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MAKE Consulting has examined global order intake for 1H/2012, and they note that wind turbine order intake (MW) in 1H/2012 fell by 30% year-on-year, principally due to weakness in core markets in Asia Pacific and Europe, in particular China, India, UK and Germany (offshore).
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132 new offshore wind turbines, totalling 523.2 MW were fully grid connected in Europe in the first six months of 2012. This is a 50% increase compared to the same period in 2011 when 348.1MW were installed.
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Annual expenditures for operations and maintenance (O&M) services in the U.S. wind industry are expected to double from just under US$ 3 billion in 2012 to nearly US$ 6 billion in 2025, according to a new report U.S. Wind O&M Strategies: 2012-2025 by IHS Emerging Energy Research (IHS EER).
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The offshore wind industry is growing fast but faces major challenges in delivering large scale projects while at the same time cutting costs as developers look for new sites in deeper waters further offshore, according to a new IHS Emerging Energy Research report published.
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AWS Truepower has released the Q1 2012 Wind Trends Bulletins. Each report independently reviews wind resource performance in North America, Europe, and India based on AWS Truepower’s long-term simulated wind resource data set.
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Mainstream Renewable Power has announced the publication by London’s Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) of a new report into the economic impact of the UK’s offshore wind sector out to 2030.
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- Study to look at new power interconnector between UK and Denmark
- Norway shows interest in the technology for floating wind turbines developed by Acciona
- New tools to determine solar & wind energy potential on contaminated lands
- Emerging markets drive global wind power growth
- Wind energy sector growing over twice as fast as EU economy
- US wind energy capacity grew with 31 per cent in 2011
- Four Chinese wind turbine suppliers in top 10 in 2011
- NOAA science supports New York’s offshore energy planning
- WWEA releases Small Wind World Report 2012
- Tax professionals unfamiliar with US clean energy incentives
- Up to 18% growth projected for lubricants in the wind turbines market
- Strong global climate patterns impact resource performance in Q4 2011
- Wind energy industry boosted by booming repowering market
- Expecting consolidation in the wind industry – not so fast
- Investments in North American wind energy installations will total US$145 billion through 2017
- Global installed capacity to reach 1,062 thousand MW by 2017
- New detailed map of US wind resources
- Growth in materials demand for wind turbine blades
- World Market for Wind Turbines recovers and sets a new record
- Wind energy powers ahead despite economic turmoil
- 9,616MW of wind energy capacity was installed in the EU in 2011
- 3TIER Releases 2011 Wind Energy Performance Map of Europe
- No evidence for Wind Turbine Syndrome
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- Greek wind power production capacity rises by 23% 2011
- EU Energy Commissioner calls for binding 2030 renewable energy targets
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