Tilt-up met tower now reaches 80 m

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Excerpt: In response to industry demand to measure the wind at greater heights, NRG Systems now offers an 80-meter tilt-up tower. Built on the same platform as the company’s 60-m XHD system, the taller model uses bolted joints for a stiffer, stronger tower, while offering familiar installation and perf …

AWEA Wind Power Supply Chain Workshop: Logistics

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Excerpt: Moderator: Nikhil Amin, President, Trinity Logistics Group Panel: - Vikash Patel, Transportation & Logistics Manager, GE Energy Logistics - Sally Chope, Transportation & Logistics Manager, Siemens - Terrance Moore, Dir. Business Development, American Electric Power (AEP) River Operatio …

Hazards and job opportunities in offshore wind construction

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Excerpt: Constructing offshore wind farms differs considerably from onshore work in that it introduces new hazards and opportunities. For a better view of what’s in store for offshore work, we spoke with Joel Whitman, CEO of Global Marine Energy Inc. His company specializes in offshore cable in …

Mountain top turbine includes a viewing deck

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Excerpt: Not many tourists would be willing or able to climb a 60-m ladder just to pop the top hatch of a turbine nacelle for a stunning view. Thanks to an unusual turbine variation built on Grouse Mountain near Vancouver, BC, they won’t have to. The turbine, The Eye of the Wind, includes an elevator a …

GE: a busy bee with turbines and towers

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Excerpt: Looks like GE's been busy lately, though for one of the world's largest companies that in itself is nothing new. What is: For one, the turbine manufacturer recently installed its 15,000th 1.5-MW model at Basin Electric Power Coop.'s Crow Lake wind farm in South Dakota. The turbine is one of 1 …

Atlas shrugged? Not this tower base

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Excerpt: A manufacturer of precast components offers a new concrete tower base. Tindall Corp's Atlas CTB is certified from Germanischer Lloyd, an important step in the company's development of wind tower technology that will allow the industry to extend hub heights above 100 m to generate more power. †…

Steel facility in Kansas to produce new wind tower

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Excerpt: A wind tower manufacturing plant is planned for Ottawa, Kansas. Schuff Steel Company, a subsidiary of Schuff International, Inc.— a family of steel construction companies — is moving ahead with their plans. "We are currently building a first article prototype wind tower at our plant in Ott …

Solar-powered welding helmets get an update

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Excerpt: An auto-darkening helmet line comes in two new series– the Viking 1840 features a 1.8-in. viewing-area height in a compact DINS-sized lens cartridge, and the Viking 2450 featuring a 2.4 in. viewing area height in a U.S. standard 4.5 in. x 5.25 in. sized lens cartridge. The 1840 features ext …

100% approval rating for these service lifts

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Excerpt: Turbine Service Lifts (TSLs) Safety Code wins approvals in every jurisdiction applied for, so far 23 states and provinces in North America. Power Climber Wind says it has a 100% success rate on required provincial and state approvals in North America. Power Climber Wind, a founding member of …

Vestas facility could produce 1,090 towers per year

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Excerpt: Vestas Towers America announced the grand opening of the world’s largest wind tower manufacturing plant. The Pueblo, Colorado facility features nearly 13 million ft2 of space and eight miles on-site railroad for the transport of materials and finished tower components. Secretary of the Int …