Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (7011), a Japanese maker of heavy machinery, will suspend construction of its wind turbine manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas because of sluggish demand in the U. S. The decision came after the ...
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A wind turbine operates on simple mechanical and electromagnetic principles that have been known to mankind for about 200 years. The mechanical principles have been in use for far longer than the electromagnetic ones. A wind turbine ...
After less than two years, The Schaeffler Group has successfully completed the design and build of the world's largest, most powerful test rig for large size bearings. The test rig is now fully operational and was officially opened at ...
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Small wind turbines may face efficiency issues. Every energy conversion has a floor, below which energy transfer becomes impossible. This is why power generation can so wildly fluctuate with wind power. Up to 80% of the output of a wind ...
Because there are many options for harnessing energy from the sun, solar power can work in a variety of ways. The most common one is through the use of photovoltaic (PV) technology, which directly transforms sunlight into electricity. It ...
Taiwan’s hand tool industry is pursuing sustainable development for the next decade after surging between the 1970s and 1990s and maturing in the 2000s. Matt Yang, project manager of the Office to Revitalize Traditional Industries at ...
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Those high-efficiency compact fluorescent lights that are supposed to replace energy-wasting incandescent bulbs have a looming problem: the materials to make them are in short supply. So are materials vital for things like ...
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The Ohio Tax Credit Authority has awarded Milacron LLC a state tax credit for the plastics machinery maker’s recent $1.5 million capital equipment investment expansion at its machining plant in Mount Orab, Ohio. Milacron is buying ...
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Tata Power, India's largest integrated private power Company has crossed 300 MW wind power capacity installation in the country. Tata Power's wind farms are spread across four states namely Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, ...
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A magnetic electricity generator is also widely known as a free electricity generator. The idea is to use the force of magnets to induce motion. But what does motion have to anything with generating electricity with magnets? The answer is ...
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Canadian Solar, one of the world's largest solar companies, has announced the provision of 12,465 high-performing photovoltaic modules for a ground-mount solar power plant installed on a former mining site in the Italian city of Cavriglia ...
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Canadian Solar, one of the world's largest solar companies, has announced the provision of 12,465 high-performing photovoltaic modules for a ground-mount solar power plant installed on a former mining site in the Italian city of Cavriglia ...
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Erlangen, Germany -- Siemens is continuing to expand its worldwide network of gas turbine manufacturing facilities. The company has invested more than $350 million in a 42, 000-square-meter plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, creating 700 ...
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ABB has opened its fourth global wind power generator factory in Vadodara, India. The manufacturing facility will supply wind power generators, an important component in wind turbines, for both the Indian and global markets. The16, ...
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To help reduce lead times for wind-turbine refurbishments, Revolvo offers to manufacture large-diameter replacement bearings to very short deadlines. The company claims it is important that refurbishments are completed in as narrow a time ...
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