Moventas rolls out breakthrough up-tower planetary repairs for GE fleet
Portland OR (SPX) Oct 05, 2015 -
Moventas has announced new patent-pending up-tower repair capabilities that promise to save wind farm owners significant downtime and expense. Effective immediately, all failed 'low-speed' planetary stage gears and bearings in most GE 1.5MW wind turbines can be repaired up-tower at a price that is a fraction of changing out the gearbox.
The new repair process has been demonstrated already ...
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Boost for Scottish solar projects
Edinburgh UK (SPX) Oct 05, 2015 -
The Scottish Government has confirmed solar PV projects below 5 Megawatts will continue to receive support following the UK Government's decision to close the Renewables Obligation.
The UK Government wants to exclude such projects from the policy that guarantees the same levels of support for the lifetime of the project, known as grandfathering.
The Scottish Government has devolved p ...
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Thousand-fold fluorescence enhancement in an all-polymer thin film
Nathan, Germany (SPX) Oct 05, 2015 -
Griffith University scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in the field of fluorescence enhancement via a discovery they believe could drive the next advances in sensor technology, energy saving and harvesting, lasers and optoelectronics.
A research team led by Dr Qin Li, from Griffith's Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, is reporting unparalleled magnitude of fluorescenc ...
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Performance cloning boosts computer chip memory systems design
Raleigh NC (SPX) Oct 05, 2015 -
North Carolina State University researchers have developed software using two new techniques to help computer chip designers improve memory systems. The techniques rely on "performance cloning," which can assess the behavior of software without compromising privileged data or proprietary computer code.
Computer chip manufacturers try to design their chips to provide the best possible perfo ...
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Hydrogen for all seasons
Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 05, 2015 -
Chemists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have developed novel porous materials called "covalent organic frameworks", which provide a basis for the design of polymeric photocatalysts with tunable physical, chemical and electronic properties.
Chemical systems that are capable of generating hydrogen gas by light-activated scission of water molecules (often termed artifici ...
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Scientists produce status check on quantum teleportation
York, Germany (SPX) Oct 05, 2015 -
Mention the word 'teleportation' and for many people it conjures up "Beam me up, Scottie" images of Captain James T Kirk. But in the last two decades quantum teleportation - transferring the quantum structure of an object from one place to another without physical transmission - has moved from the realms of Star Trek fantasy to tangible reality.
Quantum teleportation is an important buildi ...
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Green biomass entails potential as well as challenges
Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Oct 05, 2015 -
Politically, it has been decided that Denmark should be a growth centre for bio-economy. Thus, the National Bioeconomy Panel was appointed, the primary task of which is to indicate actual initiatives to encourage a sustainable, bio-based production in which resources and products are better utilized to the benefit of the environment, the climate, growth and employment. The panel recently publish ...
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