Meantime, Spanish wind developer Gamesa is suspending its plans to build off the Virginia coastline, citing the need for financing at a time of political uncertainty.

FORBES: Offshore Wind Projects Could Provide Refreshing Energy Source

Consider that Spanish wind developer Gamesa Corp. said that it had to fire 165 workers in Pennsylvania in the fall because Congress was using the credit as a political bargaining chip.

FORBES: Wind Energy: Twisting and Turning and Getting Bent out of Shape

The deputy first minister highlighted investments from electronics firm Mitsubishi, Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa and Korean firm Doosan Power Systems.

BBC: First minister's questions

So while Gamesa and Areva are among the wind turbine generators saying they want to manufacture in Scotland, they're not committing until they have orders, and commitments for orders are still some way off.

BBC: Cooking without gas

He says Gamesa, which also builds and runs wind parks, is a safer bet, since it has long-term contracts with the large Spanish utilities.

FORBES: Clean and Green

Backed by Dow Chemical, they hope to use this technology to challenge the big and established wind energy giants (Siemens, Vestas, Enercon, Gamesa, GE, and a small number of other highly capitalized players) in the offshore frontier.

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Tanti is aiming high and wants to close the gap with Suzlon's biggest European competitors, Denmark's Vestas Wind Systems, Germany's Enercon and Spain's Gamesa.

FORBES: Wind Man

The First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy fund is more weighted towards turbine manufactures and, like PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio, contains top producers like Vestas (VTR) and Gamesa (GCTAF).

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