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• Vestas gets planning permission for V164 factory Windpower Monthly (Today) - UK: Vestas has received planning permission to build its wind turbine manufacturing and assembly plant at Sheerness on the southeast coast of England....
• Wind industry gives cautious welcome to new FIT Windpower Monthly (Today) - JAPAN: The wind industry has welcomed the introduction of feed-in tariffs (FITs), but several issues remain unresolved which could cast a shadow over the future of renewable energy in the third biggest economy in the world....
• Big question mark over Iberdrola Greek investment Windpower Monthly (Today) - GREECE: With Greece's economy on its knees, Spanish utility Iberdrola's plan to invest EUR1.8 billion in building 706MW of wind power across three Greek islands, together with a submarine power link to the mainland, has raised eyebrows....
• Ireland Plans to Export Wind Energy to Britain EnergyBoom (Yesterday) - Launching its renewable energy strategy, the Irish government today announced that it will meet its goal of generating 40% of its electricity from renewable resources by 2020.  The government also confirmed that it is engaged in trade talks with Britain to export renewable energy....
• Narec launches £333 million offshore process Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - UK: The UK's National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has made a call for investors to help build a 100MW demonstration site off the north-east coast of England....
• Ramboll to design Cape Wind foundations Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - UNITED STATES: Cape Wind Associates has appointed Danish consultancy Ramboll to design the foundations for the upcoming 468MW wind farm....
• Ming Yang warns on 70% Q1 revenue fall Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - CHINA: Ming Yang has announced a preliminary 70% fall in revenue for the three months preceding 31 March....
• Vestas V90 crisis takes new twist after ZF gearbox failures Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - WORLDWIDE: Lead manufacturer seeks compensation from suppliers ZF and Schaeffler after 15% of V90-3MW turbines are hit by bearings failure....
• Marubeni and INCJ complete Seajacks deal Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - JAPAN: Japanese trading company Marubeni Corporation and private equity firm Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) have completed their acquisition of North Sea offshore services company Seajacks International....
• Vestas to pursue suppliers over V90 failures Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - DENMARK: Vestas is set to seek compensation from its suppliers over a gearbox bearings fault affecting its V90-3MW turbines....
• Dong completes Borkum Riffgrund I deal Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - DENMARK: Dong has finalised its sale of a 50% stake in the 277MW Borkum Riffgrund I project to Lego-owner Kirkbi Group, and the Oticon Foundation, an investment company....
• Narec launches £3 billion offshore process Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - UK: The UK's National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has made a call for investors to help build a 100MW demonstration site off the north-east coast of England....
• GL Garrad Hassan plans new offshore certification Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - WORLDWIDE: GL Garrad Hassan is planning to revise its guidelines for the certification of offshore wind turbines at the end of the year....
• Wind Reliability: Maintenance-free hydraulic accumulators Wind Power Engineering (4 days ago) - Wind turbine pitch, yaw, and brake systems use either electric or hydraulic actuation. The hydraulic systems use high-pressure, gas-charged hydraulic accumulators. Typically, either a bladder or a piston accumulator is used. Maintenance-free, metal bellows accumulators can offer an advantage in these applications. A piston accumulator...
• Gamesa's Calvet sacked amid nacelle plant closure Windpower Monthly (4 days ago) - SPAIN: Former Gamesa CEO Jorge Calvet, just days before his departure, announced the closure of one of the manufacturer's three Spanish nacelle facilities, continuing his threat to halve domestic turbine production capacity to 1GW by 2013 unless Spain's wind power support model is renewed....
• Government deals new blow to wind Windpower Monthly (4 days ago) - PORTUGAL: The Portuguese government has dealt the wind sector another blow by announcing cuts in tariffs for existing wind farms totalling EUR100-200 million up to 2020....
• China to finance multi-MW wind turbine development Windpower Monthly (4 days ago) - CHINA: China had earmarked CNY 93.92 million yuan ($15 million) for wind power research and development in 2012....
• Project in Turkey to use 1.6 MW units Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - The 50-MW Tayakadin project supports the Turkish government’s plans to increase the country’s wind energy production to 20,000 MWs by 2023 and by using GE 1.6 MW turbines like this one. U.S. OEM will supply 31 of its 1.6-100 wind turbines for Fina Enerji’s Tayakadin...
• Wind software simplifies simulations of wind blades fast Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - The top images present the 3D mesh in the FEA program in its global view (white) and a close up of its edge. The bottom 2D mesh was generated in the VABS program. Variation Asymptotical Beam Sectional Analysis (VABS) is an efficient high-fidelity cross-sectional...
• Welding machine manufacturer acquires automation firm Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. says it has acquired Wayne Trail Technologies Inc., a privately held Ohio-based manufacturer of automated systems and tooling, serving a wide range of applications in the metal processing market. Terms were not disclosed. “Wayne Trail brings extensive design and system building...
• Battery company expands portfolio for grid storage Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - A123 says the grid-ready GSS is a complete and capable of achieving greater than 90% ac to dc to ac roundtrip efficiency. Each GSS consists of a Grid Battery (GBS), Aeros software and Power Conversion equipment. A developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium iron...
• New Wind App: Wind Turbine Cost Model Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - After previously launching Wind Expert, Michael Blaize is at it again with his new Wind Turbine Cost Model. The app brings a detailed and advanced model to evaluate the cost of any horizontal wind turbines above 750kW. Based on the validated NREL cost model, Wind...
• Evaluating 100-m wind blades Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - Moog Industrial Group will supply a test system to Narec (National Renewable Energy Centre) to evaluate and test wind turbine blades at their new 100 m (328 ft) blade testing facility in Blyth, Northumberland, UK. Opening this summer, the independent facility will be used by...
• Repower appoints Tanti as chief operating officer Windpower Monthly (5 days ago) - GERMANY: Repower has appointed Vinod Tanti, brother of Suzlon chairman Tulsi Tanti, as chief operating officer....
• Largest flow battery in the world, they say Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - VRB Energy Storage System's commissioning marks a significant point in the deployment of large-scale electricity storage and will be used to expand onsite power generation at an agricultural processing facility. The largest flow battery system in the world, capable of storing and delivering grid-scale power...
• EDP charts expansion outside Iberia Windpower Monthly (5 days ago) - SPAIN: EDP renewables this week unveiled plans for expansion beyond Iberia into other wind markets and offshore technology up to 2015....
• Gamesa parts company with Calvet Windpower Monthly (5 days ago) - SPAIN: Gamesa has announced the departure of its chairman and chief executive Jorge Calvet after less than three years in the role....
• Blade snaps off Repower 2MW motorway turbine Windpower Monthly (5 days ago) - FRANCE: A 46-metre blade has fallen off a Repower 2MW turbine at a project alongside the A10 motorway in France....
• Vestas signs co-development deal with Methanex Windpower Monthly (5 days ago) - CHILE: Vestas has signed a co-development deal with Methanex, the world's number one producer of Methanol, to collaborate on wind energy projects....
• Berlin’s Technik Museum is Topped with a Historic Candy Bomber Plane Inhabitat (6 days ago) - Read the rest of Berlin’s Technik Museum is Topped with a Historic Candy Bomber Plane Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "wind power", 'Candy Bomber', Architecture, German Museum of Technology, kreuzberg, renewable energy, Rosinenbomber, Technik Museum, windmill ...

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