Hybrid Wind Turbine Integration
The rail belt stretches from the south in Seward all the way north to Fairbanks, Alaska’s second-largest city in the center of the state....
Optimizing Offshore Efficiency
Until now, the wind power industry has been moving forward at a relatively steady climb. The onshore industry is powered today primarily by two...
Favorable Winds in Missouri
Missouri may not be the first place you think of for wind energy, but turbines are skirting the highways and farmland as the state...
New Energy in Northwest Iowa
You already know this region as a major diversified agricultural center, but did you know that Northwest Iowa boasts some of the nation’s most...
Ontario Embraces a Cleaner Future
You can’t talk about wind power without talking about coal—not in Ontario, Canada, anyway. As concerns about North America’s dependence on fossil fuels have...
Potential in the Panhandle
Pampa is a community of approximately 18,000 people located in the eastern Texas Panhandle. Excellent transportation systems are a distinguishing characteristic of the Pampa...
Greening the Columbia Gorge
When most people think of the Pacific Northwest they envision lush green forests and majestic mountain ranges. The region is “green” in more than...
Amassing Wind Information
When it comes to wind information, much attention is focused on the choice of wind measurement technology and data collection practices in wind resource...
Predictive Maintenance Strategies
When the Southwesterly winds blow out here in Texas—which is all day, every day—taking a planned outage to maintain your 120 megawatt wind farm...
Deepwater Wind Developments
While there is no shortage of wind in coastal locations around the globe, the process of effectively capturing wind for power generation isn’t always...
Best Practices for Turbine Manufacturers
Aggressive federal goals to reduce the nation’s dependence on non-renewable energy resources continue to drive expansion of the U.S. wind turbine manufacturing industry. The...
Building a Better Bearing
At wind farms, maintaining maximum uptime is critical. However, as bearings perform their mission-critical function inside wind turbines, challenges related to dynamic and unpredictable...
The Cedar Point Case Study
Wind industry project development is a dynamic business. One of the key challenges is identifying and securing project sites. What makes a site attractive...
Superconductors on the High Seas
In its nascent stages today, the offshore wind power market is expected to enter a period of rapid and prolonged growth beginning within the...
Taming the MRO Tiger
According to the Danish Wind Industry Association, annual maintenance costs of older wind turbines (25-150 kW) average around 3 percent of the original turbine...
Wind on the Waves
President Obama’s State of the Union address in January was touted as this generation’s “Sputnik moment.” When it comes to clean energy, his commitment...
Transferring Offshore Technology
Offshore wind has been steadily expanding—around 40-percent growth in installed capacity between 2008 and 2009—in Northern Europe for a number of years now. The...
Aerospace Advances Improve Blade Durability
With high demand for wind power and a fiercely competitive environment, a turbine manufacturer’s future success or failure hinges on its ability to deliver...
Wind Turbine Blade Repair
Today’s wind turbine blades are large, robust structures, but they are prone to damage like any other composite component. This damage can begin to...
Reaching for the Heights
Wind energy is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, with widespread growth and rapid expansion signaling a promising future. In fact,...
