All Posts Tagged With: "wind turbines"

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Front Range Firm Unveils Hybrid
Wind-Gas Power Technology

The SmartGen™ system can be retrofitted to existing wind turbines, enabling them to generate power at their rated capacity 100% of the time, according to Hybrid Turbines.
It can also be incorporated into new turbine designs and scale up to very large 4 MW onshore and offshore wind turbines.

3Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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You Can Go Home Again — A Colorado Energy Veteran Leads RePower’s Rise

Colorado Energy News recently caught up with RePower USA’s Steve Dayney, nearly six months after the initial announcement that his wind turbine company would be relocating from Portland to Denver.

8Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Largest Wind R&D Study Underway at NREL

NREL and Siemens Power Generation “flipped the switch” starting the blades on a Siemens 2.3 megawatt wind turbine installed as part of a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) for testing turbine aerodynamics, structure and reliability.

25Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Colorado Ranks Eighth in the Country for Wind Power

While the state had 1,068 megawatts of wind power generating capacity installed as of the end of the first quarter, the report also shows that Colorado has no wind projects currently under construction.

30Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Stimulus Could Benefit Big Turbine Manufacturers

“Dollar-wise, the big guys will get the bulk of it,” said Hugh Wynne, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein, about the package which has spending and tax breaks for power lines, wind mills and smart meters.

12Feb2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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NREL Aims to Improve Giant Wind Turbines

Blades of the General Electric 1.5 MW turbine are being stored outside on cradles this winter at the National Wind Technology Center. They are secured with large concrete blocks to prevent them from being damaged during high winds and storms.

4Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued