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Vestas' Struggles Continue, More Layoffs To Come

The Greeley Tribune | Sharon Dunn | Posted 05.09.2013 | Denver
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Vestas Wind Systems continued to see a bunch of negatives in its financial condition this quarter. In all, the struggling Danish company with four ma...

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Wind to Lead Phase-Out of Energy Subsidies?

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 03.25.2013 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Fred Hewitt, Siemens, Off-Shore Wind, American Wind Energy Association, Turbines, Vestas, Production Tax Credit, Green News
Carol Pierson Holding

What galls Energy Policy Expert Fred Hewitt is that energy subsidies have been a fixture of American policy since the dawn of the fossil fuel era, and yet lawmakers refuse to make subsides for wind anywhere near permanent.

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Congratulations, You're Mediocre — Now What to Do

Morten Albaek | Posted 02.18.2013 | Business
Read More: Vestas, Jack Black, Bodhidharma, Self-Deception, Malcolm Gladwell, Steve Jobs, Martha Raddatz, Enlightenment Economy, Edward Hadas, Department of Labor, OECD?S International Student Assessment, Global Innovation Index, Business News
Morten Albaek

We tend to think of ourselves as more talented, knowledgeable, and indispensable than others. The danger of this inflated self-image is thinking we don't need to work harder than our competition.

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Lucia Graves

Fiscal Cliff Uncertainty Already Hurting Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.08.2012 | Business
Read More: Wind Power, Lay-Offs, Green Jobs, Unemployment, Vestas, Wind Industry, Renewable Energy, Fiscal Cliff, Manufacturing, Construction, Wind Turbines, Production Tax Credit, Tax Extensions, Business News

Andrew Sipres spent much of the fall waiting to hear if he'd been let go. The Vestas plant in Brighton, Colo., where he worked manufacturing blades fo...

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Have You Witnessed the Change?

Valerie Berset-Price | Posted 06.19.2012 | Business
Read More: Change, Global Economy, Human Rights, International Business, Imf, India, China, Vestas, Business News
Valerie Berset-Price

What is of interest here to note is that for the first time ever, investors have more confidence in a Chinese-owned company than in a European one, which truly puts in perspective how much things have changed in our world economy.

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Vestas Profits Tumble, Chairman Resigns

AP | Posted 02.08.2012 | Denver
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The chairman of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines in terms of revenue, will step down after t...

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Vestas To Lay Off 2,300 Workers

AP | JAN M. OLSEN | Posted 03.13.2012 | Denver
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines in terms of revenue, said Thursday it is to lay off 2,...

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Vestas Wind Turbine Maker Plans To Hire 850 In Colorado

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
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DENVER — Vestas Wind Systems says it will hire 850 people at two Colorado plants that manufacture wind turbine components. Vestas said Tuesday ...

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Vestas Wind Systems Receives Order For 139 Turbines To Be Used East Of Denver

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
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DENVER — Vestas Wind Systems has received an order for 139 turbines from Renewable Energy Systems Americas for a wind farm RES Americas is build...

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Hickenlooper: Vestas Closing Like 'A Short Term Punch In The Stomach,' Not 'End Of The World'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Vestas Closing, John Hickenlooper, Colorado Windmill Manufacturer, Vestas, Denver News

When Vestas Wind systems announced Tuesday that it would temporarily be halting production at its Colorado blade manufacturing plant, Colorado Democra...

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Energy Issues Likely To Dominate Colo. Governor's Race

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
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DENVER — Taxes, jobs, budget shortfalls – the usual fodder for political wrangling is already spurring debate in the Colorado governor's r...

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Building a Green Economy

Adele Stan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Adele Stan

We all say we want to go green, but do we all see the same kinds of change when we imagine an eco-friendly economy? In Denver, Colo., Tom Plant, dire...

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