Got Patents? Costs To Defend Wind-Related IP Set To Skyrocket

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Defending Your Patents: Intellectual Property Protection Costs Set To Skyrocket on 03 Sep 2013 by Philip Totaro New research shows that the U.S. has the greatest number of patent filings on wind turbine technology, and domestic companies have collectively spent over $143 million on intellectual property (IP) protection with more than 7,200 individual patent filings. Europe is second at $112 million with over 5,100 filings and China [read more]
Global Wind Turbine Demand To Drop For First Time In Five Years on 03 Sep 2013 by NAW Staff For the first time since 2004, global wind turbine demand is expected to contract this year, by as much as 5%, finds a new study from MAKE Consulting. The report says the overall decrease is mainly due to declining demand in the U.S., Spain and Italy - historically key markets [read more] Six-Day 'Energy Exodus' March Ends With Activists Rallying To Build Cape Wind Project on 03 Sep 2013 by NAW Staff At the end of a six-day march on Sept. 2, about 200 climate activists rallied in Cape Cod, Mass., in support of building the Cape Wind offshore wind farm. The 468 MW wind project is planned to be built in Nantucket Sound. At the rally, speakers targeted oil tycoon Bill [read more] EDF Subsidiary Commissions 164 MW Wind Farm In Mexico on 03 Sep 2013 by NAW Staff EDF EN Mexico, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, has commissioned the 164 MW Bii Stinu wind farm. The Bii Stinu project is located in Oaxaca, Mexico, where EDF EN Mexico already operates the 67.5 MW La Mata Ventosa wind farm. This new facility comprises 82 2-MW turbines from Gamesa. [read more] Moventas Acquires David Brown Wind Gear Business on 03 Sep 2013 by NAW Staff Moventas Group, an industrial and wind gear manufacturer, has acquired its Clyde Blowers-owned sister company David Brown Gears System's wind gear business along with David Brown's U.K.-based production unit with test facilities, as well as a service workshop. The new company, David Brown Wind UK, continues David Brown's ongoing 7 [read more] Vestas Wins 52 MW Wind Order In Turkey on 03 Sep 2013 by NAW Staff Erciyas Celik Boru A.S., a Turkey-based manufacturer and exporter of spiral-welded steel pipes, ordered 16 V112-3.3 MW wind turbines from Vestas. The 52 MW Kavakli RES project will be Erciyas Celik Boru's first wind farm and built in the southern province of Balikesir, Turkey. The Vestas contract includes delivery, installation [read more] Ecofys Completes Large Met Mast At Netherlands Test Site on 03 Sep 2013 by NAW Staff Ecofys Wind Turbine Testing Services (ETTS) has completed construction of a 120-meter mast at Test Site Lelystad, a wind turbine test facility on Wageningen University grounds in the Netherlands. The company says the new met mast is equipped with instrumentation at four heights (40, 80, 95 and 120 meters) to [read more] Washington Supreme Court Backs Controversial Wind Farm on 30 Aug 2013 by NAW Staff In a unanimous decision, the Washington State Supreme Court has backed Gov. Christine Gregoire's March 2012 approval of the Whistling Ridge Wind Energy Project. The court action denies a legal challenge to erecting 35 wind turbines on private industrial timberland in eastern Skamania County, Wash. The Supreme Court dismissed assertions [read more] Siemens Receives 72 MW Direct-Drive Wind Turbine Order In France on 30 Aug 2013 by NA Windpower Siemens has received a 72 MW order for the supply, installation and commissioning of a total of 24 direct-drive wind turbines for four wind projects located in northern France. Diamond Generating Europe Ltd. and EDF Energies Nouvelles are the project investors, each with 50% ownership. The model SWT-3.0-101 wind turbines [read more] 576 MW Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Project Generates First Electrons on 30 Aug 2013 by NAW Staff The 576 MW Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm, under construction about 12 km off the coast of North Wales, U.K., has officially begun generating and exporting electricity. According to RWE Innogy, 58 out of the project's total 160 wind turbines are already installed, with the first turbine now feeding [read more] Nordex Wins 50 MW Follow-Up Order In Pakistan on 30 Aug 2013 by NAW Staff Nordex has announced a 50 MW order for the FWEL I wind project, located in Sindh, Pakistan. Under the contract, Nordex will supply 20 N100 2.5 MW wind turbines to the major project shareholders, the Fauji Foundation and Cap Asia. This project represents the third wind farm that Nordex is [read more]
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