New Advances in Wind Turbine Deicing
Leading experts on the effects of icing on wind turbines, existing turbine deicing technologies and new ones in development. Also, how LPS and deicing systems interact.
Leading experts on the effects of icing on wind turbines, existing turbine deicing technologies and new ones in development. Also, how LPS and deicing systems interact.
We roundup 2021-2022 trends in the wind industry, based on interviews with wind energy experts.
Recycling wind turbine blades, carbon offset credits and incentives in some countries mean sustainability can improve wind operations’ bottom line. An even bigger advantage may be in extending the productive life of your wind turbine blades.
Wind energy production in the US has grown tremendously in the past two decades and as annual energy production (AEP) has increased, so has …
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Dr. Rosemary Barnes, wind turbine blade and renewable energy expert, recently joined Uptime to co-host along with Dan Blewett and Allen Hall.
In the first quarter of 2021, Weather Guard commissioned independent wind energy consultants Power Curve to conduct an aerodynamic assessment of StrikeTape in use …
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Since the second edition of IEC 61400-24: Lightning Protection of Wind Turbines was approved in 2019, is the industry giving the new standards the …
Wind turbines spin in Antarctica, Quebec, Norway, Iowa, and North Dakota all year long. Unfortunately, when a brief but severe freeze hit Texas in February, ice collected …
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In 2020, I was fortunate to speak with a long list of experts and researchers in the wind energy industry – Bjorn Hedges, Plant …
Weather Guard Lightning Tech Founder and CEO Allen Hall was recently profiled in Wind Systems Magazine. In the interview, Hall discusses how StrikeTape makes …