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Fivefold growth for wind?
NEW ZEALAND: The land of the long white cloud is renowned for its clean and green image, with a staggering 79% of electricity produced through renewables. But it is almost entirely hydropower, with wi...
Building the future
WORLDWIDE: The extensive resources of our Windpower Intelligence database have enabled us to build a profile of the wind-power installations that developers are planning and producing for the near fut...
Two-pronged approach to on-site safety policy
WORLDWIDE: Yes, I can think of an incident we faced. We had an employee at the top of a turbine, positioned between the upper climbing platform and the nacelle.
Global Developer Guide 2012 - Special Report
Windpower Monthly examines over 400GW of future wind energy projects across the globe in its latest special report.
Windpower Monthly's round-up of 2011
As Windpower Monthly winds down for the end-of-year holidays, we leave you with a round-up of some of 2011's best read — if not most important — wind-energy stories from both the magazine and the webs...
Brazil strides ahead as regional wind leader
BRAZIL: Brazil reached a milestone of 1GW installed capacity last year. This prompted the government to double its forecasts for future capacity - it now expects 11.53GW by 2019, compared with its pro...
Windicator - Capacity Analysis
WORLDWIDE: Although global wind capacity now comfortably exceeds 200GW, growth may be slowing down. The current world total shown includes a provisional estimate of 50GW for China, but there is some u...
Wind lean and ready for generation game
WORLDWIDE: Prices for wind turbines have fallen in recent months, mainly as a result of competitive pressure from Chinese manufacturers. Productivity, meanwhile, has risen steadily as the technology i...
US firm launches novel CVT device
UNITED STATES: The overall operational benefits of continuously variable transmission (CVT) devices are gradually attracting the attention of wind-turbine manufacturers. Currently there are a few opti...
Scaling up is essential to attract investment
WORLDWIDE: The offshore wind sector stands at a crossroads. In several regions, most notably Europe's North Sea, developers have proven that generating renewable electricity at sea is technically viab...
Energy needs a reality check
Just as Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, launched a scathing attack on "useless and ugly" wind farms last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued an urgent warning on t...
On land or sea: the business case for wind
WORLDWIDE: Increasingly, investors in wind energy face a key question: whether it would be more profitable in the long run to fund offshore developments, which offer higher wind yield rates, or stay o...
Uncovering the true cost of a project
WORLDWIDE: In my early days as a design engineer at a rural technology development centre in South Africa, I was faced with the challenge of addressing frequent bearing failures on the fan units of a ...
Planning can reduce high-cost cabling risks
WORLDWIDE: Considering the overall cost of an offshore wind farm, subsea cabling may represent a relatively small part, but the risk associated with cabling far exceeds its share of the costs. Logisti...
Alternative solutions for offshore foundations
EUROPE: Offshore wind turbines are largely fixed to the seabed with a permanent or semi-permanent support structure. Some models float with the aid of a floater body and mooring system --tension leg o...
Risks on horizon require national plan
Despite being home to fewer than 35 million inhabitants, Canada is the world's seventh-largest generator of electricity, producing more than 570 terawatt hours annually.
Good prospects with much room to grow
The current strong growth in the Canadian wind industry looks set to continue next year, with new capacity installation potentially surpassing 2GW. Unsurprisingly, the wind-turbine component industry ...
Investors stay focused despite uncertain future
With about 600MW of new wind already online by mid-year, and with projects still scheduled to complete in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Prince Edward Island, Canada is on track to set a new record for ...
Progress remains local
Ontario and Nova Scotia are leading Canada's nascent community wind market, while Quebec has had considerable success in developing projects co-owned by municipal governments. But progress remains pat...
Can competition become co-operation?
A shifting market and new political landscape has left the wind sector in Canada's west-coast province facing uncertainty as it looks to bring new projects online.
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