Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 21 June, 2021
In November last year, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr Boris Johnson, announced an ambitious 10 Point Plan for a 'green industrial revolution', which is hoped will create and support up to 250,000 jobs. This plan covers clean energy, transport, nature and the use of innovative technolog...
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Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 21 June, 2021
Whether it's prototyping, development or experimentation with materials or physical production processes, there's a wide variety of disciplines involved in advancing wind energy science across all elements of the turbine lifecycle. Even though renewable energy businesses are spending staggering amou...
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Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 21 June, 2021
Think of a future where the offshore wind supply chain connects in real time. Picture a wind turbine technician installing, maintaining, and fixing components with the support of shore-side staff connected through their eyes and ears. The experts are supporting the technicians through every step of ...
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Wind, PES Essential, Exclusive Articles — 21 June, 2021
As global interest in wind energy continues to grow, an increasing number of projects are looking out to sea, where the vast ocean expanse allows offshore wind farms to cover more area, erect larger turbines and generate more energy. Offshore wind is expected to constitute 20% of total wind energy i...
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Wind, Think Tank, Exclusive Articles — 21 June, 2021
As more wind energy is connected to the grid, ensuring the correct electrical performance of the wind turbine is critical, to maximise production and also ensure the safe operation of the grid. The power converter is the active component connecting the turbine to the grid. As the interface between t...
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Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 21 June, 2021
Operating and maintaining a single generating station or wind farm and distributing that power in an ever changing and highly regulated market is an enormous challenge. Utility leaders are under constant pressure to meet rising demands, maintain regulatory compliance, shift to a diverse energy mix, ...
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Wind, Think Tank, Exclusive Articles — 21 June, 2021
Abstract: The ever-growing database of offshore wind farm production data provides the opportunity to improve the understanding of wind energy potential at existing and future sites significantly. In principle, the wind turbines provide a dense measurement system of the wind conditions. These need t...
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Wind, Talking Point, Exclusive Articles — 21 June, 2021
The wind market is continuously evolving to bigger and more powerful WTGs, both onshore and offshore, each one has its limitations, but they need to include new solutions and continue to reduce the associated LCoE. Until now, the onshore market has represented approximately 70% of the total MW insta...
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