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Bearings
- Bearings 101
- Spring-like discs now in 250-mm dia.
- Bearing Manufacturer Unveils Plans for U.S. Wind Energy R&D Center
- High-capacity slewing-ring bearings featured in data sheet
- A few ideas for solving mechanical motion problems
- Dry lube bearing says goodbye to grease
- Good news for gearboxes: Roller bearing improves reliability
- Chinese OEM and U.S. bearing manufacturer team up for turbines
- Special polyurethane improves abrasion resistance
- Better Bearings for Wind Turbine Reliability
blog
- Production Tax Credit helps push cost of wind power close to $0.03/kWh
- Kathie’s Question: Do You Know Who Uses the Most Green Power?
- Should we worry about energy imports? You bet
- Kathie’s Question: Can renewable energy sources complement each other?
- Kathie’s Question: Is wind energy already cheaper than fossil fuel?
- Seriously, wind turbines are NOT bad for your health
- Kathie’s Question: Is the Keystone rejection a win for renewables?
- Kathie’s Question: Do you think Congress will consider offshore wind in 2012?
- Kathie’s Question: Does Congress care enough about the wind industry?
Business issues
- U.K. firm acquire Montreal gear manufacturer
- OEM acquires two U.S. wind projects
- Improving electrical efficiency a $30 billion market
- MISO delivers $billions in benefits to region
- Cost of wind power close to $0.03/kWh with incentive
- PM equipment manufacturer to speak at MAGNETICS 2012
- Superconducting cables closer to commercialization
- Hello next administration: We have a few energy recommendations
- Molding tips and tricks soon revealed at molding show in Vegas
- Ontario’s property tax rules for renewables explained
Cables
- Superconducting cables closer to commercialization
- Large aperture design makes it easy to monitor circuit to 1,200A
- Cables 101
- Cable catalog interactive and mobile-friendly
- How to find underground electrical faults fast
- Think Dow Electrical & Telecommunications (not Wire & Cable)
- Optical Fiber Applications for Wind Power Systems
- Materials ready for high voltage cables
- Ultraflex cables just for electric vehicles
- Cable Seal Works for Many Sizes, Many Cables
Clean Energy Standard
- Hello next administration: We have a few energy recommendations
- Kathie’s Question: Is wind energy already cheaper than fossil fuel?
- Clean energy means a healthy economy and cooler climate
- Report sees steady growth for clean energy economy
- Texas power commissioner: EPA rules behind summer power problems
- Cleantech Open holds NE regional finals Oct 4 at Microsoft Nerd Center
- Oil and gas companies blocking the wind
- Ohio senator suggests the wrong road for renewable energy
- How renewable energy truly competes with coal and gas
- Maybe lobbyists are pushing a failing agenda?
Community Wind Power
- Minnesota hospital gets two turbines
- Power equipment manufacturer aiming at 30 to 900-kW turbines
- Champion kitesurfer brings power of the wind to Baltimore
- What’s community wind got over those mega farms?
