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May 2010

 

FEATURES

Company Profile: Nordic Windpower

By: Russ Willcutt

With decades of R&D behind it, this company’s two-blade turbines have been carefully crafted for utility-scale community wind projects.

 

Increasing Productivity with Integrated Controls

By: Dennis Wylie & Lou Mello

Control solutions such as Rockwell Automation’s Integrated Architecture system help standardize safety, improve reliability, and reduce maintenance concerns.

 

Innovative Turbine Foundation Solutions

By: Brendan FitzPatrick, P.E.

The Rammed Aggregate Pier system, designed by the Geopier Foundation Company, provides reliable support solutions for tower foundations.

 

Solar Support for Wind Energy

By: Chris Pattison, Ph.D

By merging wind and solar power technologies, harvesting sites can increase their productivity by a significant factor, as the following paper makes abundantly clear.

 

Small Wind, Big Potential

By: Amy Berry

In many ways small wind can be seen as an opportunity for average citizens to familiarize themselves with the concept of wind energy, in which case everybody wins.

 

Enclosures for Wind Energy Engineers

By: Jeffrey Seagle

When choosing the right enclosure to protect your on-site electrical systems, it’s important to understand the many factors that can impact the success or failure of your decision.

 

Raising Generator Reliability

By: Billy Higgs & Calvin Earp

By implementing proper maintenance procedures you can increase the life and productivity of your wind turbine generator. Let Shermco show you the ropes.

 

DEPARTMENTS

CONSTRUCTION

By: Dennis W. Boehm

Soil mixing is an economical and efficient alternative to deep foundations for challenging sites, particularly for wind turbine foundation applications.

 

MAINTENANCE

By: Merritt Brown

In order to increase reliability and service life, there are a number of areas wind turbine owners can address. Here’s what you need to know.

 

TECHNOLOGY

By: Jose R. Zayas & Matt Barone

Research into aero-acoustic properties will result in both the improved efficiency of wind turbines and increased siting opportunities, as the associated noise is decreased.

 

LOGISTICS

By: Hüseyin Kizilagac

Offshore energy production is on the rise around the world, which will present logistical challenges requiring knowledgeable partners to overcome.

 

Q&A: Jeff Anthony

Director of Business Development/American Wind Energy Association

 

 

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