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Wind Turbine Cost: How Much? Are They Worth It in 2024?

In 2024, wind turbine cost per kWh remained fairly steady, but many factors affect equipment costs, installed cost, maintenance costs. This article is updated regularly with new resources and information.

lightning striking near wind turbine

Improved Monitoring for Better Lightning protection of Wind Turbines

Will more monitoring lead to better lightning protection of wind turbines? Well, monitoring for the right things could certainly help. This article provides practical steps that owners can take now to get data they can act on and better protect their assets.

Counting the cost of lightning protection

Around 1 to 3 percent of lightning strikes to wind turbine blades result in blade damage. However, this figure can vary significantly, depending on the location of the wind farm, lightning strike characteristics, the type of turbine, and other factors. Let’s look at a few of the variables that contribute to the higher blade damage rates

Lightning article PES Magazine

Lightning Damage: Not always Force Majeuere

It’s springtime in the northern hemisphere, which means more lightning strikes to wind turbines. Most of the time they can handle the strikes, no

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