- Report: Wind farms generate jobs and income
- 1 phase 25 kW bidirectional grid-tie wind inverter makes net metering possible for farm & industrial
- Floating turbine platform ready to tap the 2 TW offshore potential
- Wind turbines to make 6 million gallons of ice cream and more
- School puts up two turbines
- Manufacturer produces it own power with two turbines
Condition Monitoring
- Mobile diagnostics monitor rotating machines as needed
- A better way to let a turbine “talk”
- Hardened computer ready for harsh-condition substations
- Monitoring transformers key to predictive maintenance
- Condition Monitoring 101
- Software drives research on efficient wind energy production
- Wireless cellular networks help monitor remote wind projects
- Free software available for alarm management and notification
- Alarm software texts you when things go awry
- Uniform interface helps better manage farms with different turbines
Connectors
- Assembly 101
- Silicon terminations for 15 to 35kV cables
- Storm-safe disconnects minimizes hazard
- Mechanical relay modules switch up to 12x power in same of space
- Modules for thermocouple temperature monitoring and millivolt measurements
- Connector for mast mounts to remote radios
- Battery-powered crimper crimps with 6-tons
- These terminal strips don’t jam equipment
- User-friendly fittings
- Optical Fiber Applications for Wind Power Systems
Construction
- OEM acquires two U.S. wind projects
- Sodar measures wind speeds up to 700m up
- Huge steel-plate rolling machine now takes instructions from an iPad
- Welding and Fabricating 101
- MISO delivers $billions in benefits to region
- Cost of wind power close to $0.03/kWh with incentive
- Lift assists improve tech moral, productivity, and safety
- Wind energy performance map for Europe
- Towers 101
- Site Assessment 101
Couplings
- Make shaft attachments without keyways
- Couplings 101
- A 3-MW drivetrain all in one package
- Wind turbine couplings deliver 100,000 nm, retrofit and new
- Wind Turbine Torque limiter by Centa
- A closer look at gearbox-to-generator couplings
- Composite disc couplings for wind turbines
- Hydraulic pitch control for wind-turbine blades
- Composite coupling handles high-power misalignments
Drives
- Web-based software sizes linear motion equipment
- Motors & Drives 101
- Electrical & Electronic Components 101
- Pitch system for 3-MW wind turbine
- What are the different types of motors & drives in wind turbines?
- Trends in motors and drives
- Finding and fixing drivetrain problems
- Smart drives for fans and pumps
- Electric blade pitch control
- Electromechanical device for blade pitch control
Editorial
- Production Tax Credit helps push cost of wind power close to $0.03/kWh
- Kathie’s Question: Do You Know Who Uses the Most Green Power?
- Should we worry about energy imports? You bet
- Kathie’s Question: Can renewable energy sources complement each other?
- Kathie’s Question: Is wind energy already cheaper than fossil fuel?
- Seriously, wind turbines are NOT bad for your health
- Kathie’s Question: Is the Keystone rejection a win for renewables?
- Kathie’s Question: Do you think Congress will consider offshore wind in 2012?
- Clean energy means a healthy economy and cooler climate
- Kathie’s Question: Does Congress care enough about the wind industry?
Electrical Systems
- Sodar measures wind speeds up to 700m up
- Improving electrical efficiency a $30 billion market
- Investing in capacitor banks
- Superconducting cables closer to commercialization
- Large aperture design makes it easy to monitor circuit to 1,200A
- Hydrogen-vehicle fueling station the 4th station order of 2011
- Electricity Distribution 101
- Report examines demand for consumer power storage
- LED obstruction light for renewable energy applications
- Obstruction lights 101
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Environmental Issues
- Commentary: Five reasons for optimism in wind, and more
- World nuclear power output slowing
- MIT profs look offshore for better wind
- U.K. firm has solution to radar-wind farm interference
- Wind-farm-design software refines uncertainty and loss estimates
- Tiny bird kills big wind project
- A Washington wind map for 80m
- Winners announced for 2011 Later Stage Award
- Report sees steady growth for clean energy economy
- Wind and wildlife assessment tool ready for work
Fastening-Joining for Wind Power
- Bolting company celebrates 25 years of tension…and torquing
- Bolting 101
- Bolting 101
- Prestressed ground anchors allow smaller foundations
- These fasteners cut costs and more
- Tough tubing tasks made much easier
- Pinned joints assemble tubular transmission poles faster
- Clever bolt tells when it’s tensioned
- User-friendly fittings
- May I see the Calibration Certificate for your Torque Wrench?
Featured Wind Power Articles
- Mobile diagnostics monitor rotating machines as needed
- U.K. firm acquire Montreal gear manufacturer
- Production Tax Credit helps push cost of wind power close to $0.03/kWh
- OEM acquires two U.S. wind projects
- Kathie’s Question: Do You Know Who Uses the Most Green Power?
