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Two wind turbines self-destruct in one week .239272009-11-03T15:42:50Z2009-11-03T15:42:50ZWind turbine blades rip loose near Esbjerg and southwestern Sweden, one landing on a hiking path
A malfunction on a Vestas wind turbine in the town of Falkenberg on Sweden's southwest coast could have resulted in tragedy, as one of the structure's large blades flew off and landed on a track used by hikers.
Councils ready to double wind power output .233782009-09-30T09:40:58Z2009-09-30T09:40:58ZDanish Wind Industry Association managing director Jan Hylleberg said ‘Our surveys show there's a huge desire in the councils to construct more windmills ...however, the energy gained from any new wind turbines would almost be offset by the planned removal of older and malfunctioning ones by 2020.Dogfight over wind power subsidies .232292009-09-21T14:37:23Z2009-09-21T14:37:23ZThe Liberal Party wants to cut state funding for land-based wind turbines in favour of financing biogas, hydrogen and solar cell development. Several parties oppose the idea. ...Party group chairman Kristian Thulesen Dahl said consumers had paid huge additional charges on their electric bills for almost three decades, based on an ideological desire to promote the development of wind turbines.Sit-in turbine workers fenced in .223022009-07-22T21:18:04Z2009-07-22T21:18:04ZDanish company Vestas Windsystems, the owners of a wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight have fenced off the entrance to the site, where about 25 staff are on the third day of a sit-in. ...The company said the factory was being closed next week due to reduced demand for wind turbines in northern Europe. ...
A spokeswoman for the Department of Energy and Climate Change said the plant made blades for the US market which were not the right specification for onshore or offshore wind farms in the UK. Vestas workers told jobs are gone.209522009-04-28T13:07:41Z2009-04-28T13:07:41ZHundreds of workers at one of the south's flagship companies have today been told they will lose their jobs.
Workers at Vestas, which has plants in Southampton and the Isle of Wight were this morning called into hear the shock news that the company is closing down its operations in the UK.
Vestas lays off 1,200 in Denmark.209492009-04-28T12:46:46Z2009-04-28T12:46:46ZThe economic crisis has slowed the market for wind turbines and has resulted in Vestas expecting to cut jobs.
According to Vestas CEO Ditlev Engel in an initial Q1 report, the company is expected to lay off some 1,900 employees, primarily in Denmark and the United Kingdom.
Too much green energy at night.201962009-02-27T12:01:09Z2009-02-27T12:01:09ZDanish wind turbines are now producing so much energy that they may have to be stopped at night in order to avoid excess production duties. ..."When prices go negative, wind turbines will probably have equipment installed so that you can reduce production," Marketing Manager Nicolaj Nørgaard Petersen tells Jyllands-Posten.
Slowdown in wind energy capacity .198072009-02-04T16:17:28Z2009-02-04T16:17:28ZNew figures show the country is lagging behind other European countries when it comes to wind power capacity
Denmark risks losing its position as the leading European wind energy nation ...Seventeen percent of Danish electricity is produced by wind power, which is still the highest level in Europe, but Germany is catching up with 10 percent. ...Wind power currently accounts for six percent of the total national energy usage.Vestas investigating Spanish executives for fraud .195852009-01-20T13:22:17Z2009-01-20T13:22:17ZCurrent and former executives at the wind turbine producer's Spanish subsidiary are accused of fraud
Wind turbine maker Vestas has been defrauded for around 90 million kroner by employees of its Spanish subsidiary Vestas Eólica, according to a company press release.
Vestas discovers $16 million fraud at Spanish subsidiary .195202009-01-16T15:41:09Z2009-01-16T15:41:09ZVestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest wind-turbine maker, said it uncovered a 90 million kroner ($16 million) fraud at its Spanish unit.
Vestas has notified the authorities in Barcelona of the case, which involves current and former employees who made false invoices for nonexistent services, the Randers, Denmark-based company said today in a stock-exchange statement.
