum exhibition, which attracted record ...

New wind power test field

Large scale wind power plants will be among the major beneficiaries of a decision by regional author...

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