drive train wind News

MHI Begins Test Operation of Large-Scale Wind Power Generation System Adopting a Hydraulic Drive Train

- A World's First, at Yokohama Dockyard & Machinery Works - Tokyo, Jan 24, 2013 - (JCN Newswire) - In December Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) commenced test operation at its Yokohama Dockyard & Machinery Works of a large-scale wind power generation system that adopts a hydraulic drive train in place of the earlier gear-driven system. The test operation is a part of the project ...

Jan. 24, 2013

By Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI)

GE to Provide Wind Service Coverage for Entire First Wind GE Fleet

First Wind, a Boston-based independent wind energy company, has selected GE (NYSE: GE) as its service provider for the company’s entire fleet of 264 GE wind turbines at eight sites across the United States. The eight-year comprehensive service agreement expands upon existing contracts with First Wind, and is the first contract to cover an entire fleet of ...

Sep. 8, 2011

By General Electric

ETI unveils plans to design world’s largest open access indoor test facility for offshore wind turbines

Plans to design the world’s largest open access offshore wind turbine drive train test rig have been announced by the UK’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). Two companies - Converteam and HORIBA Instruments - are delivering competing designs for an indoor test-rig capable of dynamically testing a complete wind turbine drive train and nacelle with input power up to 15MW. The rig, to be built ...

Feb. 17, 2010

By Energy Technologies Institute LLP (ETI)

MTS Technology Enables Innovation In Offshore Renewable Energy

MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, today announced that the MTS Non-Torque Loading (NTL) System has been installed and accepted at the 3MW Drive Train Test Facility (3 megawatt) of the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec), located in Blyth, Northumberland, UK. The MTS NTL system is used to apply complex, ...

Mar. 18, 2013

By National Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC)

Kidney - UK offshore wind towers above the rest

Up to £4.8m to accelerate R&D and drive down costs in offshore wind UK’s first training tower for offshore wind opens in Blyth The offshore wind supply chain got a double boost today as David Kidney, Minister for Energy and Climate Change, announced a major extension of the programme worth up to £4.8m, and opened the UK’s first training tower for offshore wind. The Offshore Wind ...

Mar. 18, 2010

By Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Charles Hendry visit shows Scottish green growth in action

Minister of State Charles Hendry saw the positive effects of Government support for Scottish renewable energy projects during an official visit to Edinburgh today. He began his trip with a visit to Artemis Intelligent Power, an innovative green technology company based in the City. Artemis was one of the first recipients of a DECC grant as part of the Low Carbon Energy Demonstration programme. ...

Feb. 20, 2012

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

DOE announces nearly US$14m to go to 28 new wind energy projects

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced the selection of 28 new wind energy projects for up to $13.8 million in funding – including $12.8 million in Recovery Act funds. These projects will help address market and deployment challenges including wind turbine research and testing and transmission analysis, planning, assessments. Along with the new awards, Secretary Chu ...

Jul. 17, 2009

By US Department of Energy

Secretary Chu announces US$93m from Recovery Act to support wind energy projects

In an ongoing effort to expand domestic renewable energy, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced plans to provide $93 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support further development of wind energy in the United States during a visit to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory today. Secretary Chu also announced more than $100 million in funding from the ...

Apr. 30, 2009

By U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy