Report: Wind Turbines are in Oversupply Globally
A new report from Navigant Research examines the significant forces shaping the global wind power industry’s supply chain, including analyses of more than 500...
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to Serial Produce 80-Meter Blades for V164-8.0 at UK Facility
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will serial manufacture the 80m blade for the V164-8.0 MW, the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine on the Isle...
Siemens Awarded Turbine Supply Contracts Totaling 315 MW for Two Wind Projects in Canada
Siemens’ Wind Power and Renewables Division has received two new orders for onshore wind projects in Ontario, Canada. The contracts include the supply, installation...
Sandia National Laboratories Project Eyes The Future Wind Blade Manufacturing
Sandia National Laboratories is helping makers of wind turbine blades improve the labor productivity associated with blade fabrication and finishing. This improved productivity makes...
DOE Pushes For Boost In Productivity, Efficiency, And Innovation In Clean Energy Manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Energy in September announced expansions of its Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative in support of the American manufacturing sector and a...
Broadwind Energy Secures $14 Million Tower Order From U.S. Wind Turbine Manufacturer
Broadwind Energy, Inc. recently announced $14 million in new tower orders from a U.S. wind turbine manufacturer. Broadwind will produce these towers in its...
Acciona To Pilot Moventas’ High Torque Density Gearbox
Acciona Windpower has agreed with Moventas on prototype as well as serial deliveries of a 3 MW wind gearbox product based on Moventas’s new...
OFS Adds New Look, Increased Functionality To Website
OFS is recently announced the launch of its new website — www.ofsoptics.com — incorporating simpler navigation, a comprehensive product catalog and a fresh new...
Fiberglass Team To Produce Material Targeted At Wind Blade Production
AGY, a global producer of glass fiber yarns and glass fiber reinforcements, has announced the start of production of S-1 HM glass in conjunction...
DNV GL Enables Sinoma To Increase The Quality And Reliability Of Rotor Blades Made...
DNV GL and the wind turbine blade manufacturer Sinoma have signed a partnership agreement for certification of Sinoma’s products to improve the reliability and...
Power Climber Wind Meets Strict Service Lift Regulations At Ontario Wind Project
Power Climber Wind recently provided 58 turbine service lifts (TSLs) to the Port Dover and Nanticoke Wind Project in Ontario, Canada.
Strict lift and elevator...
Laufer Wind’s Radar-Activated Obstruction Lighting System Passes FAA Scrutiny
Laufer Wind has successfully demonstrated its Aircraft Detection Sight Solution (ADSS), the first-ever trial against a radar-activated obstruction lighting system on a wind farm...
GE breaks ground on Advanced Manufacturing Works
General Electric today announced the construction of a new state-of-the-art Power & Water advanced manufacturing facility to be built in Greenville, SC. GE plans...
Educational program set for IMTS 2014 Conference held in September at McCormick Place...
Registration is open for the IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 Conference, which will run four days during IMTS, Sept. 8 –...
ABB Installs Record-Breaking EFD Induction System for Short-Circuit Ring Brazing
Power generation and distribution giant ABB recently installed the largest single-shot shortcircuit ring brazing system yet developed by EFD Induction. The system, which was...
SME âManufacturing 4 The Futureâ Event Marks The Continued Strength Of U.S. Manufacturing
For generations, the strength of our country has rested on the power of our factory floors—both the machines and the workforce behind them. This...
ABB Wins $55 Million Submarine AC Power Cable Contract In The United Kingdom
ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $55 million to supply a submarine AC (alternating current) power...
