Maintenance practices on wind turbines are primarily either ‘preventative’ actions performed at routine intervals according the manufacturers specification, or ‘reactive’ when a turbine’s component is damaged causing the machine to shut down. New ‘preventative’ maintenance practices are now being developed, using high tech condition monitoring technologies, which aim to reduce the overall turbine O&M lifetime costs.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA—October 4, 2011—The 1,000th GE wind turbine to be installed in Canada will enter service next month at Cartier Wind Energy’s Gros Morne project in the Gaspésie Region of Quebec, GE announced today at CanWEA’s 27th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Continuing to expand its presence in Canada’s wind energy sector, GE expects to have more than 1,100 wind turbines installed in the country by the end of this year.

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—September 20, 2011—GE today announced that it has recently secured more than 1,200 megawatts (MW) of commitments for its 1.6-100 wind turbine, the world’s leader in efficiency. The 750 additional turbines bring the total number of orders and commitments to $2.7 billion and more than 2 gigawatts to date. In the past month alone developers have selected the turbine for 10 new projects.

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—September 8, 2011—First Wind, a Boston-based independent wind energy company, has selected GE (NYSE: GE) as its service provider for the company’s entire fleet of 264 GE wind turbines at eight sites across the United States. The eight-year comprehensive service agreement expands upon existing contracts with First Wind, and is the first contract to cover an entire fleet of wind turbines signed by GE to date.

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LM Wind Power customers can now benefit from reduced time to market by using the new LM e-Load developed in cooperation with GL Garrad Hassan based on its Bladed 4.1 software. The online web service provides access to the industry's largest blade catalogue and helps wind turbine manufacturers speed up the blade qualification process significantly.

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Events Calendar

  • 30 May 2013
    2013 Alternative Energy in Developing Countries and Emerging Economies

    The International Conference on Alternative Energy in Developing Countries and Emerging Economy (AEDCEE) was successfully inaugurated in 2011 with the mutual agreement between Thaksin...

  • 26 Jun 2013
    7th Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Conference & Expo

    Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino 26th – 27th June Las Vegas USA Website Get ROI on your long-term CSP strategy and prove your competitiveness to decision makers In 2013 leading CSP...

  • 19 Aug 2013
    The 5th Guangzhou International Solar Photovoltaic Exhibition

    V Guangzhou 2013- the 5thGuangzhou International Solar Photovoltaic Exhibition will be held in China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex from August 19th to 21st, 2013. On the successful...

  • 27 Aug 2013
    PV Project Development Africa 2013

    The only event in Southern Africa focusing exclusively on developing on-grid and industrial PV projects to guarantee your business benefits from lucrative opportunities in emerging renewable...

  • 02 Sep 2013
    Solar Indaba

    Solar Indaba (previously Solar South Africa) returns for the 3rd year running, and is looking to be bigger and better than ever before. 250 director and board level stakeholders will...

  • 09 Sep 2013
    International Conference & Exhibition on Clean Energy

    The aim of ICCE 2013 is to gather researchers, scientists, engineers, practitioners, policy makers, from all over the world to present advances in the clean energy technologies. We are...

  • 16 Jan 2014
    2014 1st International Conference on Non conventional Energy (ICONCE 2014)

    We are pleased to announce and cordially invite you to the 2014 1st International Conference on Non Conventional Energy (ICONCE 2014) in field of Renewable Energy Source organized by...

  • 25 Mar 2014
    International Renewable Energy Congress

    The International Renewable Energy Congress (IREC) provides a forum for researchers and practitioners around the world on recent developments in the fields of renewable energy. The congress...

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