Latest Wind Power company news
The Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) scheme was closed to applications on Monday 24 May 2010, and although projects which have already applied for funding will be considered, no new applications can now be made.
Dimplex has expressed concern over the sudden closure of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme following the new coalition government’s withdrawal of grant funding for renewables projects as part of its plan to make immediate spending cuts of £6 billion.
The scheme has been key t... [more]
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has announced that its wholly-owned AMSC Windtec™ subsidiary has signed a follow-on contract with Dongfang Turbine Co. Ltd. to design and jointly develop 5 megawatt (MW) full conversion wind turbines for the offshore wind power market.
Dongfang is one of China’s top machinery companies. The company entered the wind power market in 2004 and shipped more than 800 wind turbines with a 1.5 MW power rating in 2008, making it the country’s third largest wi... [more]
A new collaboration between MAG Industrial Automation Systems and Dowding Machining LLC is poised to revolutionize manufacturing of wind turbine components with specially-designed CNC modules for the production of hubs and new automated technology for composite wind blade production.
The Lansing, Michigan-based venture, dubbed Astraeus from the Greek mythological "father of the four winds," will use a unique new machine design to dramatically reduce the production times of turbine hubs, the ... [more]
The American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) Small Wind Turbine Global Study (Year Ending 2008) projects a 30-fold growth in installed small wind capacity in the US within five years. Much of this estimated growth will be spurred by the new eight-year 30% federal Investment Tax Credit augmented in February 2009.
Evance is targeting a slice of the rapidly growing US small wind market with the appointment of full service wholesale distributor of renewable energy products, DC Power Systems for... [more]
Located on house roofs or floating 900 feet above them, from remote villages to the local industrial park, a new generation of wind turbines is expanding wind power’s reach to any home or business that wants an environmentally friendly source of electricity.
Two companies developing new wind turbines, MicroWind Technologies LLC. and Magenn Power Inc., were recently cited by SolidWorks CEO Jeff Ray as examples of innovators ushering in a new generation of cost-effective wind power. They are a... [more]
UK-based wind energy company quietrevolution has deployed Dassault Systèmes Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution to enhance design and manufacturing of its wind energy generators.
Having calculated a mathematically correct shape for its aerodynamically-optimized vertical axis rotor blades, quietrevolution uses Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA to design, engineer and manufacture its wind energy turbines. CATIA helps quietrevolution to capitalize on the growing demand for wind energy systems by ... [more]
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