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 ...

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 ...

Now becoming available for large wind-turbine systems are less expensive, lightweight, and higher-performing alternatives to the low-speed, rare-earth permanent-magnet direct-drive electric-machine ...

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 ...

An authorative guide to the design, development and operation of gearless direct drives Discusses the principles of electrical design for permanent magnet generators and electrical, thermal and ...

(MENAFNEditorial) These turbines have advantages such as - these are lighter as compared to conventional turbine, these have significantly lower maintenance costs, and it is not needed to replace ...

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 ...

The United States Department of Energy will fund six projects mostly into developing direct-drive wind turbine technology. Direct-drive generators eliminate the need for a gearbox, which reduces ...

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, ...

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 ...

SILKEBORG, Denmark, May 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Envision Energy, the world leading Smart Energy solution provider, announced that it aims to install a superconductive generator on one of its most ...