The Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) in the USA has been a powerful tool for asset owners to ensure the favorable financial health of their projects – and it’s driving repowering projects. To date, more than 75% of the 138GW of operational capacity in the United States has taken advantage of the PTC, and a total of 102 individual project phases have been repowered in the USA.
The concept of using wake steering to improve wind turbine energy production isn’t new, but new models and research from MIT have brought the
Petzl is in business of providing fall protection and rescue equipment for many industries, including wind energy. We recently discussed safety at heights with
How does wind compare to solar, hydrogen, and even (gulp) nuclear power? What is the greenest form of energy?
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.
If you want to establish a floating offshore wind operation in the Atlantic off the US Coast, here are a few of the issues
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.
What do you need to know about robotics in the wind energy industry right now? When we talk to owners about their operations and robotics, we raise three questions.
Dr. Rosemary Barnes, wind turbine blade and renewable energy expert, recently joined Uptime to co-host along with Dan Blewett and Allen Hall.