Turbine Design Articles & Analysis

A Jacobs-led consortium of industry and academic organizations has been awarded funding from the U.K. government to help develop a new type of water turbine designed to improve the viability and potential of U.K. tidal range power projects. The $1 million U.K. Research and Innovation fund (UKRI) SMART grant will support Jacobs' industrial research with Severn Estuary Tidal Bar Limited, in ...

By Jacobs

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By Fluid Components International LLC. (FCI)

Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that it has acquired a wind farm in West County Cork, Ireland. This three-turbine site is designed to deliver a total combined capacity of 5MW of clean energy. The project, acquired by Ameresco, will generate carbon-free energy, which will be distributed directly ...

By Aquaria Srl

The Turbinator is designed to accurately mix concentrated foam concentrate with fresh water or sea water and is suitable for use in stationary systems or in mobile units for portable use. It is available in a range of sizes and consists of two main parts; a water-powered motor and a foam pump. The motor and pump are coupled and integrated into a single compact body and both are "positive ...

By Copersa

The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced $35 million in funding for 11 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy's (ARPA-E) Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS) program. SHARKS teams will develop new economically competitive Hydrokinetic Turbines (HKT) designs for tidal and riverine currents. "Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Lesignano HPP, N.1 Archimedean screw turbine. Hydraulic design and unit layout. ...

By Hydroalp S.r.l.

Inox Wind Limited, one of India’s leading wind energy solutions provider, has signed an exclusive agreement with AMSC (NASDAQ:AMSC), a global solutions provider serving the wind and power grid industry, to launch the 3MW wind turbine which is especially suitable for low wind regimes in India. The 3MW wind turbine platform is a globally operating and proven platform. This agreement comes on ...

By Inox Wind Ltd

GE's new 5.3 MW turbine system combines larger dimensions with on-site blade assembly in a design leap that could unlock new wind siting opportunities. Last month, GE unveiled a new 5.3 MW onshore wind turbine which is more than double the average capacity of turbines installed in the U.S. in 2017. Larger, higher efficiency turbines and growing installation experience have dramatically ...

By New Energy Update - Reuters Events

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) will soon be celebrating the topping-out ceremony of its electric thermal energy storage (ETES) facility in Hamburg-Altenwerder. With this innovative storage system, Siemens Gamesa is providing an answer to one of the central challenges facing the energy transition: how to make the supply and demand for electricity from renewable energy sources more ...

By Smart Grid Observer

GE launches 5.3 MW onshore wind turbine with efficiency, logistics gains GE Renewable Energy is to release a new 5.3 MW onshore wind turbine which includes improvements in energy output, installation, and maintenance efficiency compared with earlier models, the company announced September 24. Larger, higher efficiency turbines and growing installation experience have dramatically reduced wind ...

By New Energy Update - Reuters Events

Following fresh installation breakthroughs, Vattenfall's new commercial wind test facility in Scotland will support new operations solutions for the latest high-capacity turbines, bucket foundations and cabling. Earlier this month, Sweden's Vattenfall officially launched its 93 MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, north-east Scotland. Supported by UK and ...

By New Energy Update - Reuters Events

Congratulations to EVAPCO-BLCT as their project, Exelon's Wolf Hollow, was awarded Gas Project of the Year by the editors of Power Engineering and Renewable Energy World magazines. Built in Granbury, Texas, Exelon’s 1,000-MW Wolf Hollow gas-fired combined cycle plant began producing power in December 2016. The Wolf Hollow plant is one of two twin facilities designed and built in Texas for ...

By Evapco Inc.

Power management company Eaton has announced it is helping advance energy resiliency for the national power grid through a U.S. Department of Energy funded initiative to deploy new hydropower generation at existing non-powered dams and waterways. Under the second stage of the contract awarded in 2017, Eaton will manufacture and test new, low-cost integrated hydropower turbine and generator sets ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Mortenson, a leading renewable energy contractor, has been selected to build what will be the largest single-phase wind farm ever built in North America. The 600-megawatt Rush Creek Wind Project, owned and operated by Xcel Energy, will be home to 300 turbines and an 83-mile transmission line near Limon, Colo. "We are pleased to be selected to construct this significant project for Xcel ...

By Xcel Energy

Erosion caused by the impact of water droplets on component surfaces can lead to failures in key technological applications. For example, in steam generating plants, the leading edge of turbine blades suffer major erosion damage from the steam driving the turbines, requiring costly maintenance and repair with consequent loss of generating capacity. Similarly, erosion caused by the impact of rain ...

By National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

March 2nd , 2017 | Start Time 10:00 – 11:00 AM EDT Rotor-bearing systems are the most critical components of any rotating machinery. Rotor lifetime and reliability depend, first and foremost, on the level of rotor vibrations. With this in mind, in order to meet the highest requirements of reliability, each step of the rotor development process should be based on accurate rotor dynamic ...

By SoftInWay Inc.

The factory will produce blades for the G114-2.0 MW class S turbine, tailor-designed for the Indian market Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Ramesh Kymal, Gamesa's CEO in India, and José Antonio Cortajarena, Gamesa's Chief Corporate and General Secretary, presided the inauguration ceremony Gamesa today inaugurated its new factory in the Nellore ...

By Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

This webinar will describe and demonstrate the cooled gas-turbine design and analysis system, developed by SoftInWay, via the utilization of AxSTREAM, AxSTREAM NET and AxCYCLE. The software presentation walks attendees through the main steps of how to use these tools to develop a highly efficient cooled gas turbine unit in a relatively short time frame. Jan 19th, 2017 | Start Time 10:00 – ...

By SoftInWay Inc.

The company has been contracted install a total of 152 of its G97-2.0 MW class S and G114-2.0 MW class S turbines, custom-designed for the low wind speed sites typical of India Gamesa continues to make further inroads into the Indian market, where the company is the number-one OEM, having commanded the leadership spot for three years in a row. Specifically, Gamesa has secured five new ...

By Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

These turbines are custom-designed to withstand the extreme winds typical of this coastal area which is often hit by typhoons. Gamesa has achieved a new product strategy milestone, namely the introduction of its new G114-2.5 MW turbine into China. Specifically, the company will supply 38 (95 MW) of these turbines to state-owned developer Zhognmin1 at two wind complexes. Nineteen of these ...

By Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy