http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/12318 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:16:23 GMT An old windmill stands in front of power-generating windmill turbines from a wind farm near the village of Uhrsleben west of Magdeburg. http://www.windaction.org/articles/12318 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6029 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:02:35 GMT Largest wind-driven power plant opened in Gangwon, South Korea http://www.windaction.org/articles/6029 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5484 Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:15:08 GMT Tax incentives and costly fossil fuels have helped wind energy gain momentum in developing nations – and change rural scenery. Antosh Tila Patil plows a field with his son, Dilip Pantosh, near Dhulia, India. http://www.windaction.org/articles/5484 http://www.windaction.org/articles/3961 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:45:22 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/3961 http://www.windaction.org/articles/466 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:33:25 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/466 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37148 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:50:45 GMT Qin said the curtailment in 2012 was almost double that of 2011. A major contributing element was that China's power generation capacity rose considerably in 2012, and wind power gave way to thermal and nuclear power. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37148 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36814 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:39:59 GMT U.S. producers say low-priced towers from Asia have cut into their market share and forced plant closings. "Over the last years, in a period of peak demand, the U.S. industry should have been profitable. Instead, due to the surge in dumped and subsidized imports, the industry lost market share and saw its profits collapse." http://www.windaction.org/articles/36814 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36560 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:29:45 GMT Sinovel Wind Group Co, a large maker of wind power equipment, plans to put 350 workers on leave starting on Monday. ...In the third quarter, Sinovel recorded a loss of 280 million yuan, down from the 242 million yuan in profit in the same period a year earlier. Its third-quarter operating income, meanwhile, decreased by 82 percent year-on-year, falling to 548 million yuan. The company warned it might report an annual loss for 2012. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36560 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36345 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:37:59 GMT The lawsuit is viewed as a long shot given the president's broad authority on national security matters and the fact that courts do not often second guess the executive branch on security issues. But Ralls Chief Executive Wu Jialiang, one of the Sany executives who owns the company, said he was determined to press ahead. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36345 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36286 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:16:21 GMT The global auditing and consulting firm Ernst & Young has been roped in by the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers' Association (IWTMA) to bring out a report that will give sufficient data to change the ‘negative perception' about the wind industry. E&Y is expected to produce the report in four-six weeks. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36286 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36208 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:27:32 GMT The deals signed last year, which Vestas says were "in violation of the company's internal provisions" and its interests, have definitely lost the company €4 million and may have lost a further €14 million. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36208 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36207 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:19:04 GMT Denmark's Vestas Wind Systems A/S , the world's largest manufacturer of wind turbines, said it has terminated its former Chief Financial Officer's severance deal after it emerged he has cost the company up to 18 million euros from unauthorized deals in India. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36207 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36137 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:58:18 GMT Vestas, the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturer, has decided to "scale down its sales efforts in the Indian market''. Vestas is currently implementing a global re-organisation plan to develop a "more scalable and flexible organisation" and cut cost by €250 million by the end of 2012. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36137 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36030 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:48:33 GMT Ralls Corp., a holding company that controls wind-farm assets, alleged the multiagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., known as CFIUS, exceeded its authority when it ordered the company to cease operations and keep out of wind- farm development sites it bought, according to a lawsuit filed Sept. 12 in federal court in Washington. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36030 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35991 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:20:59 GMT China boasts the world's largest wind power capacity, but a third of it sits idle as renewable energy is a money-losing business for grid operators and network construction has lagged capacity expansion. As a result, China struggles to transmit electricity from generating zones in the northwest, north and northeast to population hubs in the south and east. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35991 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35974 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:16:13 GMT Japan is currently devising long term plans to get a handle on its energy crisis but, while renewable energy will certainly play a role, the country is in no position to drop nuclear energy entirely. The debate over the best option for both the Japanese people and the Japanese economy is expected to continue throughout 2012 as the nation's politicians work to find a realistic and sustainable energy solution. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35974 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35884 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:01:22 GMT China's intensified grid-access management and stricter project approval policy have reduced both the number of wind farms being built and their speed of construction, said the report. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35884 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35879 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:25:25 GMT The global economic slowdown has dented investment in wind power, while cutthroat market competition has forced turbine prices down, weighing heavily on the industry's profitability, Sinovel said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35879 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35100 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:52:48 GMT The decision is a "positive step," Daniel Pickard, a lawyer with Wiley Rein LLP in Washington who represents the coalition, said in a phone interview. The finding is "where we expected it to be," he said. Broadwind deferred all comments to Pickard. Broadwind closed little changed at 29 cents in Nasdaq Stock Market trading, and rose as much as 9.5 percent after the announcement. The shares are down 57 percent this year. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35100 http://www.windaction.org/articles/34718 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:25:26 GMT Suzlon's foreign currency bonds (FCCB), which is the money being raised by the issuing company in the form of a foreign currency, are due for repayment in June and this caused significant concern amongst investors as the company's financial performance is not up to the mark. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34718