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 ...

Energy efficiency solution provider WE Tech Solutions said it has received an order to deliver its direct-drive permanent magnet (PM) shaft generator solution to a series of two 17,500 DWT IMO class ...

Abstract: This paper describes the general design considerations and analysis for a direct-drive generator for wave energy conversion. Direct drive wave energy converters have been proposed in view of ...

Drivetrains include a wind turbine’s gearbox and generator, and are responsible for producing electricity from the rotation of the blades. A heavy unit, it is an expensive part of the wind turbine, ...

(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 ...

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 ...