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Why doesn’t the wind industry make more use of accelerated patenting?

Acceleration schemes for patenting “green” technology are hardly being used in the UK, but they are ...

Opinion: The Gulf of Mexico is not an insurmountable challenge if you look at it the right way

Offshore wind development in the Gulf of Mexico has received less focus than prospects on the east a...

Opinion: Envision’s turbine underlines threat to western OEMs' market share outside Europe

Envision Energy unveiling its 10MW turbine is a timely reminder of the pace of change among Chinese ...

Opinion: Could modularisation and standardisation restore profitability to OEMs?

The wind industry today has reached sufficient levels of maturity and is ready to embrace modularisa...

Opinion: GE’s patent wars with competitors have backfired

The ongoing patent dispute between GE and Siemens Gamesa is part of a broader strategy by the former...

Opinion: Wind industry must slow down turbine development to speed up the offshore rollout

It's time for a more collaborative approach to meet 2030 offshore wind deployment targets...

Viewpoint: Turbines may look alike but progress continues

When I started in the wind industry in the late 1980s, wind turbines came in many forms -- vertical ...

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...

On Reflection: Protocol must safeguard intellectual property

WORLDWIDE: The past eight years has seen the pace of innovation slow in the wind industry. With a re...

On Reflection: High ambitions needed to lower costs

WORLDWIDE: Downwind turbines of up to 10MW mounted on floating foundations might sound like somethin...

Flat-out rivalry is a fool's errand

With more than 2,000 offshore turbines installed and generating electricity, the offshore wind secto...

A few lessons on the dangers of hype

Years ago, as an engineering student, I attended a class on internal combustion engines. Our lecture...

More on priorities

Explaining misunderstanding regarding his earlier letter on EU research priorities on large turbines...

Programmes and policies

Explaining why national programmes for stimulating wind turbine installation have consequences more ...

Priority clarification

Clarifying apparent misunderstanding about the role of Germany's first inland test station for wind ...

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