Sandia National Laboratories is helping makers of wind turbine blades improve the labor productivity associated with blade fabrication and finishing. This improved productivity makes domestic blades more cost competitive with blades from countries that pay workers lower wages. The Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Initiative, a three-year $6.3 million project, brought together researchers ...

Availon recently established Availon Energy Management GmbH (AEM), a subsidiary seeking to complement the company’s existing technical service solutions by offering customer-specific energy management, wind performance forecasts, direct marketing support, contract management and further commercial services. Among other areas, AEM focuses on the calibration and optimization of wind forecasts, ...

Hydratech Industries Wind Power has opened a state-of-the-art service and repair facility in the United States with world-class hydraulic cylinder design and manufacturing experts to service and repair hydraulic cylinders for pitch hydraulics and hydraulic braking. With three manufacturing facilities strategically located world-wide, two research and design facilities and now ...

In the fast-growing industry of wind power, new technologies for gearboxes, blades, rotors, and other major components are emerging every day but something that is often overlooked is the root cause of most turbine failures. Gearbox and hydraulic system failures make up the highest number of failures in the wind ...

As the warmer weather is waning for most wind farms here in the U.S., the window for efficient blade repair service is quickly drawing to a close. This is because the blade repair guys don’t like to get cold and will soon be heading out to the Bahamas ...