Wind, Digital Blog — 13 July, 2026
Failure rates across both legacy and new wind turbine fleets are increasing across the wind industry. This rising trend is affecting aging legacy fleets, midlife assets and newly installed turbines alike.
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Wind, Digital Blog — 13 July, 2026
As global wind energy deployment accelerates, meeting ambitious targets over the next decade is shifting from a matter of aspiration to a challenge of pure execution. Turbines are growing larger, projects are becoming increasingly complex and supply chains remain under sustained pressure.
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Wind, Digital Blog — 13 July, 2026
Undetected blade faults are costing the wind industry billions of pounds each year. For turbine operators, the difference between early detection and delayed intervention is stark, often meaning the difference between a £30,000 repair and a £500,000 replacement. As turbines scale up in size and capi...
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Wind, Digital Blog — 13 July, 2026
Smart controls and remote monitoring offer immense efficiency for renewable grid integration, but they also expand the cyber attack surface. With many sites relying on legacy operational technology and unpatched perimeter firewalls, a single vulnerability can take a 120 MW wind farm completely offli...
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Wind, Digital Blog — 13 July, 2026
Wind energy continues to strengthen its position as the literal cornerstone of Europe's green transition, backed by steady regional growth and expanding market penetration. In 2025, Europe successfully installed 19.1 GW of new wind capacity, pushing its continental total to 304 GW. Crucially, onshor...
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Wind, Digital Blog — 08 July, 2026
The offshore wind sector has faced its share of volatility recently, with headlines focusing on cancelled projects, spiralling costs, under-subscribed auctions and geopolitical pressures. Some observers have even raised existential questions about the industry's viability.
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Wind, Digital Blog — 08 July, 2026
Offshore wind farms are often noticed first by their flashing obstruction lights rather than the massive turbines themselves. Far from being optional accessories, these signals represent a controlled safety function designed to make structures highly conspicuous to aircraft and vessels alike. In pra...
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Wind, Digital Blog — 08 July, 2026
Canada's wind energy sector is gaining significant momentum, with a strong pipeline of projects pushing growth through the 2030s. While onshore installations continue to dominate the market, offshore development off the coast of Nova Scotia is rapidly emerging as an exciting new frontier.
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Wind, Digital Blog — 08 July, 2026
Accurate wind resource assessment is the financial and engineering foundation of any successful offshore wind project. While European markets have traditionally relied on floating lidar systems (FLS) mounted on autonomous buoys, structural design requirements are driving a critical shift toward tech...
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Wind, Digital Blog — 08 July, 2026
Under the Joint Offshore Wind Investment Pact signed in Hamburg in January 2026, nine European governments and their transmission system operators (TSOs) pledged to deploy up to 15 GW per year, targeting 300 GW of offshore wind by 2050. However, lead times for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) syst...
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