China’s largest wind turbine maker, has replaced General Electric Co (GE) as the world’s second largest such company behind Danish… (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, April 07, 2011
Winergy, the global leader for drive train technology in the wind industry, will showcase the newest member of its product range, the “HybridDrive”, at the Hannover Messe trade show (April 4-8, 2011) in hall 27, booth H23 . The very compact drive train concept combines the gearbox and generator in a
On Friday 1 April took delivery of MPI Dorothea, a windfarm service vessel, built at the South Boats Medina Ship Yard on the Isle of Wight. The vessel is the fifth addition to the MPI Workboat fleet. VESSEL PARTICULARS Length overall 18.00 m Length hull 17.00 m Beam overall 6.40 m Lightship draft 1.
At the Hannover Fair, Nordex SE has unveiled plans for its entry into the new offshore market segment. “Our strategy is being driven by the development of a competitive product. For this purpose, we are acting on the trend towards third-generation wind turbines, which are characterized by a substant
At this year’s Hanover Fair Siemens Energy presented smart, eco-friendly solutions for power generation, transmission and distribution. The highlights included a new 2.3-MW gearless wind turbine for low wind speeds, solutions for the connection of offshore wind farms to the grid using high-voltage d
Gamesa, a global technology leader in the wind energy market, is attending the Energy 2011 Hannover trade fair (hall 27, stand M34) to showcase its new wind turbine, the G136-4.5 MW Class III, which is specially designed for low-wind sites. The device strengthens the newest turbine system Gamesa has
AXYS Technologies Inc. has recently won the bid to provide a WindSentinel™ wind resource assessment buoy to the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) of Grand Valley State University located in Allendale Michigan and working in partnership with the University of Michigan and its M
S.D.E’s Sea Wave Power Plant has been approved by MIGA (https://www.miga.org/) – The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of The World Bank. The technology S.D.E has developed is an innovative and unique technique for the production of electricity through “harvesting” of sea wave motions, a rene
Incat Crowther is pleased to announce the launch of the 17.5m catamaran, Santa Ana, a vessel specifically designed for the wind farm service industry. Built by Lyme Boats in the UK, Santa Ana features Incat Crowther’s proven hull form, which brings new levels of stability, safety, comfort, efficienc
STX Finland Oy and Gaiamare Ltd signed a contract for the construction of an innovative and versatile multipurpose deck cargo vessel. The ship will be delivered during spring 2012 and has a length of 105 metres and a width of 19 metres. The environmentally friendly ship will provide work for about 3
At the beginning of March, the first of two offshore installation vessels owned by RWE was officially launched after only seven months of construction. The works are thus already a month ahead of the original time schedule. The final large-scale components, the main crane and the jack-up legs, will
Natural Power, RES and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto (FEUP), Portugal have signed a significant research and development joint venture focused on developing the next generation VENTOS® computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for wind energy applications. The announcement was
One of the major challenges in offshore wind resource assessment is gathering and validating data to support development of the wind turbines. To date, developers have constructed meteorological masts to collect comprehensive wind data. These masts, however, are approximately 100 metres tall and typ
Owners and operators are under increasing pressure to reduce operational costs while improving the efficiency of their wind farm portfolios. GL Garrad Hassan has developed a new software tool to help facilitate this. WindHelm provides a single platform for the monitoring, optimisation and control of
