EP47 – 2021 Wind Energy Trends & Tech to Keep Tabs on Plus the NEW Vestas V236 15MW Turbine

EP40 – The New GE Cypress 6MW Wind Turbine; Orsted Partners with SGRE on Onshore, 3D Printed Blade Prototypes: What kind of technology is behind the new GE Cypress 6MW wind turbine? How will Orsted's new onshore partnership with Siemens Gamesa pan out? Allen and Dan also discuss the potential of 3D printing for blade prototypes and new technologies, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

31 min listen

EP44 – Nicholas Gaudern of Power Curve Explains Blade Aerodynamics & Power Curve Upgrades: Nicholas Gaudern, CTO of Power Curve, joined the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast to discuss his company's performance upgrades for wind turbines. After analyzing a blade using a laser scan, Power Curve recommends an ideal placement of either vortex generato... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

67 min listen

EP54 -Orsted’s Wind and Solar Plans; Biden Administration Pledges 30GW plus Autonomous Offshore Inspection Drones?: In this episode, we discuss Orsted's new 518MW wind farm plans, the Biden administration's proposal to put 30GW of wind energy in the ocean off of New Jersey, a Chinese company's plans to connect floating wind turbines with seabed offshore turbines, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

28 min listen

EP47 – 2021 Wind Energy Trends & Tech to Keep Tabs on Plus the NEW Vestas V236 15MW Turbine: What's exciting in 2021? What trends and new technology will continue to grow? What innovations should we look forward to? In this roundup episode, Dan discusses a few of his projected trends and interesting pieces of tech in 2021, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

28 min listen

EP49 – Did Wind Power Actually Fail Texas? Can Turbines Work in Cold Weather? Plus, Big Off-Shore News: The power outage disaster in Texas in February of 2021 proved to be a calamity with multiple variables to blame and countless fingers to point. But with many conservatives claiming wind power a failure...is this really so? by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

42 min listen

EP42 – Dainis Kruze from Aerones: Leveraging Robotics in Wind Turbine Maintenance & Cleaning: Dainis Kruze from Aerones joined us to talk about their unique robotic technology that today is servicing, cleaning, repairing and inspecting wind turbines all over the world. Aerones' robots originated from their time at Y Combinator, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

65 min listen

EP35 – BladeBug Robotic Tech, Wind Turbine Blade Cleaning & Floating Wind Turbine Aquaculture Labs?: In this episode of the uptime wind energy podcast, we discuss robotic technology by Bladebug, drone blade cleaning by Aerones, floating wind aquaculture and more. Can we really build a fishery or lab on a floating wind turbine? Maybe... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

31 min listen

EP38 – Bjorn Hedges, ESIG Chair & Wind Farm Plant Manager, on Site Safety, Wind Power Jobs & More: Bjorn Hedges, Chair of ESIG’s Wind, Solar, and Energy Storage Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Users Group, joined us to share his vast experience as Plant Manager of two wind sites in Washington - Harvest Wind Project and White Creek Wind I. by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

75 min listen

EP48 – Paul Dawson from EOCYCLE on the Future of Distributed Wind: Paul Dawson, VP of Business Development from EOCYCLE, joined us to talk about the distributed wind sector of the market. Small wind turbines have a large market, with studies identifying 49 million potential sites that could benefit from and support a ... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

52 min listen

EP52 – World’s Tallest Turbine; SG B108 Blades; Digisec Bird Deterrent System & More: Germany built the world's tallest wind turbine, which features a unique design--a combination of water tower and turbine. We dive into the Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy B108 blades, which are the largest ever produced, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

33 min listen

EP37 – Paul Gipe, Author of Wind Energy for the Rest of Us: Paul Gipe, a career green energy advocate and prominent author on wind power, joined us on the podcast to talk about electric vehicles, wind power policy, changes in technology and policy he's seen over the year, vertical axis wind turbine design, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

67 min listen

EP43 – Angela Krcmar of Firetrace on Fire Suppression Systems for Wind Turbines: Angela Krcmar, Global Sales Manager for Firetrace International, joined us on the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast to discuss the relatively unknown danger of wind turbine fires. A fire occurs in 1 out of every 2000 wind turbines, on average, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

62 min listen

EP41 – Michael Johansen from Anemo Analytics: Optimizing Wind Turbines Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult: Michael Johansen of Anemo Analytics joined us to talk about his company's work analyzing and optimizing wind turbine power curves. He shared insight into how data analytics can be used to drastically shorten the time and manpower needed to make major i... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

53 min listen

EP45 – Vestas V150 Blade Problems Plus The Physics of Blade Transport: Vestas V150 wind turbines have had failures and blade quality control issues lately, and we chat about what this means for the company, including their recent shut down of 150 wind turbines with suspected quality control issues. by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

26 min listen

Uptime 71 – Australian Power Output Surges; Mocean Wave Energy & Port Infrastructure: This week, we discuss the proposed 7.9 billion dollars that are needed for port infrastructure improvements to accommodate the surge in offshore wind in Europe, Australia's booming wind power and renewable output, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

