LM Wind Power to close factory in Brazil with 1,000 jobs lost GE Vernova-owned LM Wind Power will close its only manufacturing plant in South America, leading to the loss of
Uruguay has reached levels of wind energy participation in the energy matrix that make it rank among the top countries in the world. The levels of wind power in the country,
LM Wind Power was acquired by GE in 2017, and the US giant continued to invest in the plant at first, but has since gone on the retreat in Brazil as part of a long-running rationalization drive.
Researchers studying decommissioned wind and solar farms in Italy, Spain, Venezuela, and Argentina have found that weak regulations risk leaving more abandoned
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A History of Clean Energy Uruguay''s journey towards clean energy began long ago, with projects like the Caracoles Wind Farm, developed by UNDP and the Global
Japanese multinational Yazaki has closed its two plants in Uruguay, leaving 1,500 workers—1,000 of them women—unemployed. The union is demanding that the factories reopen.
Uruguay illustrates how targeted sectoral policy — in this case, regulatory reforms and government-funded demonstrations of renewable technologies — can catalyze private
The cost of wind energy fell markedly over the period in question. In addition, Uruguay began to export electricity during surges. Even so, Uruguay historically has some of
Around 1,000 workers at a Brazilian turbine blade factory owned by LM Wind Power face losing their jobs after the GE Vernova subsidiary decided to end production there.
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