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Taller wind turbines drive growth but raise reliability risks, experts warn
Advances in wind power technology will open up new project opportunities but operators must tackle growing size and site climate challenges to minimize costs, North American wind experts said at the Wind O&M Canada 2018 conference. In North America and Europe, wind power developers face increasing cost pressure following the removal of subsidies. Wind suppliers have responded by ...
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Video: Innovations in offshore wind turbine foundations drive down cost
Innovative Bucket Foundations on their way for first stage of construction at the world's largest offshore wind farm The innovative suction-installed foundations that represent the first stage of construction at the world's largest offshore wind farm are now on their way to the site at Dogger Bank, 125 kilometres off the UK's east coast. The structures, known as Bucket Foundations, will support ...
By Carbon Trust
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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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GE Prototype of World’s Most Efficient High-Output Wind Turbine Operational at European Test Site
GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that a prototype of the world’s most efficient high-output wind turbine, the new 2.5-120, is operational at a test site in Wieringermeer, Netherlands. The 2.5-120 is the company’s first brilliant wind turbine, driving higher power output, improving service productivity and creating new revenue streams for customers. The 2.5-120, announced in January, ...
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Camden Hills Regional High School Wins Two National Environmental Education Awards
Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport, Maine has been awarded a 2012 Presidential Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) for installing a wind turbine on the school’s campus. Camden Hills’ teacher, Margo Murphy also won the 2013 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators for her leadership and work on this project. The PEYA program promotes awareness of our nation's ...
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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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Torque Wind Turbine Video Online - How does it work?
Torque Wind Turbine presents a video where viewers can see the turbine rotating. It is a wind turbine that not only looks completely different than the wind turbines we are used to, it also works in a different way. It is a very dynamic and intelligent wind turbine that can work in nearly all circumstances from low wind speeds up to high storm wind speeds. It uses wind energy although the wind ...
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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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Global Wind Turbine Gearbox Market to Exceed $8 Billion by 2020, Wind Rotor Blades Drop to 49K Units Installed
The global wind power market witnessed tremendous growth in 2011, as annual wind power capacity installations recovered after a slight dip in 2010. In fact, Global wind energy installed capacity increased at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 26.5% from 74,122 Megawatts (MW) in 2006 to 240,000 MW in 2011. The wind turbine industry provides employment to over 450,000 people worldwide. ...
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Siemens Gamesa delivers wind turbines for four onshore projects in Germany with a total capacity of 50 megawatts
Proven direct-drive technology is being deployed in new Onshore projects in Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, for which Siemens Gamesa will deliver 16 wind turbines with a total capacity of 50.6 megawatts (MW)1. Individualized planning and flexible technology helped some of these projects to qualify for the necessary approvals: in Geestpark Almdorf, Siemens Gamesa fully met site ...
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National Wind Technology Center Begins First Validation of Wave Energy Conversion Device
The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has begun validation work on the first water power technology ever tested in an NREL dynamometer facility. “Though designed to benefit the wind industry, the NWTC’s large dynamometer facility is being leveraged to help advance new ocean energy technology,” ...
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National Wind Technology Center begins first Validation of Wave Energy Conversion Device
The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has begun validation work on the first water power technology ever tested in an NREL dynamometer facility. Representatives from Columbia Power Technologies, NREL and project partners celebrate the start of generator testing for the Columbia Power wave energy generator. "Though ...
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Siemens to Open U.S. Wind Service Distribution Center in Woodward, Oklahoma
With a continued strategic focus on providing increased efficiency to its wind power customers, Siemens Energy today announced plans for implementation of new wind service warehousing operations in Woodward, Oklahoma. Construction of two facilities will begin this month and is expected to be completed by the end of 2011. With a total of 64,000 square feet, the combined main component, tooling and ...
By Siemens AG
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Innovation in world´s largest floating wind farm by Siemens Gamesa can open new offshore areas
Five Siemens Gamesa turbines of Six-Megawatt-class have now been installed on floating foundations in Stord, Norway, at the 30 MW “Hywind Scotland” project – the world’s largest floating wind farm Strong collaboration between Siemens Gamesa and Norwegian company Statoil can make a new step towards unlocking offshore areas in the future and develop a niche into a large ...
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Siemens well on track to become one of the world’s top three providers of wind turbines
Siemens continues to expand its international manufacturing network in the rapidly growing wind power business: This week, the technology company opened in Shanghai its first rotor blade manufacturing plant in China, a new nacelle production in Hutchinson, Kansas, and has selected Tillsonburg in Ontario for its Canadian rotor blade manufacturing site. The investment volume for the three new ...
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Fukushima Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project Second Phase Update
A consortium comprised of Marubeni (project integrator), the University of Tokyo (technical advisor), Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric, Shimizu, and Mizuho Information & Research, has been participating in an experimental offshore floating wind farm ...
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Siemens Opens U.S. Wind Service Distribution Center in Woodward, Oklahoma
Siemens Energy, along with state and local public officials, and a host of community leaders, celebrated the official grand opening of the new 64,000-square-foot wind service distribution center in Woodward, Oklahoma, today. The establishment of this new facility underscores Siemens' commitment to providing increased efficiency to its wind power customers throughout the region. With its ...
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Offshore wind developers see ripe conditions for zero-subsidy bids
Project efficiency gains, supportive funding markets, and growing demand from corporate customers will support zero-subsidy projects in the coming years but electrification growth is required longer term, leading developers told the 2018 Offshore Wind Europe conference. Last month, the UK government set maximum offshore wind prices of 56 pounds/MWh (62.8 euros/MWh, $71.4/MWh) and 53 ...
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Europe installs record 3.6 GW offshore wind in 2019; Shell-EDPR group sets lowest US offshore price
Our pick of the latest wind power news you need to know. Europe offshore wind installs rise 33% on year to 3.6 GW Europe installed a record 3.6 GW of offshore wind capacity in 2019, led by continuing growth in the dominant UK and German markets, industry association WindEurope said in its annual market report published February 6. Installations were 33% higher than in 2018 and 16% higher ...
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GE Breaks Ground on World-Class Inspection Technologies Customer Applications Center and Training Academy at Lewistown, Pa. Facility
Positioning itself to meet the growing demand for industrial and infrastructure inspection technology solutions worldwide, GE (NYSE: GE) today announced it is investing more than $10 million to expand its Inspection Technologies headquarters site in Lewistown, Pa. Key features of the expansion project include a new global customer applications center as well as ...
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