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• End-of-show report for Hannover Messe 2014 Wind Power Engineering (Today) - As Hannover Messe 2014 drew to a close, exhibitors and organizers looked back on a successful event. “This year the world’s leading industrial tradeshow addressed the key issue of the future of industry by presenting the solutions needed for tomorrow’s intelligent factories. Hannover Messe is...
• Overview of a wake imaging system Wind Power Engineering (Today) - The schematic is of a stereoscopic PIV setup. Wind turbine wakes lead to lower power production and increased loading on downstream turbines from the reduced incoming velocity and increased turbulence contained within the wakes. Detailed measurement will improve the understanding of the wakes needed to...
• GE signs wind turbine converter support agreement to cut operational costs and enhance customer operations and management capabilities Wind Power Engineering (Today) - Support services from GE’s Power Conversion business help wind farm operators maintain efficiency. GE’s Power Conversion business today announced that it has signed a framework agreement with EDF EN to provide support services for the converters used in EDF EN’s wind parks throughout Europe. The...
• 10 tips for predicting component temperature: A high level how-to guide Wind Power Engineering (Today) - Editor’s note: A wind turbine nacelle is a like a hot house in summer months and a terrible place to ask electrical components to work reliably for long periods. To accommodate the harsh temperatures, Mentor Graphics offers the paper titled by the headline above. This...
• PSI Repair Services to showcase its product upgrade capabilities at the AWEA WINDPOWER 2014 Wind Power Engineering (Today) - PSI Repair Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries and an independent service provider (ISP) to the wind energy industry, will showcase its product upgrade capabilities to wind farm operations and maintenance (O&M) professionals at the AWEA WINDPOWER 2014 Conference & Exhibition. The most...
• GE to provide service support for EDF convertors Windpower Monthly (Today) - EUROPE: GE is to provide operations and maintenance support to EDF for the converters at its wind projects across Europe....
• France should end premium price, says regulator Windpower Monthly (Today) - FRANCE: France should replace the current guaranteed premium purchase price with competitive tenders for onshore wind power projects, the energy regulator CRE said....
• Connecticut lifts three-year wind moratorium Windpower Monthly (Today) - UNITED STATES: Connecticut lawmakers have ended an effective moratorium on the building of wind projects that had been in force in the state since 2011....
• China announces 300MW offshore project Windpower Monthly (Today) - CHINA: A 300MW offshore wind project in eastern China is to begin tendering for developer, according to local government sources....
• China announces 300MW project Windpower Monthly (Today) - CHINA: A 300MW offshore wind project in eastern China is to begin tendering for developer, according to local government sources....
• UK approves five offshore projects for subsidies Windpower Monthly (Today) - UK: The UK government has approved five offshore projects among the first renewable energy developments to qualify for its new contracts for difference (CfD) subsidy regime....
• JEC Americas 2014 Innovation Awards recognizes 10 composite companies for industry-leading advances Wind Power Engineering (Yesterday) - JEC Group, a world organization exclusively dedicated to the composites industry, has announced the 10 winners of its prestigious 2014 JEC Americas Innovation Awards program, which highlights the most pivotal advances in composites design, manufacturing and application. JEC will recognize the ten winning companies and...
• Give us your best wind turbine picture and we’ll give you a chance to win an iPad and a guest column Wind Power Engineering (Yesterday) - Nice picture, but is it contest worthy? You won’t know until you send it in.     Wind turbines are incredible sights. When you don’t see them every day, your first impulse is … to take their picture. Well, do it, and send us your...
• What if there were no sunset to the PTC, and other thoughts Wind Power Engineering (Yesterday) - This article, from the Energy Information Agency, is written by Erin Boedecker, Kelly Perl, John Maples, and Gwen Bredehoeft The outcomes are for three cases considered. Two alternative cases are discussed in this section to provide insight into the sensitivity of the Reference case to...
• JEC Americas 2014 Innovation Awards recognizes 10 composite companies for innovation and industry-leading advances Wind Power Engineering (Yesterday) - JEC Group, a world organization exclusively dedicated to the composites industry, has announced the 10 winners of its prestigious 2014 JEC Americas Innovation Awards program, which highlights the most pivotal advances in composites design, manufacturing and application. JEC will recognize the ten winning companies and...
