February is notorious for wintry and icy weather in the Northern Hemisphere. Joel and Allen discuss the recent blast of ice in Texas, the …
Bonus Episode – Blade Icing, Trouble for Turbines Read More »
This week we discuss new technology, jobs, and some interesting business developments. Aerones’ latest modular robot is 5x faster than humans,repairing up to Level 3 LEE …
GE Pushes Factories, NY Showdown, Aerones, Iberdrola Sale, Nucor Steel, Elk Wind Farm Read More »
Wind Turbine Technicians are in short supply. A recent report on the US states with mechanically-inclined workers provides insights into where to find future …
Bonus Episode – Where will the US will find Wind Technicians? Read More »
Why 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 discuss the CEO’s surprising announcement and the market …
Vestas Stops at 15MW, Lightning and Lasers, Wind Turbine Collapses Push Insurers Read More »
Continuum is planning to build six wind turbine blade recycling centers across Europe. In the US, several companies are competing to recycle blades into …
Bonus Episode – Are Recyclable Blades Worth the Effort? Read More »
In case the US didn’t know it was hitting a wall in wind development, some of its European friends are making that point more obvious …
Orsted’s Ocean Wind, Siemens Gamesa Plan, American Offshore Workers Fairness Act Read More »
Between volcanos, unexploded ordnance, and a flash of cash, we can say that the new year has really started with a bang. But seriously, folks …
Volcanos, UXO, GE Next Gen with TPI, Splash of Cash for PolyTech Read More »
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 …
Uptime sits down with Chris Cieslak of BladeBug to discuss the latest additions to their revolutionary crawling robot platform. Then, Greg Lorenz of DroneBase …
Bonus: BladeBug and DroneBase – the future of automated wind turbine inspections Read More »
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 …