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Beyond Capacity?  Offshore wind heavy lift fleet faces uncharted waters
July 15, 2024
Beyond Capacity? Offshore wind heavy lift fleet faces uncharted waters

The global goal for offshore wind capacity is an ambitious 234 GW by 2030*, but a significant gap exists between national targets and developer realities. With political, economic, and technological hurdles threatening progress, this article explores....

Yvan Gelbart

Achieving Millimeter Tolerances for Large Wind Turbine Flanges
July 15, 2024
Achieving Millimeter Tolerances for Large Wind Turbine Flanges

Wind turbine diameter sizes continue to increase. Today’s large offshore wind turbines flanges for jackets, monopiles, transition pieces, and bottom tower sections can measure up to eight meters across, while 10 meters are forecast in the future. A....

Søren Kellenberger

Engaging the NIMBYs:  Using AI to overcome community engagement bottlenecks for the wind industry
July 15, 2024
Engaging the NIMBYs: Using AI to overcome community engagement bottlenecks for the wind industry

Although community engagement has traditionally been a laborious and data-starved process, AI has unleashed a new era of improved workflows, better resource allocation, and higher visibility, helping wind power developers tap into real-time community....

Kyle Woolard

Transforming Condition Monitoring Focusing on the structural health of wind turbine towers and foundations
July 15, 2024
Transforming Condition Monitoring Focusing on the structural health of wind turbine towers and foundations

Traditionally, Condition Monitoring Systems for wind turbines concentrated primarily on the drivetrain. Thanks to a rapid increase in the number of wind turbines, monitoring the condition of the rotor blades also became a requirement. Today, the focu....

Frank Fladerer

The Problem Nobody Can See
July 15, 2024
The Problem Nobody Can See

Many of us are familiar with the saying that every adversity carries the seeds of equal or greater opportunity. This certainly proved painfully true for me. My son was a happy child who had not missed a day of school in over two years and had never r....

B.D. Erickson

Securing Our Energy Infrastructure with Microgrids
May 15, 2024
Securing Our Energy Infrastructure with Microgrids

The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly more apparent as communities around the world experience extreme weather events. From hurricanes and floods to droughts and wildfires, these types of events can have profound negatives effects o....

Dane LaBonte, Mike Voll, and Tony Zavanelli

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Beyond Capacity?  Offshore wind heavy lift fleet faces uncharted waters
July 15, 2024
Beyond Capacity? Offshore wind heavy lift fleet faces uncharted waters

The global goal for offshore wind capacity is an ambitious 234 GW by 2030*, but a significant gap exists between national targets and developer realities. With political, economic, and technological hurdles threatening progress, this article explores....

Yvan Gelbart

Achieving Millimeter Tolerances for Large Wind Turbine Flanges
July 15, 2024
Achieving Millimeter Tolerances for Large Wind Turbine Flanges

Wind turbine diameter sizes continue to increase. Today’s large offshore wind turbines flanges for jackets, monopiles, transition pieces, and bottom tower sections can measure up to eight meters across, while 10 meters are forecast in the future. A....

Søren Kellenberger

Engaging the NIMBYs:  Using AI to overcome community engagement bottlenecks for the wind industry
July 15, 2024
Engaging the NIMBYs: Using AI to overcome community engagement bottlenecks for the wind industry

Although community engagement has traditionally been a laborious and data-starved process, AI has unleashed a new era of improved workflows, better resource allocation, and higher visibility, helping wind power developers tap into real-time community....

Kyle Woolard

Transforming Condition Monitoring Focusing on the structural health of wind turbine towers and foundations
July 15, 2024
Transforming Condition Monitoring Focusing on the structural health of wind turbine towers and foundations

Traditionally, Condition Monitoring Systems for wind turbines concentrated primarily on the drivetrain. Thanks to a rapid increase in the number of wind turbines, monitoring the condition of the rotor blades also became a requirement. Today, the focu....

Frank Fladerer

The Problem Nobody Can See
July 15, 2024
The Problem Nobody Can See

Many of us are familiar with the saying that every adversity carries the seeds of equal or greater opportunity. This certainly proved painfully true for me. My son was a happy child who had not missed a day of school in over two years and had never r....

B.D. Erickson