- Sodar measures wind speeds up to 700m up
- Light-weight tradeoff: Polymer for steel
- Improving electrical efficiency a $30 billion market
- Make shaft attachments without keyways
- Huge steel-plate rolling machine now takes instructions from an iPad
Financing
- Cost of wind power close to $0.03/kWh with incentive
- Ontario’s property tax rules for renewables explained
- Commentary: Five reasons for optimism in wind, and more
- Financial guidelines for coming wind projects
- Renewable energy sector facing financial risks say execs
- Finding funding for fledgling companies
- Real-time wind asset valuation tool now available
- Report analyzes wind energy in Canada
- Wind power less expensive than nat gas in Brazil. How do they do it?
- Several VCs pool $15 m for PM-generator manufacturer
Hydraulics
- Hydraulics 101
- 400-page hose catalog ready for users
- Couplings Lock Gears, Discs, and more to Shafts
- Cylinders for hydraulic pitch adjustment
- Seal material for hydraulics good to 270°F
- How are hydraulics used in wind turbines?
- Trends in wind hydraulics
- Leak-free hydraulic fittings prevent vibration failure
- Free software finds tools for tube assembly tasks
- Fluid-power organization gets pumped for wind power
Insurance
- Insurance firm increases offshore wind project capacity by $100M
- The excessive and essential in the world of risk management
- What to do when your turbine warranty expires
- Catastrophic Insurance for Wind Farms
- Enhanced defects coverage for established wind farms
Legal issues
- Legal issues 101
- Ontario tax clarifications for RE installations
- Trial of U.S. tech stolen in China slowly proceeding
- Tiny bird kills big wind project
- IRS to audit Section 1603 Treasury Grant Payments
- What to consider in a contract
- Texas power commissioner: EPA rules behind summer power problems
- US firm filing criminal & civil complaints against Chinese turbine OEM
- U.S. wind power looks ahead: 2011 to 2025
- Nuclear waste disposal still unresolved
Lighting
- LED obstruction light for renewable energy applications
- Obstruction lights 101
- Lightning-strike database spots trends, aids analysis
- Four-ft 4-lamp LED is explosion proof
Lubricants
- Lubricants 101
- Turbine OEM prefers this synthetic lubricant
- Synthetic gear grease ready for work in nacelles and elsewhere
- Mechanical grease can improve haptics for automotive interiors
- How lubricants reduce maintenance costs and increase wind turbine reliability
- What is the best way to maintain a wind turbine?
- How are different lubricants used in wind turbines?
- Trends in lubrication
- Thicker oil films protect bearings at low speeds
- How to automate bearing lubrication
Maintenance
- Mobile diagnostics monitor rotating machines as needed
- U.K. firm acquire Montreal gear manufacturer
- UltraLite Videoscope
- Make shaft attachments without keyways
- A product catalog for those who work waaay up
- Lift assists improve tech moral, productivity, and safety
- Superconducting cables closer to commercialization
- Report: O&M costs headed up
- A better way to let a turbine “talk”
- Tools 101
Maintenance & operations
- Mobile diagnostics monitor rotating machines as needed
- A product catalog for those who work waaay up
- Lift assists improve tech moral, productivity, and safety
- Report: O&M costs headed up
- A better way to let a turbine “talk”
- NC software corrects for ram or spindle droop
- Hardened computer ready for harsh-condition substations
- Monitoring transformers key to predictive maintenance
- Software helps wind farms run at peak efficiency
- Robots lend a helping hand
Manufacturing
- Huge steel-plate rolling machine now takes instructions from an iPad
- NC software corrects for ram or spindle droop
- Software makes CMMs more efficient
- Small diameter milling tool intended for high feed work
- How state government and private investment can grow the wind industry
- Manufacturing industries seek common solutions at Mfg4
- RFID tags speed component leak testing
- Website dedicated to energy manufacturers
- Turbine OEM wins “cool building” certification
- Ontario wind energy supply chain workshop December 1
Materials
- Light-weight tradeoff: Polymer for steel
