Back in 2007 the world's gear manufacturing capacities were being seriously challenged, particularly in Europe, with the wind generation industry exhausting the majority of this capacity. However, as it is with everything, the industry is ever-evolving and it may be time for gear manufacturers to look for the next 'big thing'.
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Floating turbine technology is considered to be the ‘holy grail’ of harnessing ocean wind power, by many in the industry. Recently, a Norwegian energy company started producing electricity with the very first fully functional floating turbine – called Hywind and developed by StatoilHydro.
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Still enjoying a home away from home considering a blog for today, I took a moment to look up from my computer. Waves and white caps scudding across the bay directly in front of the window, a huge white breasted sea eagle floating above and not a soul for miles.
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Fascinated by wind-powered machinery? So are we and we’ve found a video that perfectly describes the layout of a typical wind turbine generator as found on Wind Farm worldwide.
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