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The Goldwind model top of the pile is a 5MW machine from the Chinese turbine-making giant’s GW191 range. It is a medium-speed permanent magnet turbine suited to low wind sites with a cut-in wind speed ...
A diagram of the wind farm in question. The fishing vessel struck the H1-40 wind turbine, which was not equipped with warning lights but sits in a row with others that do have them.Photo: Maritime ...
Chinese wind turbine manufacturers, while offering significantly lower prices, encounter substantial credibility issues in the European market, hindering their expansion. European developers ...
NANTUCKET, Mass. — The blade of a wind turbine that sits off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, was struck by lightning, Vineyard Wind confirmed Sunday. The involved blade, GE Vernova, on ...
A wind turbine off the coast of Nantucket in Massachusetts that broke apart last year has been damaged again by a lightning strike. The company behind the turbine, Vineyard Wind, said the damage ...
The U.S. Wind Turbine Database contains more than 74,695 wind turbines built since 1980, spread between 1,699 wind power projects in 45 states.
Superuse picked a nacelle from a Vestas V80 2-MW turbine that ran for 20 years at the Austrian Gols wind farm, and had it brought down from its perch 328 ft (100 m) off the ground.
China has just unveiled what it claims is the biggest and most powerful floating offshore wind turbine in the only segment of renewable energy where it is not the global leader. China’s leading ...
This 15-MW onshore wind turbine was installed October 8, 2024, at a site in Tongyu, Jilin Province, in northeast China. Source: Sany Group Sany said the turbine has a design life of 25 to 30 years.
The $571 Shine 2.0 wind turbine can generate power day and night as long as wind speeds are over 8mph, and it folds up into a portable package that looks like an elongated football.
With a turbine that large, one would hope it'll hold up against extreme weather. Mingyang said it's built this one to withstand level-17 typhoons at wind speeds of up to 79.8 m/s (178.5 mph).