Wind, PES Essential, Exclusive Articles — 16 October, 2020
It is not an understatement to say that 2020 has been one of the most turbulent years in recent history, with the Covid-19 pandemic leading to seismic shifts in industries the world-over. But despite significant supply chain disruption, the renewables industry has remained remarkably resilient compa...
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Wind, Think Tank, Exclusive Articles — 16 October, 2020
Delivering climate neutrality requires adequate new national energy strategies, policies, and regulatory frameworks to be in place due to the massive energy transformation needed. The European Union has been at the forefront of global climate action so far, and is the first major economy to put in p...
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Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 16 October, 2020
Newly developed ground-based winch system shortens the amount of time needed to replace large components When a large component of a wind turbine fails, the operator often has no other choice but to have the damaged component replaced. This often involves a considerable amount of organisational work...
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Wind, Corporate Focus, Exclusive Articles — 16 October, 2020
As the world begins to open up again after the devastation of COVID-19, Cargostore Worldwide talks to PES Wind about how they have managed to stay profitable during the pandemic. We explore the company's timeline of growth over the last three years which has led to their current position in the offs...
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Wind, Think Tank, Exclusive Articles — 16 October, 2020
The reliability of an offshore wind turbine and the resources required to maintain it can make up ~30% of the overall cost of energy, thus determining and understanding offshore wind turbine failure rates is vital for modelling and reducing O&M costs and in turn minimizing the levelized cost of ...
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Wind, PES Essential, Exclusive Articles — 16 October, 2020
By 2040, it is expected that around 4GW of the UK's onshore wind capacity will be repowered projects. The next few years will see slow growth in this sector, around 100MW per year from 2020, but increasing to around 500MW per year by 2035. So as a significant number of wind turbines begin to reach t...
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Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 16 October, 2020
Newly developed ground-based winch system shortens the amount of time needed to replace large components When a large component of a wind turbine fails, the operator often has no other choice but to have the damaged component replaced. This often involves a considerable amount of organisational work...
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Wind, PES Essential, Exclusive Articles — 16 October, 2020
Here is the second unmissable PES show preview. In a couple of weeks, the 14th edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference opens its virtual doors! Enough said about the challenges and limitations that Covid-19 poses to all of us and our industry. Much can be done, especially online, to c...
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