Wind Power Job Losses Mount As PTC Waits

wind industry jobs, production tax credit

Vestas trims its Pueblo, Colo., wind tower workforce, the latest cutback amid continued uncertainty regarding the fate of the production tax credit. Read more →

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Monster Offshore Wind Turbine Gets A Buyer

siemens 6-megawatt wind turbine

DONG Energy agrees to purchase 300 6-megawatt offshore wind turbines from Siemens, to go in off the U.K. coast between 2014 and 2017. Read more →

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Vestas Ditches UK Giant Offshore Turbine Plant

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Vestas abandons plans for a new factory in the U.K. after receiving no orders for the V164-7.0 megawatt offshore wind turbine it was going to build there. Read more →

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My Turbine Blade Is Bigger Than Your Turbine Blade

Siemens 75 meter turbine blade

Alstom, Siemens, Vestas – they're all touting longer turbine blades as they race to make offshore wind power more cost-effective. Read more →

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Will Kenya Ever Get Its Giant Wind Farm?

Lake Turkana, Kenya (image via Shutterstock)

Kenya needs power, badly, but a long-planned, much-talked-about 300-megawatt wind farm has been slow to arrive. Read more →

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Wind Power Will Help Beer, Soda Flow In Mexico

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Vestas says it will supply 132 3-megawatt turbines for a giant new wind farm in Mexico, with some of the power going to run Heineken and Coca-Cola operations. Read more →

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Floating Wind Turbine Deployed In Atlantic

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The WindFloat turbine is now in place far off the Portugal coast, and project backers say it will open the door to a new era of wind power generation. Read more →

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First Wind Picks Vestas For 77 Turbines

First Wind has agreed to purchase 77 Vestas 100-1.8 MW wind turbines for the proposed Bull Hill Wind Farm in Maine and the Palouse Wind farm in Washington. Read more →

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Sailrocket Challenging Speed Sailing Record

vestas sailrocket

The Vestas Sailrocket 2 is in pursuit of the world Outright Speed Sailing Record, posting runs of 54 knots, equivalent to 100 km/h or 62.14 mph. Read more →

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Vestas Super-Sizing Offshore Wind Turbine

Vestas 7 megawatt turbine

Vestas is building its biggest offshore wind turbine ever, a demo for DONG Energy with blades 80 meters long and a power capacity of 7 megawatts. Read more →

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