FEATURES

Company Profile: GL Garrad Hassan

By: Russ Willcutt

With roots in academia and R&D this company offers independent technical and engineering services, products, and training to the wind, wave, tidal, and solar sectors.

OPTI-mizing Wind Gear Production

By: Michael Hayes

Highly productive new Gleason gear cutting and fine finishing technologies are helping Brevini Wind USA to meet its ambitious gearbox production goals.

Harnessing Digital Elevation Data

By: Ken Goering

Intermap Technologies explains how using terrain information accurately predicts wind conditions and helps to plan project infrastructure.

Condition Based Turbine Maintenance

By: Jianhui Xing & Klaus Hoei

Whether it’s new or an existing installation, condition-based maintenance helps owners protect their investment and technicians schedule their work efficiently.

Tracking Renewable Talent

By: Alison Wise

From green power brokers, attorneys, and financial experts to wind turbine technicians, the demand for wind-specific expertise will only grow in the coming years.

Composite Materials for Wind Blades

By: James C. Watson & Juan C. Serrano

As new materials are being developed, PPG Industries provides insights into the current performance and future directions of those utilized in manufacturing high-tech blades.

Raising Public Perceptions

By: Kellie Lindquist

The Eye of the Wind installation has been fitted with an elevator by KONE, allowing visitors to ascend to a viewing pod and providing firsthand public exposure to wind turbines.

DEPARTMENTS

CONSTRUCTION

By: Joseph Mann

Mass stabilization is a soil mixing technology for treating potential wind tower sites with weak organic soils and high groundwater conditions.

MAINTENANCE

By: Merritt Brown

If you see to the little things, the big things will take care of themselves. That’s certainly true in bolting applications, as this a two-part series makes clear.

TECHNOLOGY

By: Jose R. Zayas

Next-generation wind turbines will be smarter, more efficient, and more reliable than ever before, continuing the innovative process that is propelling this industry forward.

LOGISTICS

By: Hüseyin Kizilagac

Successful repowering projects can only be achieved by considering the transportation and logistics challenges of removal and replacement of wind power structures.

Q&A: Mike Couling

President/Redstone College

NEWS

Timken Wins Wind Energy Contract

New Version of WINDNavigator from AWS Truepower

Final Phase of Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Online

WindPower Innovations Launches Energetic Drives

GE and SynapSense Expand Relationship

Offshore Inductive Inverter Components from SMP

CH2M HILL to Manage Tres Amigas SuperStation Construction

Siemens Receives Major Order for Oklahoma Wind Farm

Smart Grid Spending to Top $45 Billion by 2015

GroundSmart Products from CommScope

OnSite Software Upgrade from WindLogics

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