Wind is powerful – even in troubled times The extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) scheme to the end of 2009 has brought
Content 4 The Pickens Plan A Texas oilman shows America how wind can help reduce foreign oil imports and save the economy. 28 Ex
The Pickens Plan 4
A Texas oil billionaire has boosted wind unexpectedly. T. Boone Pickens thinks wind can help reduce America’s dependence on fore
“I’ve been an oil man my whole life, but this is one emergency we can’t drill our way out of.” T. Boone Pickens. T. Boone Picken
Strong reception The visibility of T. Boone Pickens and his plan has been unprecedented, says Chris Flavin, President of the Wor
“Sure, I’d like to make a profit on the wind farm, but do you really think I’m doing this because I need more money?” T. Boone Pi
For more information on the Pickens Plan, see: www.pickensplan.com T. Boone Pickens’ own website, with some excerpts from his ne
More loyalty takes much more forecasting Broad performance-related initiatives are strengthening Vestas on the wind turbine serv
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Inspections (MTBI), are critical to meeting customers’ service expectations. Just as business forecasts provide the basis for Ve
megawatts. Analyses of turbine performance data are having a direct impact on MTBI. “Right now we have exceeded our thirdquarter
casts, identify which spare parts are necessary for each turbine,” he says. “SAP will give us transparency when conducting perio
“By forecasting well, we know what’s going to happen. This enables us to have spare parts ready when the customer needs them, so
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Busier turbines, better productivity Vestas Mediterranean takes the lead in a company-wide effort to minimise the downtime of it
Avoiding downtime Customers may well ask why the company should want to visit its turbines less often – especially since it is V
‘health’ could save a lot of downtime. Newlyappointed planners at each site took on this task, and today they regularly check ev
Top-notch maintenance combined with a more efficiently planned downtime means the turbines will spend more time doing what they w
A new way of working Things were done differently when Christophe Godais joined the Vestas organisation at Beauce, France, back
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A symbol of continuity After a four-decade career at Vestas, Hans Laurids Pedersen is a company icon who embodies Vestas’ most e
”When we have a problem, we solve it. I have never seen us throw in the towel and give up.” Hans Laurids Pedersen. office, he can
“A wind turbine is a fantastic machine. Just think of it: There’s hardly a technological principle that is not represented in it
He has weathered many other changes as well: moves from one town to another, financial ups and downs, mergers, reorganisations an
“I think one of my main functions in this company now is to be the optimistic voice of one who has experienced a lot and who kno
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SION despite political challenges Even though a long-term political framework to assure the expansion of wind energy in the Unit
Massive growth in jobs With the Rocky Mountains to the west and With the 2,500 jobs that will be created at the production facil
Colorado leads the way market is driven by three overriding strategic challenges: energy independence, climate change and rising
Alaska Washington Montana Oregon Vestas’ existing and future production facilities in Colorado: California Idaho Wyoming Nevada
Renewable portfolio standard (RPS) North Dakota Vermont Minnesota Maine New Hampshire Wisconsin South Dakota New York Michigan N
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A fresh look at quality From the factory floor to the top layers of management, Vestas is injecting a quality mindset into every
“Quality is a prerequisite for us to maintain and develop our position on the market.” Finn Strøm Madsen, President, Vestas Tech
Working with suppliers The story at Vestas Blades is one of internal checks and controls. But there is another dimension to qual
ity leadership seminars, best-practice sharing, on-site consulting and technical supervision. Circumferential welding defects, f
“Quality control means fixing your processes so that they produce perfect products every time instead of trying to find and fix eve
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Wind is the natural next step towards higher energy production in Latin America, where the demand for energy is growing fast. Ne
“Most forms of power production are dependent on water to a greater or lesser extent. Wind power is not, making it an ideal solu
A significant obstacle to wind power development in Brazil has been the belief that it is too expensive. Due to the predominance
“This non-reliance on water is a strong argument in favour of wind on many of the markets we currently consider to be emerging.”
Green Brazil Brazil already holds a distinctive place on the renewable energy market. With 85 per cent of its electricity derive
The biggest development centre in the industry ready to open The doors to the biggest and most advanced development and technolo
New office in Rome Already located in Taranto, Vestas Italia has recently opened a new office in Rome. The decision was taken to b
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Busier turbines, better productivity Vestas Mediterranean takes
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Top-notch maintenance combined with a more efficiently planned do
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A symbol of continuity After a four-decade career at Vestas, Han
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“A wind turbine is a fantastic machine. Just think of it: There’
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Working with suppliers The story at Vestas Blades is one of inte
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