Download this article in PDF format. Wind turbines larger than 6 MW are becoming common, particularly for offshore installations, where consolidating several smaller wind turbines into one large ...

Siemens delivers a direct-drive wind turbine for onshore and offshore applications that it hopes will improve cost and reliability of turbines. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

Wind turbine manufacturers are turning away from the industry-standard gearboxes and generators in a bid to boost the reliability and reduce the cost of wind power. Power ring: This three-megawatt ...

Six Northern Power 100 kW direct drive wind turbines produce power for Unalakleet, Alaska. The turbines are owned by Unalakleet Valley Electric Cooperative. Photo courtesy STG Inc. For years, wind ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dn4kwm/direct_drive) has announced the addition of the "Direct Drive ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global direct drive wind turbine market is expected to grow at a CAGR of close to 12% during the forecast period, according to Technavio’s latest report. In this report, ...

With a new purchase, GE is betting on an early-stage turbine technology that could make offshore wind farms cheaper to maintain. The acquisition of ScanWind, based in Trondheim, Norway, has also ...

XEMC Wind Power 5MW wind turbine project integrated European offshore wind power project development experience, has tackled difficulties of the direct-drive wind power generator integrated technology ...

4 December 2009 – Siemens Energy has installed its first prototype of a newly designed direct-drive wind turbine. The SWT-3.0-101 DD is a gearless machine with a power rating of 3 MW. It has a rotor ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is working toward generating 20 percent of the nation’s electricity supply from wind power by 2030. To help make this vision a reality, DOE recently awarded six ...

Siemens has launched an extended portfolio of its successful Onshore direct drive wind turbines. At the WindEnergy Hamburg trade show, the company’s Onshore CEO Thomas Richterich launched three new ...

The world’s largest direct drive permanent magnet generator for a wind turbine will go up next year off European shores. Two prototype prototype wind turbines are scheduled to be installed over the ...