Alstom and NaturEner Energy Canada Inc. have entered into an agreement for the supply of up to 414 MW of wind turbines to be installed at NaturEner’s Wild Rose Projects in Alberta. The agreement includes 138 ECO 110 3.0 MW wind ...
Samsung was the largest applicant for European patents last year. Siemens, BASF, Ericsson and Bosch were all in the top ten for applications and, for the first time, A Chinese company – ZTE – made it into the top ten. The ...
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Off-the-shelf consumer handheld computers are showing up in some of the most precarious of workplaces. For instance, about 1,700 NextEra Energy wind turbine technicians recently began using Apple's iPod Touch handheld devices to help them ...
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For priming the cooling system of wind power plants (wind turbines), REpower Systems SE decided to use Impeller Pumps manufactured by Zuwa-Zumpe GmbH. REpower Systems SE, a subsidiary of Suzlon Group, is one of the leading international ...
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Official pictures and details have been released of the Lamborghini Veneno – the company’s fastest supercar and its most exclusive with just three to built. Lamborghini says three customers have already agreed to pay the three ...
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Nestlé has collaborated with Foundation Windpower to install two wind turbines at its Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) bottling plant in Cabazon, California, US, in a bid to reduce its environmental footprint. According to ...
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Construction continues on Enmax’s Shepard Energy Centre: an 800MW natural gas-fired generation facility capable of producing enough electricity to meet over half of the city of Calgary’s current power requirements. Want to see ...
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“People have often thought there’s no upper bound for wind power... that it’s one of the most scalable power sources,” said Harvard applied physicist David Keith. After all, gusts and breezes don’t seem likely ...
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The Voith Group of Companies has acquired Granby, Quebec-based Vortex Hydrosystèmes Inc. Founded in 2001; Vortex Hydro offers auxiliary mechanical systems, specialized hydropower products, and expert consulting services. Vortex ...
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Andritz Hydro has received an order from Nalcor Energy to supply four 209 megawatt (MW) Kaplan turbines and four synchronous generators for the new Muskrat Falls hydropower plant in Labrador, Canada. Commissioning is scheduled for 2017. ...
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The inverter market grew significantly to $45bn in 2012, and will reach $71bn by 2020, according to Yole Développement in a report on ‘Inverter market trends for 2013-2020 and major technology changes’. “More than ...
A new approach is being developed for monitoring the structural health of wind turbine components during exposure to turbulence in real time. Physicists have developed a new method for analyzing the elastic characteristics of ...
The low price of natural gas has resulted in the construction of a number of gas turbine power plants. New construction plus the growing replacement market will boost gas turbine inlet air filter sales to over $400 million in 2013. This ...
Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar hears cautious but positive forecasts. Growth in global sales of lasers and laser systems this year will range from flat to only a modest improvement of a few percentage points, according to ...
Just at the end of the year, Voith has again been successful in securing contracts in its small hydro business in South America: There, the company has been awarded to contracts for the erection of hydro power plants in the small hydro ...
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