MARKET OUTLOOK: Balancing advancements and risk
Greater decarbonization efforts are driving the continued advancement of clean power. As a result, cost-competitive renewable technologies — such as solar and wind —...
MARKET OUTLOOK: East Coast Offshore Wind Outlook
There is no question that 2018 is emerging as a watershed year for the offshore wind energy industry in the U.S., with several large...
MARKET OUTLOOK: The Wind Revolution
t turns out that tapping into a free and abundant natural resource that exists everywhere is among the cleanest and most efficient ways of...
Significant energy benefits
One of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers, Enercon, is using MasoSine SPS sinusoidal pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group to optimize the delivery...
A Foundation of best practices
As our fleet of wind turbines continue to age, understanding the structural integrity of its foundations becomes increasingly important. With millions of fatigue cycles...
Innovations in current transducers
Current transducers are a key electronic component of wind-energy turbine converters. They assist the power control system, protect the drive, and help feed energy...
Aspects of wind safety
Safety plays a key role every day as a wind technician in the field, whether in the nacelle or on the ground. As turbines...
The mysterious met tower
What can be 198 feet tall but be overlooked as easily as the infamous missing 10-millimeter socket?
While meteorological (met) towers are a critical part...
Boosting operating efficiency
The cost of maintenance in the wind-turbine industry is escalating: A report from GlobalData estimates that the cost of turbine maintenance will rise to...
Tackling turbine security
One wind turbine can create 18 full-time jobs in the U.S., and so even detractors are having a hard time ignoring wind power’s momentum....
Protecting critical equipment
Tribology is the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion. Basically, it studies friction, wear, and lubrication — three phenomena linked to surface degradation...
Skill is just the beginning
Building a professional workforce is an essential, but often overlooked, component of wind-energy development.
Thanks to private landowners in the heartland, wind-energy development is now...
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...
Rising Costs of Wind O&M and the Importance of the Human Factor
As fleets age and the cost of wind-energy O&M rises, wind-farm owners and operators look far and wide for ways to achieve efficiency. In...
Cheaper Wind Equals More Wind
American wind energy continues to power forward to reach new heights. Today, it powers more U.S. families and businesses than ever before — the...
Cheaper Wind Equals More Wind
American wind energy continues to power forward to reach new heights. Today, it powers more U.S. families and businesses than ever before — the...
The World of Turbine Bearings
The operational challenges for wind turbines can be daunting, whether related to increased turbine power and size, extreme weather conditions, heavy loads, and/or remote...
The Business Value of Digitalization
Digitalization may mean something different depending on who you are talking to in the wind industry. For some, digitalization is about getting ahead of...
Improving the friction power of gears and bearings
A machine that runs endlessly without any wear and frictional losses — who wouldn’t dream of that? Unfortunately, such a machine does not exist...
Small component, big reliability
When extremely high-speed data communication is a necessity in a wind turbine, one solution is a fiber optic rotary joint (FORJ).
While not a new...
