The growth and promise of wind turbines is fueling technology development focused on the manufacturing of larger, more precise and optimized gearing. The need for better performance, quieter operation and higher efficiency means that the primary goal is to limit losses, select proper sealing...

With the direction of the wind energy market moving toward bigger wind plants and bigger turbines, the role and sophistication of motion control is growing. With offshore installations expected to grow to five megawatts in the next few years, wind turbine OEMs are moving to individual blade control...

In an effort to help “green” our country Cape Cod, Massachusetts has proposed project Cape Wind , America’s first off shore wind farm. This project will require two years from start to finish and will employ at least a thousand people across the state. In a study done by Global Insight , Cape Wind...

The Stirling Engine is one of those endlessly fascinating technologies. Though it can exactly approximate the Carnot Cycle – the King of heat cycle efficiency – it deviates rather substantially from the ideal in practical applications. So it's no surprise that while the technology has been...