- Welding and Fabricating 101
- Machining and Metal Cutting 101
- Molding tips and tricks soon revealed at molding show in Vegas
- Software assists designing wind turbines
- Company approved to install special offshore grout
- Accurate modeling for slender composite structures (Think blades)
- Carbon fiber tech center for wind and more
- Metals 101
- Materials 101
Mechanical Components
- U.K. firm acquire Montreal gear manufacturer
- Light-weight tradeoff: Polymer for steel
- Make shaft attachments without keyways
- Huge steel-plate rolling machine now takes instructions from an iPad
- Welding and Fabricating 101
- Machining and Metal Cutting 101
- Wind Measurement Systems 101
- Engineering & Manufacturing 101
- Molding tips and tricks soon revealed at molding show in Vegas
- Software assists designing wind turbines
Nacelle
- Wind Measurement Systems 101
- Bearings 101
- OEM completes assembly of 1,000th nacelle at Penn plant
- R&D lab considers superconducting for 15-MW wind turbine
- Cooling electronics in a hot nacelle
- New thinking in turbine design
- Variable speed hard-geared transmission may improve wind power efficiency 5 to 10%
- Rugged Encoders Ready for Harsh Wind Work
- Two-phase cooling for warm things in the nacelle
- Trends in cables
Offshore Wind
- Welding and Fabricating 101
- Report: O&M costs headed up
- Report: Fighting corrosion, friction, and fouling
- Software assists designing wind turbines
- Equipment 101
- Seriously, wind turbines are NOT bad for your health
- Project plans platform to harvest offshore wind
- Coatings 101
- Kathie’s Question: Do you think Congress will consider offshore wind in 2012?
- Companies collaborate on Carolinas Offshore Wind Integration case study
Policy
- U.K. firm acquire Montreal gear manufacturer
- OEM acquires two U.S. wind projects
- Improving electrical efficiency a $30 billion market
- MISO delivers $billions in benefits to region
- Cost of wind power close to $0.03/kWh with incentive
- PM equipment manufacturer to speak at MAGNETICS 2012
- Superconducting cables closer to commercialization
- Insurance firm increases offshore wind project capacity by $100M
- Hello next administration: We have a few energy recommendations
- Molding tips and tricks soon revealed at molding show in Vegas
Power storage
- Investing in capacitor banks
- Hydrogen-vehicle fueling station the 4th station order of 2011
- Report examines demand for consumer power storage
- Traction battery markets forecasted at $55 billion in 10 years
- Off-the-shelf power supplies for offshore work
- Free resource aims to accelerate advanced materials research and development
- Electrical-equipment group acquires energy-automation firm
- Electrolyzer to provide energy storage for wind-hydrogen installation
- Redox shuttle provides highest overcharge protection for certain cathodes
- Power-storage control for islanding, peak shaving, and more
Seals
- Light-weight tradeoff: Polymer for steel
- Seals 101
- The big impacts of small components
- PTFE seal wins 2011 innovation award
- Special polyurethane improves abrasion resistance
- Magni celebrates 10 millionth gallon
- Seals to keep grease and ozone out
- Why are seals important in wind turbines?
- Seal material now rated for wider temperature range
- Coating manufacturer makes its 10-millionth gallon
Site assessments
- Sodar measures wind speeds up to 700m up
- Wind energy performance map for Europe
- Site Assessment 101
- Renewable energy resources detailed online
- 2011 wind energy performance map
- Tracking where and when lightning strikes
- Software helps wind farms run at peak efficiency
- Build turbines here, not there, says database
- Off-the-shelf power supplies for offshore work
- Wind-farm-design software refines uncertainty and loss estimates
Slip rings
- Slip rings 101
- Assembly 101
- Large retaining rings and wave springs
- Slip rings tested for years of trouble-free operation
- Partnership in design manufacture and distribution of slip rings to NA windpower market
- Advantages of custom wire harnesses for slip rings
- Contactless sliprings pass tests
- Graphite tech company selects new NA distributor
- What are wind turbine sliprings?
