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ABB to help power Portuguese wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean
ABB has been selected to deliver its WindSTAR transformers specifically designed for floating wind turbines, to MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). -
Bachmann to monitor wind farms in Central America
Wind farms in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica will use Bachmann’s Condition Monitoring (CMS) hardware and Remote Service. -
Remote condition monitoring brings big savings for Spanish wind farm
By installing condition monitoring systems from Schaeffler on 56 wind turbines, Spanish renewable energy provider Geolica is making significant annual cost savings. -
Boulder Wind Power simulates new wind power generator
BWP uses the 3D version of the Opera electromagnetic simulator from Cobham Technical Services to design a wind generator that uses an axial flux, air-core architecture that will reduce the cost of wind generated electricity. -
Controlling Wind Farms in Inner Mongolia
Automation.com, October 2011 By ICP DAS The Inner Mongolia Wind Farms Project uses large inverters and PLCs with ICP DAS TCP Server / RTU Slave to CANopen Master Gateway, RS-232 to RS-485 Converter and Industrial Ethernet Switch to monitor and control the wind turbines. -
Cobham supplies design software to Siemens Wind Power
The Siemens design team employs the Opera electromagnetic simulator from Cobham to help develop new wind generator concepts. -
ABB buys part of wind technology company
ABB bought part of Pentalum Technologies, an Israel-based company developing advanced wind sensing technology for control and optimization of wind turbines and wind farms. -
TURCK Sensors help VENSYS Control Rotor Position on Wind Turbines
In each wind turbine, six uprox+ sensors—two on each blade—simultaneously determine the precise position of the rotors. -
ABB drives QR5 wind turbine
A standard ABB industrial regenerative drive enables the turbine to generate the maximum amount of energy at all times and in rapidly changing wind speeds. -
Vibration standard developed for Wind Turbines
Wind Turbines, by reason of their design, location of installation and operation, do not abide by any international standard for vibration. -
ARC predicts huge growth for wind turbine control systems
Wind turbine control system suppliers are benefiting from an increasing demand for wind turbines worldwide and recognizing various areas of opportunities where performance can be improved. -
Northern Power names Troy Patton president of Utility Scale Wind
Patton was Senior Vice President and head of the engineering and products function at Vestas Technology R&D. -
Bosch Rexroth publishes brochure on technology for wind turbines
Drive & Control Technology for Wind Turbines describes industrial hydraulics technology developed for the wind energy market, including dynamic rotor blade pitch adjustment systems, drive train brakes, yaw drive brakes, gearboxes and more. -
Hydraulic Pitch Drives for Wind Energy Turbines
Hydraulic pitch drives from Bosch Rexroth help maximize the value of wind energy by enabling turbines to shift automatically with changes in wind velocity
