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  • Shares in Danish wind-turbine company Vestas Wind Systems surged Wednesday as the market breathed a sigh of relief after the company maintained its full-year outlook and posted second-quarter earnings above expectations.

    Vestas Surges on Strong Earnings Katarina Gustafsson 2011

  • A Chinese maker of wind-turbine towers sued Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., formerly home to the company's shares, for $300 million in damages after what the company says was Nasdaq's racially motivated decision to delist its stock.

    Chinese Company Cites Racial Profiling in Nasdaq Suit Jacob Bunge 2012

  • Indeed, analysts say one of the biggest corporate beneficiaries of the nuclear withdrawal is likely to be German engineering giant Siemens AG, which holds roughly 30% of the global market for gas turbines and is a major on- and offshore wind-turbine manufacturer.

    German Nuclear Exit Hurts Merkel's Green-Energy Goal Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

  • JW Prairie officials say they were surprised at the opposition, having secured commitments for wind-turbine easements from some two dozen landowners in the county.

    Energy Price Outlook, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Meanwhile, the Energy Department said it is soliciting proposals for research into wind-turbine design and factors that limit deployment of wind energy.

    U.S. to Expedite Wind-Energy Reviews Ryan Tracy 2011

  • President Obama toured a wind-turbine factory in Pennsylvania recently to promote his goal to reduce our oil imports by a third by 2025 and to get 80% percent of America's electricity from clean sources by 2035.

    Terry Tamminen: The China-Europe-America Smackdown Terry Tamminen 2011

  • Adeel Halim/Bloomberg News Earlier this year, Gamesa, the Spanish wind-turbine maker, said it plans to spend $85 million in setting up new manufacturing facilities in India.

    Clean Power 2011

  • Europe's biggest wind-turbine manufacturer, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, is also aiming for a piece of the contract.

    Energy Firms Bid in South Africa Devon Maylie 2011

  • WinWinD WinWinD, a wind-turbine manufacturer, has a factory in Vengal, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, to make units with a capacity to generate one megawatt of power each.

    Clean Power 2011

  • The 70-acre island now has 10 wind-turbine generators, solar power with backup batteries and a reverse-osmosis water-purification system that will make 21,000 gallons of water a day.

    My Own Private Island Candace Jackson 2011

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