By David Clark, CMS Wind About 50% of drivetrain failures are in the generator, and they are predictable by months with the right detection. The failures are grouped into three specific categories: bearing-related, electrical-related and misalignments. Here we’ll discuss electrical fluting caused by an “ELF.” Stray electrical current is not a problem unique to wind.…

As of March 1, 2018, the start of our new fiscal year, we became Yaskawa Environmental Energy Division with global responsibility in our selected areas of wind, marine, and turbo/industry applications. For us, this now provides a good foundation to continue focusing on our mission to electrify the world with ultimate efficiency, using the pioneering…

The Switch large offshore medium-speed PMGs typically feature a single or two-stage gearbox and have a much higher annual energy production compared with conventional generators. As an option, The Switch offers a highly integrated medium-speed PMG version as an optimized solution.

. Generator circuits have unique characteristics that require circuit breakers specifically designed and tested for those conditions.

The worldwide agreement let’s VertAx build the technology into its multi-megawatt vertical axis wind turbine currently under development.

A new report from Navigant Research examines the global market for diesel and natural gas generator sets (gensets), analyzing key market and technology developments, and providing forecasts for capacity and revenue, through 2026.

Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has signed a framework contract with its supplier CRRC Zhuzhou Electric (a primary subsidiary of CRRC Group) at the China Windpower fair in Beijing. The contract covers the delivery of generators for the NES based Senvion 3.XM series. It foresees that CRRC will provide a minimum of…

Inventor and Magnax founder Peter Leijnen say his axial flux 100-kW prototype weights about 850 kg, which is significantly less than a traditional direct-drive generator that typically weighs 4,000 kg or more.

This industrial and service headquarters is designed to deliver more than 1,000 units/year to a national market that already has an installed cumulative capacity of 84,405 MW.

GE Renewable Energy unveiled its brand-new 4.8–158 onshore wind turbine, GE’s largest high-efficiency turbine to date. Featuring the largest rotor in the segment and innovative blade design, the 4.8-158 offers a significant improvement in Annual Energy Production (AEP), reducing the cost of energy for customers with low to medium wind speed sites. The new 4.8-MW…

Research and Markets‘ has added the “U.S. Turbine And Turbine Generator Set Units Market: Analysis And Forecast to 2025” report to its wind analysis. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the U.S. turbine and generator set units market. It presents data on market size and volume, domestic production, exports and imports, price dynamics, and turnover in the…

The MagLab’s magnet fleet includes different kinds of instruments: resistive magnets, made of copper and silver, like the Project 11 magnet; superconducting magnets.

A consortium constituting of international engineering and operations support services contractor ODE (an integral part of the DORIS Group, and DORIS Engineering), has been awarded Owners Engineer contracts covering the wind-turbine generator installation and marine construction management for the Éoliennes en mer Dieppe et Le Tréport and the Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier wind farms off…

ABB announced it is now supplying wind-generator converters made at its factory in Chaoyang, Beijing, thereby bringing wider power ranges and improved reliability at cost to support China’s ambitious development goal for wind power. This next-generation technology will help to deliver 210+ GW installed capacity. China currently leads the global wind energy market, with 23.3…

With it’s latest generation of electrically insulated bearings, SKF has raised the performance standard to provide constant electrical performance, even in high humidity. SKF’s INSOCOAT bearings have an electrically insulating coating on the external surfaces of its inner or outer ring, and are plasma-sprayed with an aluminum-oxide coating. The coating, which is naturally hygroscopic, is sealed…

A cyber war puts critical electrical power at risk. Hackers battle power company IT specialists relentlessly. Alleged Russian malware is found on a Vermont electric utility computer. With computers controlling everything in this world, the wrong malware could destroy the electric grid in an instant. Transformers that take months to replace could be made to overload…

DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, awarded a component certificate to Spanish technology company Ingeteam for its new wind-frequency converter, INGECON WIND DFM 3000 family. The INGECON WIND Full Converter MV Series 3000-10000 is built for easy maintenance and optimized to be compatible with all generator technologies. The certificate…

Available as part number CAS325M12HM2, the high performance power module is configured in a half-bridge topology comprised of seven 1.2kV 25mΩ C2M SiC MOSFETs and six 1.2 kV, 50A Z-Rec Schottky diodes.

Inox Wind Limited sets the pace for technological innovation in the wind-turbine industry in India, by receiving type certification for the company’s 113-meter rotor-diameter wind turbine generator (WTG). The certification was awarded as per international standard GL 2010 by TUV SUD Gmbh, one of the world’s leading technical service organizations. Inox Wind’s 113-m rotor-diameter WTG,…

The all-new 8000 Series (protected by Registered Design) has been developed around an improved ergonomic structure, an industry first, providing not only protection for the varistor discs, but also simplifying the installation of the units.