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THE LAST WORD
Clean Power and the political, economic and environmental imperative for a new energy infrastructure ......................... 115
A change in the administration in the White House presents an opportunity to address some of the key barriers to continued growth of the wind sector. Key among these is the development of a new type of transmission system, and Obama must make this a priority.
By Peter Duprey

PROJECT PROFILE
Salt-free solar: CSP tower using air............ 51
The solar tower test and demonstration plant at Jülich is a novel pre-commercial Concentrating Solar Power project in Germany. In a key change from other designs though, this system uses air as a heat transport medium.
By Mark Schmitz

FEATURES
China’s new generation: Driving domestic development .................... 24
Are the Chinese favouring home-produced turbines for their accelerating wind power industry and, if so, what does this mean for foreign investment and overseas manufacturers?
By Louis Schwartz

Utility-scale thin-film: Three new plants in Germany total almost 50 MW .................. 32
A swathe of large thin-film PV projects have come on-stream in Germany of late, and some are breaking records. With three projects delivering a combined total of almost 50 MW of new capacity, this technology is rapidly emerging as a strong market contender.
By David Appleyard

20 years of wind turbines: An industry running on prototypes? .............42
The rapid acceleration of the wind turbine sector is seeing both the number of installed machines, and their capacity, soar. However, the importance of considering the life cycle of a wind turbine project and the need to provide appropriate services throughout cannot be underestimated.
By Torsten Muuß

Boomtown Bremerhaven: The offshore wind industry success story.. 54
By transforming into a major offshore wind power centre of excellence and supply base, the German port of Bremerhaven has experienced a remarkable economic upturn. Home to six wind equipment suppliers, two research institutes and a technical university this formerly economically depressed town is now booming.
By Eize de Vries

Japanese PV power: New support framework boosts the market..................... 64
The announcement of the ‘Fukuda Vision’ programme by the former Prime Minister of Japan has engendered a raft of new policy support measures for greater introduction of PV. Governments, utilities companies and the PV sector are aboard.
By Izumi Kaizuka and Osamu Ikki

A look at wind’s key players: What next in wind .......................................... 71
A number of strong players are emerging as the wind sector matures into one of the world’s most promising energy markets. Here, we examine a dozen companies which already make an impact on the global market.
By David Appleyard

Tough times ahead: Will the US industry need a new story?....... 80
Investment in renewable energy technologies has traditionally suffered from a tail-off as the US economy declines. However, the twin issues of security of energy supply and climate change are set to break this conventional economic mould.
By Elisa Wood

Flexible thin-film technology: A novel metallization paste ...........................91
The commercial development of grid-parity flexible thin-film photovoltaic technology has taken a step closer with the development of a new flexible silver-based metallization paste.
By Hong-Sik Hwang, Lee Kresge, James Slattery, and Ning-Cheng Lee

Burning issues: An update on the wood pellet market......... 99
Common across central and northern Europe, burning wood pellets for heat and power yields considerable environmental and economic benefits. Nonetheless, even in a growing market, problems and challenges to greater utilization of this superb resource remain.
By Christiane Egger and Christine Oehlinger

Speaking of wind: Discussions from Germany.........................106
Organized by DEWI, the German wind energy institute, the 9th DEWEK bi-annual technical wind energy conference took place in late November in Bremen. Here we take a look at some presentation highlights
By Eize de Vries

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