The Future of Wind Energy
The worldwide increase in demand for renewable energy has fueled the investment and technological advancements in wind turbines. But the largest opportunities are not...
Competency-based training
Creating an educated workforce skilled to meet the demands of a changing economy is the focus at Kalamazoo Valley Community College’s Groves Campus. Originally...
Shaping the future of the workforce
With the recent end of the Scottish government’s Transition Training Fund, the future of energy workers’ jobs is facing a challenge. How can we...
Wind Farms of Tomorrow • Automating Visual Inspections with Drones and AI
Today, wind energy contributes more than 6 percent of the nation’s electricity supply, more than 10 percent of total electricity generation in 14 states,...
Seven Years of Solid Results
Most wind turbines are built for a 20-year lifespan, but as many owners and operators have come to find out, problems with original mainshaft...
Protecting Wind-Turbine Bearings
While wind-turbine functionality relies upon fully operational rolling bearings, these precision components typically will be buffeted by a wide variety of adverse — sometimes...
Maintaining a maintenance plan
Even though predictive maintenance has proven its ability to avoid unscheduled stoppages and faults in critical components, there are still many companies that fail...
The state of the art of gearboxes
Much has been written about the global growth in the wind turbine industry. Today, more than 341,320 wind turbines are operating worldwide. In particular,...
Where Bolting Meets Safety
With operator safety at the forefront of all industrial operations across the globe, tooling manufacturers are presented with the opportunity to create equipment with...
Meeting the challenges of bolts and torque
Depending on the maker, a wind-turbine installation can include 25,000 bolts or more. These bolts follow different journeys to their final destination where correct...
Giving clean energy a second wind
In a highly forested area of Sweden, the landscape is studded by wind turbines whose stately blades are slowly turning under the watchful eye...
The path to American offshore wind
The U.S. offshore wind market is finally heating up. This is evidenced by the likes of Deepwater Wind being acquired by Ørsted — bringing...
Advancing offshore construction
Slowly but surely, the floating offshore wind-energy sector is becoming more important, particularly because of the fact that the number of locations with shallow...
Construction management services: The key to success
Each year in the U.S., new wind-farm developments get built and are placed into production. This process does not happen by accident and includes...
The Winds of Change
Repowering an existing wind site can be a daunting task. Typically, you will face one of two scenarios: In one scenario you will “repower”...
The Rise in Capacity Factor
Wind energy is enjoying a tremendous lift because of stable U.S. policy as well as the global markets where targets reducing greenhouse gas emissions...
Main shaft bearing lubrication
Wind power is advancing rapidly. From the ongoing proliferation of onshore turbines to an increasingly attractive offshore market — where technological advancements have made...
The Case for a Jones Act WTIV
Offshore wind farms in the U.S. have been talked about for years. The pioneering effort that brought the industry this far has not been...
Canada’s lowest-cost power option
Canada is the ninth largest wind-power producer in the world, with an installed capacity of 12,723 MW. At the beginning of 2018, we had...
STATE SPOTLIGHT: Wyoming – Harnessing wind’s potential
Wyoming has some of the best wind in the country, but the Cowboy State’s contribution to renewable energy has been sporadic at best, ranking...