- Trends in sliprings
Small Wind Power
- Power equipment manufacturer aiming at 30 to 900-kW turbines
- 1 phase 25 kW bidirectional grid-tie wind inverter makes net metering possible for farm & industrial
- Wind or solar for home use? How about both?
- Tower bolting technology improved with interlocking cam fasteners
- Small wind a big part of Solar and Wind Expo
- Mini wind turbines
- Turbine designed for water shows promise in air
- 8 kW wind inverter comes with double standard warranty
- Is it a chimney…or a turbine?
- Small wind certification testing goes regional
Test-Measurement
- A better way to let a turbine “talk”
- Test & Measurement 101
- Improving Wind Turbine Design Through Advanced Simulation Techniques
- How is wind measured for wind turbines?
- Tracing the wind
- No-drift absolute gaging package
- Smart wind measurements
- Vibration monitoring goes wireless
- Field tester for electric motors
- Rugged IP69-rated inductive sensors handles the harsh outdoors
Towers
- Huge steel-plate rolling machine now takes instructions from an iPad
- Lift assists improve tech moral, productivity, and safety
- Towers 101
- Report: Fighting corrosion, friction, and fouling
- Turbines for lower wind areas making sales
- Company approved to install special offshore grout
- Manufacturing industries seek common solutions at Mfg4
- Unusual turbine headed to Cleveland baseball stadium
- Tower manufacturer selects thick-steel bending machines
- Wind lidar shows good agreement in wind tunnel test
Training
- Minnesota schools collaborate on wind research and training
- Software drives research on efficient wind energy production
- Online database of energy efficiency jobs will launch in April
- What might you learn in wind-turbine school?
- Wind center to offer advanced maintenance and engineering training
- Turbine training center comes with a tower
- Non-profit organization focuses on aerial work platform safety
- Power-systems engineering: An online graduate-level degree
- Training company inaugurates center in Brazil
- Wind training in Iowa
Transformers
- Simulation-design software for transformers and reactors
- Monitoring transformers key to predictive maintenance
- Electrical & Electronic Components 101
Transmission
- Superconducting cables closer to commercialization
- Study: Over 70 GW of RE online by 2020
- Power-storage control for islanding, peak shaving, and more
- Oversupply not a good problem
- Report: Smart metering makes variable wind power more useful
- FERC rejects MISO’s request for waiver to accommodate Entergy integration
- Texas HVDC line to reach Louisiana and Mississippi
- Windpower helped tame the Texas heat of 2011
- Transformers pass severe shake (earthquake) test
- H2 generator stabilizes utility grid
Transportation of Wind Components
- Logistics 101
- What to consider in a contract
- When is a barge faster than a truck?
- Two cranes are better than one
- Challenges in moving huge and heavy components
- Custom-fit covers for wind-power equipment
- Trends in transportation and logistics
- AWEA Wind Power Supply Chain Workshop: Logistics
- Flatbed Sem-Trailer for Longer Turbine Blades
- 300 ton transformers, heaviest yet, head by rail to west Canada
Turbine Blades
- Molding tips and tricks soon revealed at molding show in Vegas
- Software assists designing wind turbines
- Accurate modeling for slender composite structures (Think blades)
- Carbon fiber tech center for wind and more
- Blades 101
- Manufacturer’s website offers help with carbon fibers
- Robotic dispenser works fast and accurately
- Iowa State U lab helps build a better turbine blade
- Composite manufacturer earns ISO 9001:2008 certification
- Wind surpasses aerospace as top user of advanced composites
Turbine Design
- U.K. firm acquire Montreal gear manufacturer
- Sodar measures wind speeds up to 700m up
- Light-weight tradeoff: Polymer for steel
