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Sinovel, China’s largest wind turbine maker, will put a set of 6-megawatt (mw) wind turbines into operation off the coast of Shanghai in what is claimed to be the world’s first large-scale commercial application of such powerful offshore wind turbines.
Sinovel will supply Huaneng Renewables, a leading Chinese wind farm developer, with 17 units of 6-mw [...]

The U.S. government allowed an incentive for the wind industry to expire in December and hasn’t acted to extend a tax credit due to lapse at the end of 2012. Goldwind’s market share is growing the fastest of the top five companies concentrated on turbines, Bloomberg New Energy Finance data show.
“Goldwind has financed a large-scale [...]

The U.S. companies are asking for countervailing duties equal to the difference between imported tower prices and the normal value of the product in the exporting country — 64.37 percent for Chinese towers and 59.11 percent for Vietnamese towers.
The complaint covers metal towers that hold wind turbines aloft, not the actual turbines or blades.
Thursday’s complaint [...]

China had more than 80 wind turbines makers as of 2010, capable of producing over 40 Gigawatts, yet wind equipment demand is expected to be just 15 GW a year.
And companies looking overseas to fuel their growth are met by funding bottlenecks in Europe and the United States that are likely to mean a decline [...]

- Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology , China’s second-largest maker of wind equipment, said it won a contract to supply 23 wind turbines to a wind farm project in Ecuador.
The contract represents Goldwind’s second supply deal in Ecuador and will have a combined capacity of 34.5 megawatts, said the company in a statement without giving [...]

Ningbo Beilun in Zhejiang Wind Power Project and through network successfully, the official start of Beilun district power. Issue and put into operation 1.5 MW wind turbines manufacturers 8, the total installed capacity of 12 MW.
As the largest, Zhejiang Province, wind farms, through wind farm project is located in Beilun District, White Peak Peninsula town [...]

Mongolia “Newcom” Group, General Motors and the United States on the export of wind power technology and equipment 17 cooperation agreements signed in the capital Ulan Bator. Under the agreement, GM will export the Mongolian side of the latest $ 100 million wind turbine equipment, and built the first wind power plant in Mongolia. Japanese [...]

Infocast will hold their second annual US-China Wind Summit at the Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel in San Francisco, CA, December 13 – 15, 2011. This summit is perfectly timed as it coincides with a growing Chinese wind market as well as heightened US-China cooperation. This summit will provide you with insight into the legal [...]

Dongfang Electric’s Dongfang Steam Turbine Co., Ltd. with completely independent intellectual property rights of 3.0 MW doubly-fed wind turbine smooth off the assembly line in Deyang, Sichuan, which marks the company’s wind turbine R & D and wind turbines manufacturing to new heights.
According to deputy general manager of Dongfang Turbine Renjia Fu introduced the company [...]

Keen to show off its environmental credentials, the eThekwini electricity department is rushing to install wind turbines at the Bluff military base ahead of the UN COP 17 climate change meeting, placing a crucial bat roosting area in jeopardy.
The department has come under fire over its plans to showcase the “green energy” turbines close to [...]