Windpower Monthly Wind.Alert May 2008

> Windpower Monthly Wind.Alert May 2008
>
> As you requested, here is a taste of the top news stories and
> special opinion pieces just published by Windpower Monthly.
> The text-bites below are quick summaries of a small selection
> of articles in the latest print issue of Windpower Monthly and
> on our web site.
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> SELECTED NEWS STORY SUMMARIES
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> Out of 93 news and feature articles in the print magazine
> this month, we have written summaries of 8 stories
> for the benefit of visitors to our web site.
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> * Juggling with failure as an option: America debates the
> cost benefit or not of wind turbine condition monitoring
>
> * Global wind market set to triple: Renowned annual report
> revises five year market analysis upwards
>
> * The wildcards of wind finance: Exploring green credit
> trade in America
>
> * Wind saves on fuel costs in Texas: Cost of major
> transmission expansion for wind farms more than
> compensated for
>
> * The true costs of variable wind power: Northwest
> United States gets closer to a fair market for all
> generators
>
> * Getting seriously reliant on wind power in Spain:
> High wind penetration levels raise the spectre of wind
> plant curtailment
>
> * Chinese wind deals go gigawatt scale: European and
> Chinese partners make wind energy history
>
> * Rhetoric changes tone in New Zealand: Politicians get
> more gutsy and less gusty in support of wind power
>
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> COMMENT COLUMN
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> * Running in the Dark
>
> It is surprising to learn from articles in this month's issue
> of Windpower Monthly that wind plant owners in the
> United States are not more rigorous about service and
> maintenance of their machines. Owners of any plant
> and equipment have a choice of "maintenance by
> breakdown," which ... More
>
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> FOCUS COLUMN -- ONLINE-ONLY
>
> * Financial flux and the wind power market
>
> World finance crisis and global credit crunch aside, these are
> times of financial flux for American wind power development.
> But such is the boom nature of the business that most
> market players are focused on bobbing and weaving their
> way through the minefield to reach the gold beyond, rather
> than stopping dead at its edge. ... More
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