Duke University, Durham, N.C., reports that its researchers have extracted rare earth elements from coal ash that contains amounts ranging from 337 to 591 ppm, depending on location.
Continue readingSteel forgings for windmills to be produced in joint venture
Sumitomo Corp., Japan, and the Japan Steel Works have formed a joint venture with Gerdau Steel, Brazil, to manufacture forged steel products for wind power generation.
Continue readingSSAB to deliver 25,000 metric tons of Galfan-coated high-strength steel for power plants
SSAB, Sweden, has agreed to deliver a total of 25,000 metric tons of metal-coated, high-strength steel to the Spanish company CIE Egana to build support arms for parabolic reflectors in thermosolar plants.
Continue readingIpsen provides range of atmosphere furnaces for North American market
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that since 2010, the company has successfully installed more than 50 atmosphere furnaces, as well as temper and auxiliary equipment throughout North America.
Continue readingKeystone spiral welding technology enables taller wind turbines
Keystone Tower Systems, Somerville, Mass., is developing a system that adapts a traditional pipe-making technology to make wind turbines on location at wind farms, making taller towers more economical.
Continue readingFlexible grid and segmented silver fingers cut cost and weight in solar panels
GT Advanced Technologies Inc., Merrimack, N.J., announces that solar modules incorporating its new Merlin metallization and interconnect technology have met the requirements of several important PV industry certification standards.
Continue readingTapping energy from the sun through heat and light
A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, researchers, could improve efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional photovoltaic cell.
Continue readingTesting system for wind power applications
SAKOR Technologies Inc., Okemos, Mich., announces the availability of its complete AccuDyne AC Dynamometer system for wind power testing applications. The system can be used by multiple engineering groups to test and verify designs, as well as for quality control testing after manufacturing.
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