Tuesday, March 19, 2024

HyperSizer Express Is Designed for the Wind-Industry Composite Engineer

Manufacturers in an ever-widening array of industries are discovering the versatility of composites for strong, lightweight designs. Whatever the application, for the most cost-efficient...

Senvion Acquires Euros as Next Step of Its Product Strategy

Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has acquired 100 percent of the shares of Euros Group in an all-cash transaction, just three...

Vestas Wins 65 MW Order in Sweden

Long-term partner OX2 has placed an order for 18 V126-3.45 MW turbines with power-optimized mode to 3.6 MW for the Högkölen wind-power project in...

Whirlpool Breaks Ground on Latest Ohio Wind-Power Project

Whirlpool Corporation recently broke ground on a project to build three wind turbines to help power its Marion, Ohio, manufacturing facility. The three turbines...

Siemens Celebrates Topping Out Ceremony at New Germany Turbine Factory

Siemens recently celebrated the topping out ceremony for its new wind-turbine manufacturing facility in Cuxhaven, Germany, attended by Parliamentary State Secretary Enak Ferlemann, Lower...

Siemens Receives Order for Onshore Wind Project in South Korea

Siemens Wind Power has received an order to supply 17 direct drive wind turbines for the Uljin onshore wind power plant in Gyeongsangbuk province...

Dong and Eversource Partner to Make Large-Scale Offshore Wind in the U.S.

Dong Energy is teaming up with Eversource Energy — the premiere transmission builder in New England — who has acquired a 50 percent ownership...

Acciona’s South Texas Wind Farm Begins Commercial Operation

Acciona Energy, a leading global operator of renewable energy projects, recently announced the San Roman Wind Farm has begun commercial operation. The 93 MW...

Bradley Construction Management Signs Wind-Energy Agreement

Bradley Construction Management has entered into an agreement to provide comprehensive on-site construction management services for the 253 MW Amazon Wind Farm Texas under...

Wind Buyers in the South Should Act Quickly

Wind-power prices have reached record lows. For utilities and corporate buyers interested in buying clean, renewable energy, now is the time to buy. But...

Ventotec Signs Framework Agreement for 200 Siemens Wind Turbines

German wind-power plant project developer Ventotec GmbH is looking to work closely with Siemens. The firm, headquartered at Leer in East Friesland, signed a framework...

GCube Underwrites 4 GW of Canadian Wind Energy — 33 percent of All Wind...

GCube Insurance Services, a specialist renewable energy underwrite, now provides coverage for more than 4 GW of Canadian wind assets. This figure is expected...

Grounding: The Key to Lightning Protection

By their very nature, wind turbines end up in harsh locations where damage from volatile weather makes them vulnerable. In fact, wind turbines may be...

A Turbine Grease for Lower Temperatures

ExxonMobil has developed Mobil SHC™ Grease 102 WT, a synthetic wind-turbine grease that can protect pitch, yaw, and generator bearings from extreme temperature conditions...

Modulift Centerpiece to Gantry-Crawler Crane Tandem Lift

A Modulift spreader was combined with a 45-meter-long beam attached to a gantry and a crawler crane in order to tandem lift 760-metric-ton monopiles...

Altitec Seals International Blade Inspection Contract

Blade repair and inspection specialist Altitec has partnered with a leading manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines to provide end of warranty (EOW)...

Looking at the Data

Improving wind-turbine reliability to 99.5 percent will require new data analysis approaches across the industry because existing techniques keep the sector from going above...

HV Cast Resin Joints Rated to 170 kV for Pluggable Cable Connections

Pfisterer has expanded its line of gas-free joints with the dry, pluggable Connex size 6 cast resin joint. The new cable connection for voltages...

High Reliability Slip Ring Brings New Tech to Turbines

Moog Components Group Limited, a division of Moog Inc., has announced the introduction of a new pitch control slip ring. The EPA3 slip ring...

Siemens and Duke Energy Offering More Services to Wind-Energy Operators

Siemens and Duke Energy Renewable Services announced an agreement to offer North American wind-farm owners operations and maintenance services for multiple brands of wind...