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2020 SOLAR
BUYERS GUIDE
Digital Reality
Pg. 29
26 Show-in-print: AWEA Wind Project
O&M and Safety Conference
JANUARY•FEBRUARY2020 Volume 14, Issue 1
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It's time for boardrooms to get a grip on digitalization Pg. 8
Preventive Reconditioning
How an upfront investment can save you excessive costs down the road Pg. 16
Integrating Solar Microgrids
Reducing the impact of power failures Pg. 90
Plus Show-in-Print Features:
• AWEA Wind Project O&M and Safety Conference Pg. 26 • Intersolar North America Pg. 78
• Solar and Energy Storage Northeast Pg. 82
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92 Building Resilient International Supply Chains What clean energy companies need to know
89 Energy storage product: Panasonic Corporation of
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departments
14 Why Turbine Uptime is Crucial for Wind Farm Efficiency
24 Wind product spotlight: Performance Monitoring
79 Show-in-print: Intersolar North America
36 2020 Solar Buyers Guide
Trojan Battery Company
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25 26
29 78
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Top story
Wind power
Wind product spotlight: Safety & Fall Protection
Wind spotlight: Training
Show-in-print:
AWEA Wind Project O&M and Safety Conference
2020 Solar Buyers Guide
Show-in-print:
Intersolar North America
Show-in-print:
Solar and Energy Storage Northeast
Energy storage
Energy efficiency
Events calendar & advertiser’s list
Digital Reality 18 It’s time for boardrooms to get a
Innovation Removes Barriers to Wind in Remote Locations
82 Show-in-print:
Solar and Energy Storage Northeast
84 Current Kills
Safety lessons from large scale energy storage deployments
86 Integrating Onsite Energy Management
88 Factory Finished
90 Integrating Solar Microgrids
Reducing the impact of power failures
92 Building Resilient International Supply Chains What clean energy companies need to know
grip on digitalization
20 Yaw Solutions
The Price of Safety 22 Human performance improvement
in wind energy 23
The Ultimate Recycling Process
Regenerating transformer oil so it’s good as new
Tips from a Supply Chain Guru Wind product spotlight:
Safety & Fall Protection
Why Turbine Uptime is Crucial 26 for Wind Farm Efficiency
Preventive Reconditioning
How an upfront investment can save you excessive costs down the road
Show-in-print:
AWEA Wind Project O&M and Safety Conference
25 Wind spotlight: Training
29 2020 Solar Buyers Guide 78 Show-in-print:
Intersolar North America
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