drive train wind News
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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