28 min listen

EP36 – Wind Energy Content & Marketing: A Glimpse into What We Do and Why We Do It: In this special episode, we went into depth on our views of content, marketing and branding in the wind energy sector. As one of the most active online educators in wind, we wanted to share a glimpse of why we do what we do and what we've learned in bu... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

58 min listen

EP46 – Byron Martin & Dan Morgan of Teknologize Talk IT & Cybersecurity For Wind Farms: The IT and cybersecurity experts from Teknologize sat down with us to discuss the needs of both modern and aging wind farms. Byron Martin, CEO and Daniel Morgan, CTO, discussed the major problem of upgrading older software systems to modern standards a... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

74 min listen

EP53 – Brian Huskinson, CEO of Elemental Coatings on Wind Turbine Blade Anti-Icing Coatings: Can wind turbine blade anti-icing coatings help prevent downtime and power loss? Brian Huskinson, CEO of Elemental Coatings, says yes. In this episode of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast, Brian explains how Elemental's anti-ice coatings help increase the... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

72 min listen

EP77 – Train Hits Wind Turbine Blade, Sea Floor Mapping Drones, and Recyclable Thermosets?: A train collided with a wind turbine blade while in transport on a flat-bed truck. It was a scary situation, and fortunately no one was hurt. But why did it happen? Sea Floor mapping drone technology is improving - what will this mean for offshore wind... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

49 min listen

EP39 – Veolia Wind Turbine Blade Recycling, Timken, Amazon and 10-Year Predictions: Veolia has partnered with GE on wind turbine blade recycling, which hopefully means big things for the environment. Amazon committed to buy 250MW of renewable wind power from Orsted, Wood Mackenzie predicts market share 10 years from now on the big thr... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

28 min listen

EP50 – 3D Printed Wind Turbine Bases: Are They The Future? with COBOD Founder Henrik Lund-Nielsen: Henrik Lund-Nielsen, founder and General Manager of COBOD International joined us to talk about their company's 3D printing construction technology, and specifically how it might be used in the future to help wind turbines grow taller. by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

51 min listen

EP59 – Eologix Ice Detection Sensor Technology with Founder Thomas Schlegl: Thomas Schlegl, founder of Eologix sensor technology, sat down with us to talk about how their ice detection sensors increase wind turbine safety and allow for more efficient wind turbine management and production via automatic shutoffs and restarts. by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

49 min listen

EP60 – Chris Cieslak, Founder of BladeBUG, on Their Uniquely Capable Wind Turbine Maintenance Robot: Chris Cieslak, director and founder of BladeBUG, joined Allen and Dan to talk about his unique vision for robotic wind turbine repair. There are a handful of wind turbine maintenance, repair and inspection robots making a push toward ubiquity in the wi... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

69 min listen

EP56 – Yes, Those Flashing Red Obstruction Lights Have a Story. With Jeff Grabner of Technostrobe: Jeff Grabner, managing director for wind at Technostrobe, joined us to share the story of those mysterious flashing red lights that we all have seen blinking atop wind turbines. These aviation obstruction lights--which are FAA mandated to keep aircraft... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

59 min listen

EP66 – Wind Farms At Cybersecurity Risk? Plus, a Deep Dive into Transmission Lines: How well are wind farms protected from cyber attacks? Will ransomware and other attacks potential strike more and more wind energy companies, following the attempted extortion of Invenergy? And, we discuss transmission lines - the electrical engineerin... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

32 min listen

EP78 – Hydrogen Cars by 2028? And, Can Wind Turbine OEMs Turn a Profit in 2021?: Hyundai has pledged to create a hydrogen-powered version of each of their commercial vehicles by 2028 - is this realistic? Is it necessary? OEMs are reporting increasingly thin profit margins on wind turbine sales - can they improve profitability someh... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

46 min listen

EP64 – Rosemary Barnes, Wind Turbine Blade Engineer & YouTube Educator: Rosemary Barnes from Pardalote Consulting and the popular YouTube Channel, Engineering with Rosie, joined us to share her take on wind energy. Ms. Barnes has a Ph.D in composite materials and structural design, and has worked for LM Wind Power, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

61 min listen

EP57 – So You Want to Work As a Wind Tech? Outlook, Salaries, & Future of this Evolving Job: The job of wind turbine technician, or wind tech, will continue to be very in-demand in the future. But what exactly does it entail, and what can job seekers expect down the road? In this episode of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

31 min listen

EP55 – 3D Printing a Whole Wind Turbine Blade? With Cole Nielsen and Amolak Badesha of Orbital Composites: Can you 3D print a wind turbine blade out of thermoplastic? Cole Nielsen and Amolak Badesha from Orbital Composites believe that YES - you can, and we need to start moving that direction as an industry. In this conversation about the future of wind tur... by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

64 min listen

EP84 – Turbine Blade Fatigue Cracks – A Growing Problem?: Morten Handberg from Wind Power Lab joined us to discuss wind turbine blade fatigue cracks and how operators can diagnose and creative preventative maintenance plans. We also explore subsea cable technology, by The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

67 min listen

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EP47 – 2021 Wind Energy Trends & Tech to Keep Tabs on Plus the NEW Vestas V236 15MW Turbine

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