The company recently announced the introduction of Dynamic Stability, a better method for calculating the dynamic stability of hydraulic trailers.
State-of-the-art design processes for offshore wind turbine support structures
The structural design of offshore wind turbine support structures is a complex process, which has many challenges. In particular, in the early phase of a project.
Decommissioning Canada’s oldest wind farm
Michelle Froese, Senior Editor Windpower Engineering & Development This article is part of Windpower Engineering & Development’s February 2017 issue. A complete digital version of the issue is here. They say all good things come to pass and wind farms are no exception. For Alberta’s Cowley Ridge Wind Farm, Canada’s first and oldest commercial wind facility,…
Offshore wind innovation trending, but watch for foundation M&A to heat up
Offshore wind innovation and its corresponding patent filings have seen a significant uptick in the past seven years after a slow start in 1990.
Vestas intros InteliLight active aviation light management for wind farms
Vestas introduces InteliLight for wind turbines. InteliLight delivers reliable activation of aviation lights when needed, avoiding continuous and unnecessary lighting. The system autonomously scans a wind farm’s surrounding area. Each radar has a minimum range of eight kilometers. If an approaching airplane is detected, its distance, speed, and heading are tracked and an assessment is made…
Laufer Wind intros first FAA-approved commercial Aircraft Detection Lighting System for a U.S. wind farm
Laufer Wind announces the first FAA-approved commercial operation of an Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS) on a U.S. wind farm. The radar-activated lighting technology was installed on a recently constructed and commissioned 80-MW wind farm in Wyoming. Flight tests were successfully conducted and the system went operational in November of 2016. Tall structures are required…
Broadwind Energy announces $28 million in new wind-tower orders
Broadwind Energy, Inc. announced $28 million in new tower orders. Broadwind will produce these towers in its Manitowoc, WI and Abilene, TX facilities for 2017 delivery. “We are pleased to be starting the year off strong with this new order,” said Broadwind President and CEO Stephanie Kushner. “The Broadwind team is proud to represent U.S. manufacturing…
3M offers new detachable sleeve for safer fixed-ladder climb
3M offers the new Lad-Saf X3 Detachable Cable Sleeve with carabiner and dual-independent locking system, which fits a solid core cable. The Lad-Saf X3 3/8″ (9.5mm) Detachable Cable Sleeve is part of a permanently installed ladder safety system. It is designed to work with many different styles and lengths of ladders on structures, such as wind…
Hempel simplifies offshore asset maintenance with new coating range
Two new coatings, Hempadur Quattro XO 17820 and 17870, will increase the service life and reduce on-station maintenance requirements of offshore assets such as wind turbine towers and ships.
Broadwind Energy announces $23 million in new tower orders
Broadwind Energy, Inc. announced $23 million in new wind-turbine tower orders. The company will produce these towers in its Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Abilene, Texas facilities for 2017 delivery. “We have booked over $250 million in new tower orders so far in 2016,” said Broadwind President and CEO Stephanie Kushner. “Both of our tower manufacturing facilities are…
Seaway Heavy Lifting wins EPCI contract for 203-MW offshore wind farm
Seaway Heavy Lifting has been awarded a contract by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH & Co. The scope of work consists of the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of the turbine foundations for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II wind farm on the German continental shelf. The award is still subject to financial close of…
Two-coat corrosion protection does the work of three for offshore turbines
Hempel turned to Covestro for assistance and the two firms devised a two-coat system based on a zinc-epoxy primer and a topcoat that use Covestro’s Pasquick polyaspartic technology, a range of resins and hardeners.
Wind Turbine Towers, Update 2016, report from ReportsnReports.com
The report is said to offer in-depth analysis of the wind turbine towers market in global, regions (Asia-Pacific, Americas, Europe, and Middle East and Africa) and key countries/
Siemens expands cooperation with wind safety provider OffTECBase
Keeping up with the latest standards can be vital to ensuring safety when work is being performed on wind turbines. OffTECBase, a safety and technology training course provider in Enge-Sande, Schleswig-Holstein, has worked closely with Siemens’ Wind Power and Renewables Division since 2010. Now the two companies want to take their collaboration to a new…
Researchers develop a self-installing offshore wind turbine
Though wind power is an important source of sustainable energy, the cost of installing turbines has always been an obstacle to more widespread adoption. This is particularly true for offshore wind farms, which require large, high-tech turbines to be constructed and maintained in oceans and lakes. To address this challenge, an innovative offshore turbine construction process has been developed…
Solving an offshore problem: How to lift 700 tons with a 500 ton crane
A special coating on the monopiles meant that attaching rigging equipment was not possible at all points, while height was limited and there was 20m between the gantry’s hooks that were positioned 10m to each side of the center.
North Dakota College installs new wind tech training tower
North Dakota’s Bismarck State College (BSC) announced successful installation of a new tower to provide training and education to students and wind industry partners. The “Nacelle Tower” is located on the west lawn of the National Energy Center of Excellence on the BSC campus. The top of the Nacelle Tower is 32 feet high, and the interior…
GE and Max Bögl to install world’s tallest wind turbine — integrated with pumped storage
General Electric Company (GE), through its GE Renewable Energy business, has signed a turbine supply agreement with Max Bögl Wind AG to deliver and commission the world’s tallest wind turbine — and first ever turbine integrated with pumped storage hydro-electric power. The full scope of the Gaildorf project, located in Germany’s Swabian-Franconian Forest on the…
Suzlon secures 111.3-MW of new wind-power orders
Global renewable energy provider, Suzlon Group, announced that it has been awarded wind orders for a combined capacity of 111.30 MW between August to September 2016. This combined capacity includes orders from reputed corporate houses such as Serum Institute of India, Rajasthan Gum Group, and an assortment of SME customers. The orders include Suzlon’s latest…
Genius idea: Use nature’s tower, an Asian palm tree, to mount off-grid wind turbines
An Asian or African Palmyra palm (borassus flabellifer) has an average height of 20m, and is highly drought and cyclone resistant.