The bulk of a wind turbine – towers, foundations, and steel-based drivetrain components – is relatively easy to recycle. However, components like blades, generators, and nacelle covers are ...

Wind turbines with ever larger capacities are ... given the humungous size of its blades. The drivetrain has a dual tapered roller bearing (TRB) main support shaft system that aims to provide ...

We have a track record of research in wind turbine bearings and transmission components. This includes industrial collaboration with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult through the Powertrain ...

A Chinese multinational heavy equipment manufacturing company has unveiled an equipment capable of testing wind turbines ... 35MW Six Degrees of Freedom and Drivetrain Back-to-Back Test Bench.

drivetrain and tower coming from wind gusts and wind shear during operation. Furthermore, innovative plasma aerodynamic control technology is also investigated to improve the turbine performance.

Early wind turbine generators used a gearbox, but as these proved to be the least reliable part of the drivetrain, Siemens Gamesa sought a gearless solution where the generator is directly connected ...

Reduced product life cycles and shorter development times with consistently high reliability require the modularisation and standardisation of wind turbine drivetrain components. In addition, ...