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DALLAS, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market research report, "Global Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Market by Testing, Material, Blade Size, Regulations & Outlook (2011 - 2016) [http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/rotor-blade-market-286.html " published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), global wind turbine rotor blade market will grow from estimated $7.7 billion in 2011 to $14.6 billion in 2016 with a compound annual...

ORANGEBURG, N.Y., July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Chromalloy announced today that it will expand its Newnan, Ga., operation and work force, adding gas turbine engine service capabilities and up to 125 jobs at the site. "Chromalloy is pleased to offer engine operators additional advanced repairs and services at our greater Atlanta area facility," said Armand F. Lauzon, Jr., President. "We have worked closely with the state of Georgia, Governor Deal's office and the Coweta County Development...

By Kathy Svitil, California Institute of TechnologyThe power output of wind farms can be increased by an order of magnitude"”at least tenfold"”simply by optimizing the placement of turbines on a given plot of land, say researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) who have been conducting a unique field study at an experimental two-acre wind farm in northern Los Angeles County.A paper describing the findings"”the results of field tests conducted by John Dabiri, Caltech...

BERWICK, Pa., June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Unit 2 at the Susquehanna nuclear plant near Berwick, Pa., resumed generating electricity on Wednesday (6/29) after a planned refueling and maintenance outage that was extended to replace damaged turbine blades discovered during a routine inspection conducted during the outage. "Our team did an excellent job addressing the unexpected challenge of the turbine blade replacements as well as replacing about 40 percent of the uranium fuel and...

BERWICK, Pa., June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Unit 1 at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear plant in Luzerne County, Pa., resumed generating electricity Friday (6/24) after replacement of damaged turbine blades was completed. The turbine blade damage was found during an inspection conducted after similar damage was found on the Unit 2 turbine. The Susquehanna nuclear plant's two units produce electricity by boiling water to create steam that passes through turbines, each with hundreds of fanlike...

When a seven metre portion of a Vestas blade prototype broke off last year - only weeks after the company had a signed a deal to supply the same model to a 420MW wind farm in Australia - the company felt it had some explaining to do. But according to the latest Wind Energy Update Operations and Maintenance Report 2011, human error, which was ultimately the cause of the failure, is all too common in blade prototype manufacturing. (PRWEB) June 20, 2011 "The rotor blade prototype...

LE BOURGET, France, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- To showcase its extensive engineering and advanced technology expertise, Simrit will demonstrate its portfolio of aerospace engine sealing solutions during the 49th International Paris Air Show held in Le Bourget, France from June 20 to 26. The product line - consisting of brush, segmented, compact mechanical and ACTISEAL® seals - was specially developed to meet the precise needs of several aerospace applications, including engines,...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IO Turbine, Inc., developer of the first software to intelligently use SSD/Flash to solve I/O bottleneck problems in VMware environments, will host a free webinar featuring Gartner's Chris Wolf on how modern I/O acceleration technologies improve consolidation densities and performance, uphold service level guarantees, and realize a rapid ROI. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/LA85277LOGO) Wolf, a VMware vExpert, is a research...

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Children in the U.S. spend 50 percent less time outdoors than they did 20 years ago. In an effort to motivate families and their children to get outside more often and re-connect with nature, the USDA Forest Service and the Ad Council today launched new public service advertisements (PSAs) to encourage families to take the time to discover the forest. The Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Tom Tidwell, will unveil the new PSAs on June 11 at Kingman...

BERWICK, Pa., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A thorough inspection of the Unit 1 main turbine at the PPL Susquehanna nuclear power plant in northeastern Pennsylvania has revealed blade damage similar to that discovered during a recent routine inspection of the plant's Unit 2 main turbine. "The scope of the turbine blade damage on Unit 1 is virtually identical to what we discovered on Unit 2," said Timothy S. Rausch, PPL's chief nuclear officer. The main turbine for each unit at the...