- Improving electrical efficiency a $30 billion market
- Make shaft attachments without keyways
- Huge steel-plate rolling machine now takes instructions from an iPad
- Welding and Fabricating 101
- Machining and Metal Cutting 101
- Investing in capacitor banks
- Superconducting cables closer to commercialization
Turbine Sensors
- Sodar measures wind speeds up to 700m up
- Large aperture design makes it easy to monitor circuit to 1,200A
- Sensors 101
- Wind lidar equipment ready for U.S. wind projects
- Catalog helps select the right sensor
- Hollow-shaft version of magnetic rotary encoder
- Hall effect series with 4 to 20mA output
- Magnetic-tape encoder mounts to large shafts for speed and position monitoring
- Rotor blade “fingerprint” prevents false alarms – a case history
- Pressure sensors critical for accurate O&M of wind turbines
Uncategorized
- Wind projects soon to benefit from U.S. permanent magnet generators
- Third quarter wind resources vary around the globe
- Cable and connector firm unveils new and improved website
- Wind Turbine Reliability – The Importance of Highly Reliable Pitch Control and Blade Sensing Systems
- Cable Seal Works for Many Sizes, Many Cables
- Small heaters put “hot” where needed
- Kansas City Power & Light Co. gets $34.8M rate increase
- Getting to know Gearboxes
- New operating officer at UpWind
- Digital Analog Converter
Utility Grid
- Electricity Distribution 101
- Monitoring transformers key to predictive maintenance
- Transmission lines get a green light in Texas
- New lab to help utilities ‘see’ grid of the future
- Grid plan to smartly connect 11 utilities across 5 states
- Electrolyzer to provide energy storage for wind-hydrogen installation
- Power-storage control for islanding, peak shaving, and more
- Another reason we build wind turbines
- Can software improve the grid?
- FERC requires filing OATT for generator lead line
Weather forecasting
- Wind energy performance map for Europe
- Weather operations now include Alberta
- Renewable energy resources detailed online
- Forecasting service to provide for New England grid
- Ups and Downs: Q3 wind resources vary around the globe
- Tracking where and when lightning strikes
- Automated hourly forecasts improved with human experience
- Wind measurement system supports investments in wind energy
- Wind Wakes May Spill Their Secrets
- Q1 wind report: more than half U.S. at or above average wind speeds
Webinars
- Improving Wind Turbine Design Through Advanced Simulation Techniques
- Reducing Blade Repair Costs With Suspended Access Platforms
- Optical Fiber Applications for Wind Power Systems
- Better Bearings for Wind Turbine Reliability
- Financing a Wind Project
- Wind Turbine Reliability – The Importance of Highly Reliable Pitch Control and Blade Sensing Systems
Wind Basics
- Welding and Fabricating 101
- Machining and Metal Cutting 101
- Turbine Manufacturers 101
- Towers 101
- Wind Measurement Systems 101
- Site Assessment 101
- Owners & Developers 101
- Tools 101
- Operations & Maintenance 101
- Logistics 101
Wind Power Generators
- Generators 101
- Commentary: Five reasons for optimism in wind, and more
- Software ready for designing electric machines (think generators)
- Danotek will provide Tecogen with PM generators
- Detecting generator defects
- Wind projects soon to benefit from U.S. permanent magnet generators
- R&D lab considers superconducting for 15-MW wind turbine
- Need for new magnet materials drives research
- Driving down the cost of wind power with permanent magnet generators
- Tech-service firm devises magnetic design software for OEM
Wind Power News
- Mobile diagnostics monitor rotating machines as needed
- U.K. firm acquire Montreal gear manufacturer
- Production Tax Credit helps push cost of wind power close to $0.03/kWh
- OEM acquires two U.S. wind projects
- Kathie’s Question: Do You Know Who Uses the Most Green Power?
