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'High-efficiency classic' takes on PMG
WORLDWIDE: Emerson's European subsidiary Leroy Somer (LS) recently introduced a new generator design to compete with the permanent-magnet generator (PMG) - a copper-only classic synchronous generator ...
New investors seek better safety nets
WORLDWIDE: Pension funds and other institutional investors have long been heralded as the saviours of all kinds of infrastructure investment, including renewables. When PensionDanmark and Dong last ye...
Towers - the next area for innovation?
WORLDWIDE: Taller wind-turbine towers are becoming increasingly important as the best wind sites are taken up in a growing number of markets. A move to locations with lower wind speeds is pushing some...
Proposed curtailment policy threatens growth
IRELAND: Wind developers active in the Irish market were feeling reasonably positive at the end of last year, predicting more than 272MW in new installed capacity for 2012, more than one third above l...
BMT produces two-metre wave docking unit for new vessel
UK: A jet propulsion unit to allow docking with offshore turbines in higher sea states is the key feature in a new wind farm support vessel announced by design group BMT Nigel Gee and vessel operator ...
The ongoing effort to globalise standards
WORLDWIDE: While the majority of US citizens were unwrapping presents and enjoying roast turkey on Christmas day, the country's wind association was busy publishing guidance on turbine support structu...
How to speed up the learning curve
WORLDWIDE: The continued growth of the global wind industry means a demand for appropriately skilled and trained professionals at each stage of the production value chain.
LM unveils 73.5m cutting-edge blade
WORLDWIDE: LM Wind Power's 73.5-metre blade has been developed for Alstom's 6MW Haliade direct-drive offshore turbine.
Nordex installs first N117/2400 model
WORLDWIDE: Nine months after unveiling a new 2.4MW N117/2400 wind turbine with a record 117-metre rotor diameter at the EWEA 2011 event in Brussels, Nordex has installed the first unit in northern Ger...
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...
How to improve safety for wind farm workers
WORLDWIDE: Working on a wind farm is not without its hazards, yet the wind-energy industry does not have its own set of regulations to protect those in its employ.
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.
Can best practice keep raising safety standards?
WORLDWIDE: Headline-grabbing wind-energy accidents are uncommon, but they do occur and remind us that this is a hazardous sector. As the industry scales up and goes offshore; and its supply chains bec...
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...
Steady increase to 2015
ASIA PACIFIC: According to Li Junfeng, deputy director of the energy research institute of China's economic watchdog the National Development and Reform Commission, Asia will have 190-200GW in cumulat...
European interest returns to onshore wind
EUROPE: The big wind projects announced in Europe in 2011 are largely onshore, a marked change from previous plans, where offshore has brought in major developments.
A year of planning reveals diverging trends
WORLDWIDE: At the end of 2011, with Europe on the brink of a serious period of recession, the region remained the world's leading wind market.
Tapping the potential
LATIN AMERICA: A huge regional wind resource, unrivalled in the world, and burgeoning electricity demand are the main drivers behind Latin America's fast-emerging wind market.
South Africa offers hope
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: While Egypt dominates the Middle East and African wind markets with 550MW online, the big buzz among the sector during the COP17 climate summit in Durban was host country South A...
Targets may halt slide
NORTH AMERICA: The wind-energy sector in the US and Canada is in the midst of a construction boom that could see record installations in both countries in 2012, but the path to market for North Americ...
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