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Monday, 01 October 2007 |
The Front Cover
The image at the front cover is an artist's impression of VertAx Wind's multi-megawatt offshore machines This article on page 7 takes a brief look at the technical reasons why vertical axis wind turbines deserves closer scrutiny in the form of smaller machines for the built environment, or larger machines for wind farms and offshore applications.
Publisher's Note
Features
A Needed Change in Orientation
By Steven Peace, Eurowind Developments Ltd, UK
Is Damage Tolerance the Future
By Josef Kryger Tadich and Jakob Wedel-Heinen, DNV Wind Energy, Denmark
Introduction to 3D Landscape Tools
By Alan Harris, ReSoft Ltd, UK
The Physics Behind Wind Measurement
By Klaus Ritzinger, Head of Research & Development, IXIST Messtechnik, Germany
Lightning Protection of Wind Turbines
By Bastian Lewke and Josef Kindersberger, Technische Universität München, Germany
Company in FocusSGS Group
By Jessica Krause, Global Marketing Coordinator, SGS Industrial Services, Germany
View from InsideInterest in WWEC 2007 reflects importance of wind energy in Latin America
By Stefan Gsänger, Secretary General, World Wind Energy Association
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