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Environment

The making of a windfarm - in pictures

Wind Energy: Visitors stand next to a window decorate
A wind energy fair in Husum, northern Germany, September 2010 Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images
Wind Energy: DMI Industries Wind Turbine Manufacturing Plant
Wind turbine towers are welded at the DMI Industries plant in Stevensville, Ontario, Canada, June 2011
Photograph: Norm Betts/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Martifer Turbine And Solar Panels Production
Artur Carmo, of Martifer Energy Systems SGPS SA, inspects the inside of a wind turbine stem at the company's manufacturing centre in Oliveira de Frades, Portugal, August 2010 Photograph: Mario Proenca/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Estonian Economy
Employees at the ABB AG factory work on a components for a wind turbine generator at the company's plant in Tallinn, Estonia, November 2011 Photograph: Simon Dawson/Getty Images
Wind Energy: China Strives To Develope New Energy
A wind turbine is assembled at the Guodian United Power Technology Company in Baoding city, Hebei province, China, June 2011 Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Vestas Wind Turbine Factory Visit
Blades for Vestas Wind Systems A/S wind turbines are stored at the company's factory in Tianjin, China, September 2010
Photograph: Nelson Ching/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Inside Siemens Wind Turbine Plant
Finished wind turbine blades stored ahead of shipping at the Siemens AG plant in Aalborg, Denmark, November 2011
Photograph: Timothy Fadek/Getty Images
Wind Energy: In a picture taken on September 30, 2010
Wind turbine blades ready to be transported from a factory in China's northern Hubei province, September 2010 Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP
Wind Energy: BARD Group Building Offshore Wind Parks
Massive three-pronged legs made from steel at the Cuxhaven Steel Construction GmbH facility in Cuxhaven, Germany, are prepared for transportation to the North Sea, where they were to be used in Germany's first offshore windfarm Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Vestas Wind Systems Turbines Assembly At The SMUD Power Plant
Parts of a Vestas Wind Systems A/S turbine await assembly at the Sacramento Municipal Utility District wind power plant in Rio Vista, California, November 2011 Photograph: Ken James/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Suzlon Wind Turbine Assembly At Edison Mission Group's Big Sky Wind Farm
A Suzlon Energy wind turbine during construction at the Edison Mission Group Big Sky windfarm in Ohio, Illinois, September 2010
Photograph: Daniel Acker/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Operations at International Power Canada's Plateau Wind Farm
A crane hoists the hub and blades for a 1.5 megawatt wind turbine being built at International Power Canada's Plateau windfarm in Ontario, Canada, September 2011 Photograph: Norm Betts/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Operations at International Power Canada's Plateau Wind Farm
Still in Ontario, a worker guides the hub and blades of the wind turbine into position Photograph: Norm Betts/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Operations At Capital Wind Farm
Sturt Daley, site manager, stands atop a wind turbine nacelle at Capital Wind Farm in Bungendore, Australia, December 2010 Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty Images
Wind Energy: Operations At Capital Wind Farm
Still in Australia, a wind turbine operates at the Capital Wind Farm Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty Images
Wind Energy: NaturEner Wind Turbine Farm Tour
Acciona turbines operate at the NaturEner USA LLC Glacier windfarm in Ethridge, Montana, August 2010
Photograph: Andrew Harrer/Getty Images
Wind Energy: China Resources Power Wind Farm Visit
Wind turbines belonging to China Resources New Energy Group spin in Shantou, Guangdong province, China, January 2011 Photograph: Forbes Conrad/Getty Images
Wind Energy: China Resources Power Wind Farm Visit
An electric substation at a wind turbine location in Shantou Photograph: Forbes Conrad/Getty Images
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