Bonus Episode – Blade Icing, Trouble for Turbines

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFebruary is notorious for wintry and icy weather in the Northern Hemisphere. Joel and Allen discuss the recent

Weather Guard February 9, 2023

GE Pushes Factories, NY Showdown, Aerones, Iberdrola Sale, Nucor Steel, Elk Wind Farm

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis week we discuss new technology, jobs, and some interesting business developments. Aerones’ latest modular robot is 5x faster than

Weather Guard February 8, 2023

Wind Turbine Technician Jobs: The 2023 Guide to Skills, Salary, Safety, and More

The outlook for wind turbine technicians remains strong in 2023, and wind techs have opportunities for growth and promotion.

Weather Guard February 6, 2023

Bonus Episode – Where will the US will find Wind Technicians?

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWind Turbine Technicians are in short supply. A recent report on the US states with mechanically-inclined workers provides

Weather Guard February 2, 2023

Vestas Stops at 15MW, Lightning and Lasers, Wind Turbine Collapses Push Insurers

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhy stop at 15MW when you can make 18MW turbines? That’s a good question to ask Vestas. In the 150th Uptime podcast (wow!), Allen, Joel and Rosemary

Weather Guard February 1, 2023

Bonus Episode – Are Recyclable Blades Worth the Effort?

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadContinuum is planning to build six wind turbine blade recycling centers across Europe. In the US, several companies

Weather Guard January 26, 2023

Orsted’s Ocean Wind, Siemens Gamesa Plan, American Offshore Workers Fairness Act

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn case the US didn’t know it was hitting a wall in wind development, some of its European friends

Weather Guard January 25, 2023

Volcanos, UXO, GE Next Gen with TPI, Splash of Cash for PolyTech

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBetween volcanos, unexploded ordnance, and a flash of cash, we can say that the new year has really started

Weather Guard January 18, 2023

US Wind Energy Trends: What we’ll see in 2023

Wind accounted for 71% of new power projects in the first half of 2022, and the ITC boosts existing and new projects. So why weren’t US companies well-represented in international trade shows?

Weather Guard January 17, 2023

Vestas Success, Equinor RWE Hydrogen, Purdue HydroDrive, AIRTub, Eolink 5MW Offshore Demo

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIf Vestas’ HUGE 4th Quarter portends good news for OEMs – wind is a seller’s market right now – what does

Weather Guard January 11, 2023

Bonus: BladeBug and DroneBase – the future of automated wind turbine inspections

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadUptime sits down with Chris Cieslak of BladeBug to discuss the latest additions to their revolutionary crawling robot

Weather Guard January 9, 2023

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