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Special Report: China

In the second of a new series of supplements to the print magazine, Windpower Monthly publishes a special report on Opportunity and Risk in China. The Chinese government intends for the biggest wind power market in the world to be supplied by Chinese technology, but it is a strategy not without risk. Our 28-page guide to wind power in China today, distributed with the November issue of Windpower Monthly, tackles all the major issues and includes an at-a-glance overview of progress to date across the huge country and the status of the leading players.

FOCUS THIS MONTH:

Getting out of gear and into magnets

For the past quarter century and more, conventional wind turbine design has used the intermediary of a gearbox to step up the slow rotational speed of a wind turbine rotor to the high speed at which conventional generators spin. That largely standard industry approach could be about to change if new technology trends and advances linked to permanent magnet generators turn out to be the start of the next evolutionary cycle of the wind power industry...More

COMMENT COLUMN:

Confidence is key

For two-and-a-half years, wind industry share prices steadily outstripped those of the broader market. Housing markets disintegrated, banks collapsed and a credit crisis took hold, but wind shares stayed relatively strong, a seemingly safe, if still rough haven, for investors in a world slipping into recession. Against that background, the precipitous plunge in listed wind stocks in the last weeks of October was a rude awakening ... More

SELECTED NEWS STORY SUMMARIES:

Out of 95 news and feature articles in the print magazine this month, we have written summaries of 7 top stories for the benefit of visitors to our web site.

Wind investors run scarce in America
Financial melt down destroys appetite for tax credit-driven US wind market

Korean giant enters wind power
Hyundai targets United States with 1.65 MW turbine

Strong British signals on renewables
Government prioritises climate change solutions with new department

Middle East oil money pours into wind power
Massive British offshore project gets welcome new investor

Big delays for Quebec tender projects
Good opportunity for start-up wind turbine manufacturer

Negative pricing in America and Europe
New market mechanism with potential to be a good instrument for getting more wind on the grid

Ireland invests heavily in wires for wind
System operator says lack of transmission capacity must not be a barrier for renewables

Full contents here:

Windpower Monthly kicks off a new series of print supplements to the main magazine with a Special Report on the wind boom in Canada. Canada might be one country, but it is has ten separate markets for wind energy, all with their own approach to stimulating investment in the sector. Our 24-page guide to this breeding ground for policy experiments, distributed with the October issue of Windpower Monthly, reveals a series of dynamic investment markets, some more promising than others.

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