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Windicator: Quarterly update of industry share price performance and global installed capacity

As world capacity growth continues to slow and cheap gas in North America quells demand for wind pow...

Close up - Avantis pins wind ambition on AV 928 turbine

Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries takes a look at German manufacturer Avantis Energy ...

GE signs 4MW offshore co-operation deals

OFFSHORE: GE has signed co-operation agreements with Scandinavian energy companies Statoil, Lyse and...

Sinovel 5MW offshore prototype ready by end-2010

CHINA: Sinovel showcased its 5MW offshore wind turbines at the 2010 Shanghai International Offshore ...

Offshore monopile failure - a solution may be in sight

OFFSHORE: A remedy may have been found for the design flaw that is present in a large number of offs...

AMSC's plan to build 10MW turbines... offshore and onshore

Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries looks at AMSC's developmental pipeline, which inclu...

Investment in offshore research will prevent costly errors

UK: Looking back to the early days of wind power, it's clear that the UK played a leading part in th...

Alpha Ventus offshore turbines faced with breakdown

GERMANY: Two out of six Areva Wind 5MW offshore turbines installed at the German Alpha Ventus test w...

Modern turbines continue to push technicians' knowledge

As turbines have grown and some elements of repair and care have reduced in relation to power output...

Breaking down the cost of wind turbine maintenance

Cutting costs by preventing failure instead of running wind turbines until they break lies at the he...

Investigators still reviewing Horns Rev I shutdown

DENMARK: Investigators at the 160MW Horns Rev I offshore wind farm are still trying to understand th...

Wind turbine evolution can win on reliability

EUROPE: The next decade should see both global onshore and offshore wind markets continuing to expan...

Turbines require tailored servicing

All turbine designs require their own maintenance routines. Eize de Vries explains the key features ...

Close up - Alstom's 3MW ECO110 turbine

Windpower Monthly technical writer takes a look at Alstom's latest 3MW turbine, fitted with 53metre ...

The Iberdrola control centre monitoring its vast turbine fleet

US: Decked out in soothing colours, ergonomic furniture and computer screens galore, Iberdrola's new...

Gamesa set to power up on land and sea

SPAIN: Gamesa is expanding turbine production in Asia and the US, taking on new challenges in onshor...

HHI hatches plan with AMSC to develop 5MW offshore turbine

SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and technology partner American Superconductor Corporati...

Small turbines get bigger in the US

US: Sales of wind turbines with a capacity of 100KW or less, rose in the US during 2009 according to...

'China needs to build big turbines,' says energy chief

CHINA: China should encourage the use of bigger turbines in its wind farms, said Shi Lishan, deputy ...

Alleged inventor sued in patent saga

US: US company General Electric (GE) has sued Thomas Wilkins, the alleged co-inventor of key GE wind...

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