• Google agrees to buy 407MW wind from MidAmerican Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - UNITED STATES: Google is to buy up to 407MW of wind-sourced power from MidAmerican Energy as part of its push towards powering its data centres with renewable energy....
• Intergen buys in to 155MW Mexican project Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - MEXICO: US power company Intergen has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in the first phase of the 155MW Energía Sierra Juarez project....
• Nordex signs 40MW Maryland supply deal Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - UNITED STATES: Nordex has confirmed it will supply 16 of its 2.5MW N100 turbines to the 40MW Fourmile Ridge project in Maryland....
• MT Højgaard found liable for grouting failure Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - UNITED KINGDOM: Denmark-based MT Højgaard has been found liable for grouting issues at the 180MW Robin Rigg offshore wind project by the High Court in London....
• Pattern concludes 184MW Canada project acquisition Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - CANADA: Pattern Energy has completed the purchase of the 184MW Meikle project in British Columbia under a deal worth CAD 28 million (EUR 18.4 million)....
• Asia Green Capital plans 158MW for Indonesia Windpower Monthly (Yesterday) - INDONESIA: Singaporean investment firm Asia Green Capital Partners is planning to construct wind projects with a capacity of 157.5MW in Indonesia....
• Top 5 recent Windpower Engineering & Development articles for March 2014 Wind Power Engineering (2 days ago) - Google analytics is turning into an NSA for business. OK, it’s not that sinister, but the IT giant does keep its all-seeing digital eye on what the collective you search for. At Windpowerengineering.com, the inquisitive search most often for these top five articles. So in...
• Iowa community college refines 21st century tech training Wind Power Engineering (2 days ago) - Think of energy as a system that includes sources, transmission, and loads, not just a wind farm, say the planners at Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, Iowa. “The idea expands on our mission that began 10 years ago when we started training students to...
• How wind farm monitoring leads to maximum output Wind Power Engineering (2 days ago) - At Infigen Energy’s 24/7 Control Center, personnel proactively monitor more than 1,200 turbines. All Operators are NERC and Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland-certified, and undergo more than 100 hours of continued education each year to maintain their certifications. Turbine technology improvements have significantly increased the production...
• Hey! Our art director designed this. Cool Wind Power Engineering (2 days ago) - Windpower Engineering & Development’s art director, Mark Rook (in the middle), stands with (l to r) his brother-in-law, sister-in-law, wife Barbara, and daughter Libby behind Rook’s creation.   Next time you visit the Cleveland Hopkins airport, cruise down Concourse A and admire “Green Utopia,” the...
• Wind industry activity falls in first quarter Windpower Monthly (4 days ago) - WORLDWIDE: Activity in the wind industry declined by a third in the first quarter of 2014 compared with a year before, according to data from Windpower Intelligence....
• Freescale intelligent battery sensor combines MCU and CAN with flexible three-channel analog front end Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - Freescale Semiconductor announced the industry’s first general market AEC-Q100 qualified intelligent battery sensor to combine three measurement channels, a 16/32-bit MCU, and a CAN protocol module in a single package. The MM9Z1_638 is a fully integrated battery monitoring device. The device supports precise current measurement...
• Dynamic Systems announces release of new inventory tracking system Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - The advantage of the Total Track System is the assurance that you will have all the pieces of the whole system from one source. Dynamic Systems has just announced the availability of the Total Track System that includes software, labels, scanners, quick start implementation, and...
• Bosch Rexroth presents advanced gearboxes, hydraulics, control and monitoring systems at AWEA WINDPOWER 2014 Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - A comprehensive array of technologies and services demonstrates how Rexroth innovation and experience drives the success of windpower. Bosch Rexroth offers a full range of components and services to support wind turbine developers and wind energy facility operators. Key technologies will be on display at...
• Commercializing energy storage in the U.S. Wind Power Engineering (5 days ago) - This is the overview and intro to a report by Energy Storage Update. With the announcement of California’s energy storage procurement target of 1,325 MW by 2020, and other states working hard to follow in their footsteps, developers are now focused on moving storage technologies...

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