The cover story of the May 2010 Windpower Engineering provides some details for the Clipper Britannia, a 10 MW turbine the Carpinteria, Calif. company expects to launch about 2012. On the heels of that announcement comes news from a Mass.-based company, American Superconductor, and their plans for a 10 MW turbine. The company joins at…
Gamesa working on 4.5-MW wind turbine
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa plans to roll out a 4.5 MW turbine by 2011. In jumping from 2 to 4.5 MW, Gamesa can catch the industry’s next major ramp up in mature markets after eight years of development during which competitors captured the 3 MW to 4 MW segment. The G10X turbine is said…