Company Profile: Broadwind Energy, Inc.
Just as a wind technician’s adjustments ensure that a turbine is operating in top form, smart companies are constantly fine-tuning their operations as well....
Company Profile: Alignment Supplies, Inc.
Just as the North American wind industry benefits from the expertise of companies that have been active in the more-mature European market for many...
Company Profile: BS Rotor Technic U.S.A.
Anyone who’s waited too long to change the oil in their car and experienced an expensive—and avoidable—meltdown is fully aware of the high price...
Company Profile: NRG Systems, Inc.
It’s one thing to talk about being a good environmental steward, but one Vermont-based manufacturer of wind measurement systems and turbine controls provides proof...
Company Profile: ACCIONA Windpower
As part of a company founded more than 160 years ago, and today a leader in manufacturing cutting-edge turbines, ACCIONA Windpower is firmly rooted...
Company Profile: FARO Technologies, Inc.
When Simon Raab and Greg Fraser met some 30 years ago while working toward their doctorates in biomedical engineering at McGill University, they bonded...
Construction Profile: Geopier Foundation Co.
Wind farm developers understand the critical nature of providing adequate foundation support in advance of erecting towers, since soft soils can lead to poor...
Maintenance Profile: Eaton Corporation
Founded in 1911, Eaton Corporation has grown from a supplier of small truck parts based in Bloomfield, New Jersey, to a global diversified power...
Manufacturing Profile: Lincoln Electric Co.
When John C. Lincoln founded The Lincoln Electric Company in 1895, he did so with a capital investment of $250 and with the sole...
Company Profile: PH Windsolutions, Inc.
As wind turbines grow larger, so do blades, requiring ultra-efficient manufacturing processes that ensure the highest possible structural integrity. And with blade-manufacturing facilities under...
Company Profile: GL Garrad Hassan
The year was 1984, and Drs. Andrew Garrad and Unsal Hassan had been working for the Wind Energy Group—an R&D venture comprised of three...
Company Profile: Bergey Windpower Co.
After serving as assistant chief engineer at the Piper Development Center, where he designed aircraft such as the Piper Cherokee, and then working in...
Company Profile: AWS Truepower
As is the case with many successful companies, the early years are spent following lucrative opportunities that present themselves along the way. Without pausing...
Company Profile: Safety Supply South
Whether it involves the erection of new towers or O&M services for existing turbines, wind farm project managers know that when their crews arrive,...
Company Profile: Nordic Windpower
In many ways Nordic Windpower’s approach to harvesting the wind is highly academic in nature, backed by tens of millions invested over decades of...
Company Profile: Mortenson Construction
After spending three decades working in the construction industry, M.A. Mortenson, Sr., decided that it was time to start a company of his own....
Company Profile: Carolina Gear & Components Ltd.
As the wind industry continues its upward trajectory throughout North America, some gear manufacturing companies will be better prepared to service the market’s needs...
Company Profile: Parkline, Inc.
When you delve into the history of many companies you’ll often discover humble origins, with the founders making their debut in a basement, garage,...
Company Profile: DMI Industries, Inc.
It has been said that when one door closes, another one opens. For DMI Industries that door opened wide in 1999, when it was...
Maintenance Profile: enXco Service Corp.
In the early days of the North-American wind industry, California’s Altamont Pass was a hotbed of wind-farm development. As the towers were erected, and...
