Gail Rajgor

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Siemens secures 1.8GW supply deal for its 6MW offshore machine from Dong

The deal covers 300 Siemens 6MW wind turbines planned for installation at Dong Energy's offshore wind farms in the UK in the period 2014-2017. The newly developed 6MW direct drive machine has a 154m...

Wind: Getting O&M under control

Part 6. Gail Rajgor looks at the importance of adopting a proactive O&M strategy in boosting the bottom line.

Finance for wind farms

When it comes to financing a wind farm there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Tailoring the right funding structure for a wind development depends on where in the world you plan to build, what scale...

What is an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)?

Planning permission and consents can be the death of many a renewable energy project. Which is why it remains vital to properly assess the environmental impacts of development.

Wind power: from conception to reality – an overview

In the first of a special Renewable Energy Focus series looking at the key stages and processes involved in taking a wind project from A to Z, Gail Rajgor gives some rules of thumb that are vital from...

China gets serious on offshore wind

Even with downgraded expectations for China’s offshore wind market, there is still a major opportunity for the country to power up its coastal regions from turbines at sea. And so, even as some...

EU renewables: will the decade belong to onshore wind?

Onshore wind is set to be the star technology in helping the EU’s 27 Member States to meet their mandatory targets for 20% of the EU’s energy to come from renewable energy sources by 2020. Gail Rajgor...