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  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: January 16 – January 23

    Jan 23, 2012

    This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes Vestas; Vattenfall, Vestas; RenewableUK; Gamesa, Longyuan; Northwind, Colruyt Group, Aspiravi Offshore; Gamesa; DNV (Det Norske Veritas), Vestas, Energy Research Institute @ Nanyang Technological University (ERI@N), Instron; CWind.

  • GROWING IMPORTANCE OF O&M

    Jan 17, 2012

    Towards the end of 2011 the U.S’s total installed wind power capacity stood at around 43,641 MW, with Canada adding a further 5,177 MW.

  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: January 9 – January 16

    Jan 16, 2012

    This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes E.ON; GDF Suez, Vinci, CDC Infrastructure, Areva, Siemens; EDF Energies Nouvelles, Alstom, Dong Energy, Nass&Wind Offshore, wpd Offshore; The UK Ministry of Defence, Serco Group, Lockheed Martin and more.

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  • Wind Energy Safety: Directions for Compliance

    Aug 16, 2011

    Despite a hindered growth of wind installations in 2010, the industry expects to add 100,000 more turbines over the next two decades. What’s more is that in roughly 5 years the expected growth in the operation and maintenance (O&M) business is set to be $10.6 billion.

  • US: Technician training programs are crucial for wind farm future prosperity

    Aug 3, 2011

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently turned its attention to the wind industry. As it stands, there are no national metrics for comparing the wind industry against other businesses, but with developments in the pipeline...

  • Health & safety: Arc flash prevention

    Jul 18, 2011

    While the incident rate of arc flash may be low in the wind sector, the results can prove costly for operators and possibly fatal for technicians. What is the best preventative strategy for wind farm operators to adopt?

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