Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 13 September, 2024
Offshore wind is increasingly contributing to the UK's energy mix. An installed base of more than 2,500 turbines across 52 wind farms supplied around 17% of the UK nation's electricity last year; a percentage rate that's increasing. Maintaining that supply means that the operations and maintenance (...
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Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 13 September, 2024
The shortage of wind technicians is one of the greatest threats facing the wind energy industry. While calling it a threat might sound dramatic, it's more accurate to say that this deficiency represents the industry's weakest link. Many countries are facing an alarmingly high demand for wind techs i...
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Wind, PES Essential, Exclusive Articles — 13 September, 2024
The North Sea is the epicentre of offshore wind energy, vital for Europe's renewable strategy with ambitious targets. Ampelmann's innovative gangway systems have revolutionised offshore access, ensuring safe operations in challenging conditions, and are now crucial for the growing global offshore wi...
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Wind, Ask the Experts, Exclusive Articles — 13 September, 2024
As owner-operators in the wind sector look to gain greater control of the operational challenges and costs associated with maintaining wind turbine asset health, there is a growing trend toward empowering in-house teams to self-perform rotor blade inspections. Using the latest high-quality technolog...
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Wind, Corporate Focus, Exclusive Articles — 13 September, 2024
Battery powered tools are transforming wind turbine construction and maintenance. It's a timely development. Larger turbines, more sophisticated sensors and monitoring, and rising offshore costs are putting the efficiency of bolting, maintenance, and repair operations under scrutiny as never before....
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Wind, Ask the Experts, Exclusive Articles — 13 September, 2024
Odense Port, a key player in Europe's offshore wind industry, boasts ample space to accommodate production and pre-assembly of turbine components. PES heard from its Senior Business Development Manager, Morten Diederich, about its aim to become the world's first All-Component Offshore Wind Port, red...
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Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 13 September, 2024
Commercial scale offshore wind farms pose many challenges for the industry. One is the ability to promptly produce and deliver monopiles to the field to meet offshore installation schedules. The same weather conditions that define an ideal wind farm also drive the installation schedule offshore. Rap...
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Wind, Think Tank, Exclusive Articles — 13 September, 2024
Wind energy is already a cornerstone of the global transition to renewable energy. As the number of countries committing to new wind energy projects increases, both on and offshore, the safety of wind turbine technicians is paramount. One of the most significant advancements in recent years is the s...
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