Sentences with phrase «turbine components for»

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Launched in 1973 as a plastic injection molder with six employees, Cascade Engineering has blossomed into a diversified manufacturer with 15 business units and a product line that includes waste containers, auto parts, and furniture components — and, more recently, wind turbines, solar panels, and affordable water filters for the developing world.

It makes components for four different GE operations — jet engines, locomotives, wind turbines, and water - treatment units — the first time a factory has ever done that.

Even when foreign companies such as General Electric or Suzlon supply the turbines as much as 70 percent of the components are made in China, everything except for bearings and electrical controls.

Commercially, China certainly has a lead; it offers cheap, high - quality solar cells and components for wind turbines, among other key products.

The company expects to have a prototype of the new crane within a year, in time for the launch of its V112 three - megawatt turbine, which will have heavier components and require a crane with a stronger arm than the current Tower Crane has.

Advances in high - temperature components and improved system modeling, combined with the potential for conversion costs an order of magnitude lower than those of turbines, suggest that TPV could offer a pathway for efficiently storing and producing electrical power from solar thermal sources, a new study suggests.

The team is working to create a coating that would provide thermal and corrosion protection for components, including the turbine blades.

The Aerospace segment offers precision - machined and fabricated components and assemblies for original equipment manufacturer turbine engine, airframe, and industrial gas turbine builders.

When a major turbine manufacturer calls a catastrophic failure like a blade falling off component liberation, we know we are in for an adventurous ride in a theme park divorced from reality.

«GE Power will design, manufacture and deliver its market - leading ultra-supercritical technology components (boiler and steam turbine generator) for this new power plant,» GE Power said in a statement.

Government support has been crucial for transforming lower - carbon energy technologies, ranging from solar power to biofuels to efficient gas turbines, into fundamental components of a cleaner U.S. energy sector.

U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report 2009 This 58 - page U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report for 2009 provides a comprehensive look at the U.S. wind energy industry, including wind projects, wind turbine and component manufacturing, market rankings and key industry players, market trends, and impact of the U.S. wind energy industry.

For something that the wind industry keeps telling us is as rare as hen's teeth, the unshackling of 10 tonne blades (euphemistically called «component liberation»), the total collapse of 200 - 300 tonne turbines and the spontaneous combustion of turbine generators (and the 1,000 litres of highly toxic gear and hydraulic oil that slosh around inside the -LSB-...]

For the most part, wind energy applications consist of covering vital wind turbine components with shrink wrap to protect against harmful elements those components could face either in transit, in warehouse storage, or at the turbine lay - down site prior to erection and installation.

http://www.co2science.org/education/reports/foodsecurity/GlobalFoodProductionEstimates2050.pdf Wind power has created a looming environmental problem from the toxic components of the massive battery banks needed for the stabilization of power from the highly fluctuating output from wind turbines.

We only sell components into the wind turbines themselves — we don't supply anything for the ground - based equipment / converters.

The vessels must also have deck space for preparatory work with offshore turbines» huge components, as well as carrying capacity for construction crews, support personnel and vessel crews.

To design and build the Haliade - X platform, GE Renewable Energy is relying on an unprecedented collaboration across the GE portfolio, leveraging the knowledge of GE's Onshore wind team, with 50,000 turbines in the field; the blade expertise of LM Wind Power; the GE Power and GE Aviation engineers for peer reviews of component and systems design; the Global Research Center for control systems and component validation; and GE Digital for supporting digital modelling, analytics and app development.

Landowners with wind farm infrastructure on their properties also receive one time payments for the turbine site, access roads, collection lines and other components at the time construction activities occur.

For instance, before the RPS passed in 2008, the state had a dozen companies that supplied components, raw materials or services to wind turbine makers.

Many factors impact a wind turbine's supply chain, such as the worldwide demand for steel and other commodities, availability of equipment large enough to manufacture and transport the large components, and fluctuating foreign exchange rates.

According to AWEA's 2009 Annual Wind Energy Market Report, the largest category of new U.S. manufacturing facilities supporting the wind industry was for turbine subcomponents such as bearings, electrical components, and hydraulic systems.

The very large wind turbines that have been used in Australia will have a high scrap value and therefore I would expect that it will be worth dismantling them for their steel, copper and other valuable components, rather than leaving them once they become unusable.

* Turbine blades are formed of durable and lightweight composites * Rotational molding processes used with high - strength thermoplastic materials * Standard construction practices used to inexpensively build, deploy, and maintain nacelles * Assembled with carefully selected off - the - shelf drive and generating components including brushless generators, high reliability gear trains, and double graphite / ceramic face seals for rotor shafts * Self - cleaning screen for horizontally deflecting debris and fish away from turbine blades (also designing screenless, debris immune, and more fish - friendly turbine) * Yaw bearing for bidirectional operation in tidalTurbine blades are formed of durable and lightweight composites * Rotational molding processes used with high - strength thermoplastic materials * Standard construction practices used to inexpensively build, deploy, and maintain nacelles * Assembled with carefully selected off - the - shelf drive and generating components including brushless generators, high reliability gear trains, and double graphite / ceramic face seals for rotor shafts * Self - cleaning screen for horizontally deflecting debris and fish away from turbine blades (also designing screenless, debris immune, and more fish - friendly turbine) * Yaw bearing for bidirectional operation in tidalturbine blades (also designing screenless, debris immune, and more fish - friendly turbine) * Yaw bearing for bidirectional operation in tidalturbine) * Yaw bearing for bidirectional operation in tidal waters

Increase and make permanent the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program for opening, expanding or modernizing facilities to manufacture offshore wind turbine components, and extend this program to turbine installation vessel manufacturing.

The main drivers for this are supply chain constraints for components (e.g. wind turbine generators) and services (e.g. installation), and to a lesser extent, fluctuations in the Euro / Sterling exchange rates and commodity prices».

Wind power is the fastest growing component in the United States» green energy portfolio, but wildlife advocates say that many proponents for the wind turbines are overlooking a detrimental consequence — dead birds, including many protected species of eagles, hawks and owls.

Perform set up of parts, tooling and fixtures on CNC machinery for the production of gas turbine engine and component parts: Hermele 5 - axis, mill / lathe CNC machines

Accomplishments * Led team of 12 direct - report project managers with accountability for gas turbine and balance - of - plant (BOP) equipment projects totaling $ 2.8 billion * Led activities to support $ 800 million multi-year sale of components and facilities equipment to South Korean customer in technology transfer initiative.