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Corvus Energy’s 6.5 kWh lithium-polymer batteries just passed the requirements of Lloyd’s Register Type Approval certification tests. Lloyd’s Register North America, Inc., a firm that assesses business processes and products to internationally recognized standards, reported that the AT6500 module meets national and international standards, and it has an appropriate level of product safety. It is one of the world’s first batteries, intended for [...]
Boston-based independent wind energy company, First Wind, has selected GE as its service provider for the company’s fleet of 264 GE wind turbines at eight sites across the United States. The eight-year service agreement expands upon existing contracts with First Wind, and is the first contract to cover an entire fleet of wind turbines signed [...]
On modern wind turbines, each blade is adjusted by an independent electro-mechanical pitch-control unit. The electronic controller checks the turbine’s power output several times each second. Should the power output become too high, the controller signals the blade-pitch mechanisms to turn the rotor blades slightly out of the wind. Conversely, when wind velocity decreases, the [...]
