Due to higher, more consistent wind speeds at sea, offshore wind turbines can generate substantially more energy than onshore wind turbines. Offshore wind farms may reach capacity factors in the range of 50%. Even considering the planning constraints relating to shipping lanes, fishing, bird migration, and the like, the world has abundant space for offshore projects....
Siemens' Service Departments (click here)
Siemens Wind Power offers wind turbine service all over the world through our wind power service offices or through Siemens' global network of service offices. Our service departments are always up to date with the most recent developments, and they are able to provide service at very short notice, always subject to the highest priority to quality and safety.
BRANDE, Denmark (main office)
BREMEN, Germany
NEWTOWN, Wales, UK
WICKSHAW, Scotland, UK
HOUSTON, Texas, USA
The service departments carry out service on 4,000 turbines all over the world. Furthermore, in collaboration with customers and business partners, the service of an additional 1,300 turbines is supported.
Wind turbine instillation.
...A total of 43% of Americans say the national economy is getting worse, which is the highest in American Research Group monthly polling since June and is up from 25% in September. And 9% say their household financial situations are getting better, which is down from 16% in August, 14% in September, and 12% in October. (click here)...
Wind turbine installation.
Wind turbines being transported.
Wind turbine assembly plant.
...Main Street received a pleasant surprise on Dec. 4 (click title to entry - thank you): The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in November, with the jobless rate edging lower to 10.0%. Some market players were worried that job losses would actually exceed the median estimate of economists of 114,000—and that the unemployment rate would actually move as high as 10.5%, according to market "whisper" numbers reported by Action Economics....
