3 MW yaw bearing for off-shore Wind Turbine are developed by LYC Bearings

June,23 2009 LYC Bearings successfully produced 3 MW wind turbine yaw bearing. The bearing is used for the sea wind generator with largest capacity required by the first offshore wind power project in China. This is LYC’s important action to expand wind turbine application from land to both on-shore and off-shore. Meanwhile bearings for 5MW off-shore wind turbine are under development by LYC Bearings.

The China Chengdu Tianma wind power bearing project goes into production

May 11, with a total investment of 550 million yuan in Chengdu Tianma Railway Bearing Co., Ltd. precision bearings wind turbine projects have been formally put into operation in Chengdu. The project will be an annual output of wind power bearing (yaw and pitch bearings) 1.2 million units in 2010 to reach 20,000 sets of production capacity in the China domestic market share of more than 60%.(more on http://www.e-bearings.com/bearing-news/the-china-chengdu-tianma-wind-power-bearing-project-goes-into-production.html)