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The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) has announced that it is leading an international engineering team to design an offshore wind turbine foundation optimized for fabrication in the United States. The design will catalyze domestic manufacturing growth by removing barriers to entry faced by U.S.-based steel fabricators that want to supply foundations for the…

The manufacturing foundation of the U.S. wind industry is in good shape but there is room to improve for the coming offshore industry. For instance, there is still potential to cut 30 to 50% on manufacturing processes used to make towers, blades, permanent-magnet generators, and jacket foundations. That is the bottom line from a presentation…

Since the resurgence of the wind industry over the past decade, one burning question has plagued U.S. manufacturers that supply components for domestic wind turbine installations: How can manufacturers effectively compete on a global scale with their European and Asian counterparts? To answer that question, Cleveland-based GLWN (Global Wind Network) recently completed a groundbreaking study…

  This basic workshop is slated for December 1, 2011 at the Hilton Windsor, 277 Riverside Dr, West Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The Great Lakes Wind Network will also participate in the workshop. Developers say it will cover the bases for manufacturers and service providers interested in exploring market diversification into one of the fastest growing…

Drivetrain Analysis and Wind Turbine Lifecycle Engineering Company, Romax Technology has been awarded the GL Renewables (GL) A-Design Assessment for its new range of WT2000 licensed 2-MW gearboxes. This high level of certification means the gearbox design has passed the most stringent independent requirements set for the wind industry. The WT2000 2-MW gearbox is the…