- Sodar measures wind speeds up to 700m up
- Light-weight tradeoff: Polymer for steel
- Improving electrical efficiency a $30 billion market
- Make shaft attachments without keyways
- Huge steel-plate rolling machine now takes instructions from an iPad
Wind Power Projects
- OEM acquires two U.S. wind projects
- Sodar measures wind speeds up to 700m up
- Welding and Fabricating 101
- MISO delivers $billions in benefits to region
- Cost of wind power close to $0.03/kWh with incentive
- Wind energy performance map for Europe
- Site Assessment 101
- Weather operations now include Alberta
- Report: O&M costs headed up
- Owners & Developers 101
Wind Power Site Simulation
- 2011 wind energy performance map
- Monitoring transformers key to predictive maintenance
- Tracking where and when lightning strikes
- New lab to help utilities ‘see’ grid of the future
- Software lets many programs share data, work together
- Software assists quieting noisy turbine
- A strong quarter for wind energy
- Improving Wind Turbine Design Through Advanced Simulation Techniques
- Wind speeds are up across the U.S. in Q2 2011
- How Spanish nat-gas company forecasts for electrical market
Wind Power Software
- Site Assessment 101
- Software 101
- Certification firm to evaluate simulation software
- Software ready for designing electric machines (think generators)
- Software for turbine-gearbox design gets and upgrade
- Is that offshore tower strong enough? Software tells.
- Software lets many programs share data, work together
- Software assists quieting noisy turbine
- Moble apps pull up data from NREL
- Wind-farm-design software refines uncertainty and loss estimates
Wind Safety
- A product catalog for those who work waaay up
- Lift assists improve tech moral, productivity, and safety
- Glove provides back-of-the-hand protection
- Safety 101
- Fire suppression 101
- Seriously, wind turbines are NOT bad for your health
- This one’s for the girls
- Surge protection for valuable equipment
- Self retracing lifelines support up to 420 lbs.
- Silicon terminations for 15 to 35kV cables
Wind Turbine Controls
- Investing in capacitor banks
- A better way to ride through faults
- Pushbuttons for high temp environs
- How to network a wind farm
- Improving Wind Turbine Design Through Advanced Simulation Techniques
- Filters provide “cleaner” ac power from UPS
- Flexible automation control
- Hall effect series with 4 to 20mA output
- Energy monitoring made simpler
- Big dry-cell battery ready for use with wind farms and solar projects
Wind Turbine Gearboxes
- U.K. firm acquire Montreal gear manufacturer
- Why gears fail and a few ideas for building better replacements
- Gears & Gearboxes 101
- How state government and private investment can grow the wind industry
- Air breathers let gearboxes breath without contaminating nacelles
- Gearbox rebuilder selects Wisconsin
- U.K. firm acquires gearbox manufacturer
- Entrepreneur Proposes Wind-Turbine Gear Factory For Indiana
- Gear software for design and analysis
- Design firm awarded GL A-Design Assessment for 2 MW gearbox
Wind Turbine Installation
- Welding and Fabricating 101
- Ontario tax clarifications for RE installations
- Renewable energy contractor to build 189-Megawatt wind project in Sunburst, Montana
- Vestas 2011 in review
- World Energy Outlook peers through 2012 and beyond
- Texas wind farm to use 30, 2.5-MW turbines
- Turbine OEM wins two new orders for Iowa
- Projects order 1,248, 1.6-MW turbines
- Texas sets a new wind record
- OEM launches a 2.5-MW turbine in China
Wind Watch
- Software helps wind farms run at peak efficiency
- Spring manufacturer expands it product line with more metric
- Series production soon for “most efficient” 2.4 MW turbine
- 60% of U.S. businesses: Higher cost power OK to reduce imported oil
- More electric vehicles coming: a report (and good for wind power)
- These light pipes are water resistant
- Lanyards keeps expensive instruments and tools safe
- Another reason we build wind turbines
- Thermoelectric cooler takes heat off enclosed electronics
- Service lift manufacturer delivers 140 to Australia’s largest wind farm
Yaw and Pitch Brakes
- Brakes 101
- Cylinders for hydraulic pitch adjustment
- Yaw brake earns GL certification
- No friction pads on these pitch and yaw brakes
- Brakes for pitch and yaw
- No wear surfaces on this brake
- Braking ideas for wind turbines
- Yaw brakes for wind turbines
- Rotor brakes for wind turbines
- Soft brake for turbines
