Business Network for Offshore Wind Opens Office in New Jersey
On the sixth anniversary of Gov. Chris Christie’s signing the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act, the Business Network for Offshore Wind, a leader in...
Thai Wind Investments Come to Fruition
Modern Energy Management (MEM) worked with Gunkul Engineering, a leading Thai renewable electricity producer, to bring three wind projects to financial close. The three...
Advance Warning Advantage
Before the next maintenance inspection for a wind turbine, much can happen. At every turn, critical components can be moving toward failure. Wind turbines...
Protecting the Blades
Every year, wind-turbine blades face numerous environmental and weather challenges — including rain, hail, blowing sand, and salt spray — that can cause significant...
New Coating Booth Reduces Lead Times for Extra-Large Parts
Fusion Inc. in Houston has just completed its largest, state-of-the-art coating booth to help make the coating of larger components a less arduous process.
Coatings...
Trailer Provides Maximum Flexibility for Hauling Oversized Equipment
For more than a decade, Talbert Manufacturing, a North American leader in specialized heavy-haul solutions, has manufactured its 55CC close-coupled lowbed trailer. The trailer...
CSZ Electromagnetic Actuated Clutches Have Zero-Backlash Design
Miki Pulley’s CSZ Electromagnetic Actuated Clutches are for direct sale to OEMs in North America.
These CSZ Clutches have zero-backlash design. They use the magnetic...
Trelleborg Launches New Boat Landing Systems Maintenance Service
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has launched a new maintenance service for Boat Landing Systems (BLS). The new service is designed to identify degradation in...
Innovative Wind Turbine Monitor Developed
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received a patent for its self-regulating terrestrial turbine control through environmental sensing.
Wind energy is a widespread clean alternative...
System Monitors Motion and Impact of Offshore Vessels
UK Electronic Solutions (part of NSSLGlobal Group), has created a new self-contained motion and impact monitoring system suited to offshore vessels.
The system, Oceanic Dynamics,...
Flexible Coupler Kit Eliminates Need for Bonding Jumper
The T&B® Cable Tray flexible coupler kit from Thomas & Betts (T&B) features a bendable plate that allows for electrical continuity, which eliminates the...
Senvion Acquires Kenersys Assets in India
Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, will acquire the wind-turbine nacelle production facilities and infrastructure, complete product portfolio suite, wind turbine inventory,...
High-Power Density CD Couplings Have Smaller Machine Footprint Designs
The quest for smaller machine footprints continues as designers seek new ways to reduce machine size while increasing output. The Zero-Max CD coupling provides...
A.K. Suda Liftboat Delivered to Owners
A.K. Suda has completed the design of a 320-foot (97.5-meter) truss-legged liftboat. This vessel was recently delivered to its owners. The vessel follows on...
Vestas Receives 100 MW Order in Michigan
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power has ordered 29 V126-3.45 MW turbines from Vestas. The turbines will be deployed at the 100 MW Apple Blossom...
Siemens to Supply 64 Wind Turbines for U.S. Onshore Project
Siemens has received an order to supply, install, and commission 64 onshore wind turbines for the onshore Grant Plains Wind project in Oklahoma for...
Adwen and Winergy Develop the Worldâs Biggest Gearbox
Adwen and Winergy have developed the biggest gearbox in the world for Adwen’s AD 8-180 offshore wind turbine. With an input torque of close...
Report: Canada Can Reliably Integrate Large Amounts of Wind Energy
Canada can get more than one-third of its electricity from wind energy without compromising grid reliability — and at the same time realize economic...
Wind Investment Grows During the Second Quarter
U.S. wind-industry activity approached record levels in the second quarter as utilities and other purchasers locked in record-low wind costs.
More than 18,200 MW of...
New York Gets Historic Clean-Energy Standard
The New York Public Service Commission recently issued an order requiring 50 percent of New York’s electricity come from renewable, clean energy resources such...
