HUTCHINSON, KS—Siemens’ wind turbine nacelle assembly plant here has been awarded LEED Gold Certification for its environmentally responsible design and energy-efficient operating systems.
RICHMOND, VA—Rolls-Royce is considering building a new factory here to manufacture turbine blades. The 90,000 square-foot-foot plant would employ up 140 workers.
A Siemens gas turbine is 36 feet long and weighs 280 tons—and yet its parts are machined to tolerances of a few thousandths of an inch. ASSEMBLY magazine's editor-in-chief goes behind the scenes to see how this engineering marvel is made.
The Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB factory in Finspang, Sweden, is one of the leading suppliers of steam turbines to the solar energy industry worldwide. In fact, two out of every four steam turbines made there will be used in the solar industry.