Timken Seeing Strong Demand for Solar Energy Solutions; Wins Solar Project in Australia
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a global leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion products, is providing slewing drives for the second-largest photovoltaic (PV) solar tracking system project in Australia. Solar tracker manufacturer ATEC chose Timken's Cone Drive solution to help it overcome challenging wind conditions in the mountainous region of New South Wales, where the 280 MW Wollar Solar Farm is being constructed.
- Timken has partnered with ATEC on several solar projects, including developments in Zambia and China.
- The solar farm's developers expect to complete the project and connect it to Australia's national power transmission grid in 2024.
- Timken has invested heavily in research and development in support of solar and wind energy and has built strong manufacturing, engineering and testing capabilities across its global footprint.
- Timken and Cone Drive have played a role in significant utility-scale solar tracking system projects, including Al Dhafra PV2 , the world's largest single-site solar power plant; South Africa's Redstone Solar Thermal Power project ; Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai; and PowerChina's Jiangxi Electric project .