wind turbine monitoring News
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Timken Online Intelligence System to Monitor Wind Turbines in Minnesota
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced it has reached an agreement with Northern States Power-Minnesota, an Xcel Energy Company, for remote monitoring of wind turbines at Xcel Energy's Nobles Wind Farm in southern Minnesota. Timken will supply 134 of its Online Intelligence Systems (OIS) for the 1.5‑megawatt wind turbines at the facility. The initial agreement includes two years of condition ...
By FirstEnergy
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PCB Piezotronics Releases New Brochure `Sensors for Power Generation and Reciprocating Equipment Monitoring`
Depew, NY, USA – PCB Piezotronics (PCB®) has announced the release of a 4-page, full-color brochure, entitled, “Sensors for Power Generation and Reciprocating Equipment Monitoring”, which provides an overview of sensors to address the demanding requirements of the power generation, reciprocating equipment, and oil, gas and petrochemical equipment industries. These products include high ...
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Wind turbines not a risk to human health, says MIT study
The review took into consideration health effects such as stress, annoyance and sleep disturbance among others that have, in the past, been raised in association with living close to wind turbines. "No clear or consistent association is seen between noise from wind turbines and any reported disease or other indicator of harm to human health" the study found. The MIT authors considered a number ...
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NIB allocates EUR 25 million to Danish Vestas for wind turbine innovation
NIB and Danish Vestas Wind Systems A/S have signed a new 4.5-year loan agreement totalling EUR 25 million for financing Vestas' R&D programme. The loan, which is an extension of the EUR 30 million loan NIB signed with Vestas in December 2009, is earmarked for developing a new type of a 3 MW wind turbine for low and medium wind regimes. The R&D programme is focused on improving the design ...
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PGE Energia Natury PEW Selects GE Turbines for Polish Wind Farm
Sixteen GE 2.5-100 Wind Turbines to Power the Karwice Wind Farm Farm to produce 40 megawatts (MW) of power for Poland and region Project Further Establishes GE’s Commitment to Renewable Energy in Poland Helping to modernize the Polish power infrastructure and reinforcing its commitment to the country’s energy sector, GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that it will provide PGE ...
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Sweden’s Erikshester Wind Farm to be Powered by GE Turbines
Six GE 1.6-100 Wind Turbines Will be Installed at Erikshester Wind Farm GE Continues to Play a Significant Role in Sweden’s Growing Renewables Industry Contract Includes Five-Year Service Agreement Further advancing its growth in the Nordic region, GE (NYSE: GE) will provide Erikshester Vindpark AB (Erikshester Wind Farm), located in Vetlanda, Sweden, with six GE 1.6-100 wind ...
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Toto Costruzioni Selects GE Wind Turbines to Power Italy’s Puglia Region
First Order for GE’s 2.85-Megawatt Wind Turbines in Italy Toto Costruzioni’s Inaugural Wind Farm in Ponte Albanito Project Marks Sixth GE-Powered Wind Farm in Puglia, Italy GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that it will supply Toto Costruzioni S.p.A. with eight GE 2.85-103 wind turbines for a wind farm in the Puglia region of Italy. The wind farm operator is Ponte Albanito S.r.l., ...
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Frost & Sullivan Lauds GE`s Bently Nevada Line for Creating Enhanced Customer Value Through the Development of Sophisticated Condition Monitoring Systems
Based on its recent analysis of the condition monitoring market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes GE's Bently Nevada® product line, a unit of GE Measurement & Control Solutions, with the 2011 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement. The company leverages more than 50 years of experience in condition monitoring to understand the issues of customers in a wide ...
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EDF Renewable Services Signs Operations and Maintenance Agreement With MidAmerican Renewables for 81 Megawatts
EDF Renewable Services -- formerly enXco Service Corporation -- has signed a multi-year agreement with Bishop Hill Energy II LLC, a subsidiary of both MidAmerican Renewables and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, to provide operations and maintenance services for the 81 megawatt (MW) Bishop Hill II Wind Project. The project, located near the town of Galva, northwest of Peoria, Illinois, is ...
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Kinangop Wind Farm in Kenya to be Powered by 38 GE Wind Turbines
One of the Largest Wind Power Generation Projects to be Built in Sub-Saharan Africa Iberdrola Engineering to Build the 61-Megawatt Wind Farm; Aeolus Kenya Developing Project Planned Energy Mix Will Give Kenya’s Population the Reliability of Supply and Contribute to the Social and Economic Development of Kenya GE to Provide 38 1.6-MW Wind Turbines and Operations and Maintenance for 10 ...
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