‘Which comes first: the wind farm or the turbine?’ – Wind Energy Update

While there will always be a trade-off between turbine performance losses and wind farm lay-out cost savings, the trick is knowing how to strike the right balance, says Wind Energy Update’s 2011 Offshore Wind Installation and Construction Report. View original here:  ‘Which comes first:... Read More

Industry Experts See German Nuclear Phaseout as a Wind Fall

Angela Merkel’s coalition government may not have looked at the nuclear power question for anything more than a “cover your behind” solution. Nonetheless, the wind industry sees last month’s decision to phase out Germany’s nuclear power generation industry by 2022 as –... Read More

Operator of 23 UK wind farms selects Second Wind’s remote sensing technology to add certainty to planning and operations

One of the UK’s biggest renewable energy companies is using Second Wind’s Triton Sonic Wind Profiler to evaluate wind farm sites and position wind turbines for maximum productivity and profitability. View post: Operator of 23 UK wind farms selects Second Wind’s remote sensing technology... Read More

Which comes first: the wind farm or the turbine?

Unless an offshore wind farm is optimally designed, even the most powerful offshore wind turbine will under-perform. While there will always be a trade-off between turbine performance losses and wind farm lay-out cost savings, the trick is knowing how to strike the right balance, says the latest Wind... Read More

Wind Farms Adapt to Forest Conditions

As developers look to expand the opportunities available onshore, new generations of turbines with higher towers and longer blades are opening up previously unobtainable sites to development. Here some of the key issues are explored, along with the challenges of an environment that can offer a host... Read More

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