Vestas Success, Equinor RWE Hydrogen, Purdue HydroDrive, AIRTub, Eolink 5MW Offshore Demo
If Vestas’ HUGE 4th Quarter portends good news for OEMs – wind is a seller’s market right now – what does it mean for smaller manufacturers, third-parties […]
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Bonus: BladeBug and DroneBase – the future of automated wind turbine inspections
Uptime sits down with Chris Cieslak of BladeBug to discuss the latest additions to their revolutionary crawling robot platform. Then, Greg Lorenz of DroneBase
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Robot Torquing, Japan Offshore Wind, GustoMSC Blade Installations, Submarines vs. Turbines, Guest Henrik Stamer of Naver Energy
Joel and Allen discuss Japan’s first commercial scale offshore operation. The 33 bottom-fixed Vestas V117-4.2 MW wind turbines, designed to power 150,000 homes, are locatedin an area of heavy lightning activity. (More
WindSpider Crane, Wind Turbine Leasing, Small Turbines, Repowering, Wind Energy on Mars
Should OEMs lease equipment? Philip Totaro says the better question is, when will they? The idea may be more attractive to OEMs than it
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Fusion Power, Blade Plant Reopens, Vestas Orders, BladeRobots
Long-anticipated improvements in Fusion energy may or may not be the holy grail, but what’s the significance? and when will we really know? While fusion is
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California Offshore, Wakes and Whales, Drilling to the Center of the Earth, Thunder Snow Apocalypse, Intelstor’s Philip Totaro
Allen and Rosemary discuss the California offshore auction that finished below expectations, and discuss the latest news from researchers on whale habitats. MIT engineers
Wind Blade Manufacturing Offload, 100% Renewable Grids, UK Onshore Battery, Fun times in France
Vestas and TPI agree to blade manufacturing contracts. Will OEM’s subcontract manufacturing of blades to lower risk and costs? Australia is planning for 100%
Wooden Turbine Blades, Too Much Solar in Australia, Insurance Drives Turbine Repair Market
Siemens’ offshore wind CEO says failures to understand cost increases and to compensate for supply chain weaknesses threaten worldwide wind energy goals. Meanwhile, policies like the
Dominion Offshore, Siemens Takeover, Gravity Foundations, ArcVera Wakes, AeroLightning with Nicholas Gaudern
Rosemary and Allen review the latest news from Dominion Energy’s offshore negotiations with Virginia and the Siemens acquisition of SGRE. Low-cost offshore gravity foundations
Bonus: Blade Pitch Problems and Structural Damage
In this BONUS episode, Joel and Allen discuss blade pitch alignment with Lars Bendsen of AC883 and blade structural damage with Morten Handberg of
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