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Windpower Engineering & Development is a growing wind-power resource targeting professionals involved in all aspects of a wind farm’s lifecycle, including developers, engineers, technicians, manufacturers and researchers that work to site, build, maintain, repair and optimize wind-related components, software and projects. The goal at Windpower Engineering & Development is to educate and expand the knowledge…

Windpower Engineering & Development is a growing wind-power resource targeting professionals involved in all aspects of a wind farm’s lifecycle, including developers, engineers, technicians, manufacturers and researchers that work to site, build, maintain, repair and optimize wind-related components, software and projects. The goal at Windpower Engineering & Development is to educate and expand the knowledge…

Welcome to the 2022 Renewable Energy Handbook Welcome to the 2022 Renewable Energy Handbook. We’re wrapping up another stellar installation year for renewable energy in the United States. And as busy as everyone has been, we’re sure a few standout stories missed your eyes this year. Don’t worry, this handbook reviews what has been trending…

Windpower Engineering & Development is a growing wind-power resource targeting professionals involved in all aspects of a wind farm’s lifecycle, including developers, engineers, technicians, manufacturers and researchers that work to site, build, maintain, repair and optimize wind-related components, software and projects. The goal at Windpower Engineering & Development is to educate and expand the knowledge…

Windpower Engineering & Development is a growing wind-power resource targeting professionals involved in all aspects of a wind farm’s lifecycle, including developers, engineers, technicians, manufacturers and researchers that work to site, build, maintain, repair and optimize wind-related components, software and projects. The goal at Windpower Engineering & Development is to educate and expand the knowledge…

Windpower Engineering & Development is a growing wind-power resource targeting professionals involved in all aspects of a wind farm’s lifecycle, including developers, engineers, technicians, manufacturers and researchers that work to site, build, maintain, repair and optimize wind-related components, software and projects. The goal at Windpower Engineering & Development is to educate and expand the knowledge…

Welcome to the 2021 Renewable Energy Handbook At times this past year felt like an eternity, but we bet a few expert renewable energy stories slipped past you in 2020. This handbook reviews what has been trending in both the solar and wind industries in our sister publications Solar Power World and Windpower Engineering &…

Windpower Engineering & Development is a growing wind-power resource targeting professionals involved in all aspects of a wind farm’s lifecycle, including developers, engineers, technicians, manufacturers and researchers that work to site, build, maintain, repair and optimize wind-related components, software and projects. The goal at Windpower Engineering & Development is to educate and expand the knowledge…

Windpower Engineering & Development is a growing wind-power resource targeting professionals involved in all aspects of a wind farm’s lifecycle, including developers, engineers, technicians, manufacturers and researchers that work to site, build, maintain, repair and optimize wind-related components, software and projects. The goal at Windpower Engineering & Development is to educate and expand the knowledge…

Windpower Engineering & Development is a growing wind-power resource targeting professionals involved in all aspects of a wind farm’s lifecycle, including developers, engineers, technicians, manufacturers and researchers that work to site, build, maintain, repair and optimize wind-related components, software and projects. The goal at Windpower Engineering & Development is to educate and expand the knowledge…

2020: A shift is coming to the U.S. wind industry This year for the U.S. wind industry will be one of transition, as spending shifts from installation to operations and maintenance. But before that, the country is going to install a lot of wind megawatts. Industry researcher Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables expects the United…

slow & steady wins the race? IF THE ABOVE idiom holds true, U.S. offshore wind developers are bound to benefit from their patience and perseverance. After the trial and errors of Cape Wind (remember the proposed wind project off the shores of Cape Cod that hit permitting setbacks? You can read more about the lessons…

  A Safe Space For Bats New tehcnology reduces bat take at wind farms. Globally, bat populations are in decline. According to Bat Conservation International, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature has deemed 22 bat species as “critically endangered,” meaning they face an imminent risk of extinction. Fifty-six other bat species are endangered…

The case for cleaner airports starts with renewables SURPRISINGLY, weather was blameless when a blackout delayed more than 1,000 passengers in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in December 2017. A fire — later traced to a failed switchgear — was the culprit, knocking out the airport’s electricity for some 11 hours that day. The airport’s primary…

THE RISE OF WIND POWER “GREAT THINGS NEVER CAME FROM COMFORT ZONES,” stated a recent advertisement in a community newspaper. The statement could have referred to the wind-power industry. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) recently released its 2018 third-quarter report, noting that seven states are near doubling their capacity to generate electricity from the…

A few observations on the progress of offshore wind ast October, our founding editor Paul Dvorak wrote an editorial on the developing offshore wind industry in United States (go to tinyurl. com/AFewObservations for a refresher). This issue, we revisit a few of his observations to assess the industry’s progress over the last year. The good…

Wind worth harvesting A big sign propped up at the entrance of my local farmers’ market read: If you ate today, thank a farmer. My dad grew up on a farm in the Canadian prairies, so this is wise advice to me. He’s shared plenty of stories about farming life, and the hard work and…

What bugs me about conferences and other wind-industry annoyances As I approach my ninth year reporting on the wind industry, it becomes necessary to point out several things that bug me. Most of these observations are in the friendly spirit of self-improvement and they pertain as much to the industry as to things that surround…

Wind makes a good neighbor Last year, my good friend Anna spent the summer in a small, rural Ontario Airbnb. She was unaware when booking the home that it was near a wind farm, and was concerned initially about noise and shadow flicker. Neither affected her and it turned out that she loved seeing the…

How EVs will drive the wind industry and vice versa The automobile, long the symbol of go-anywhere freedom, not long ago became an object of scorn because of its high consumption of fossil fuel. Is it possible to redeem vehicles from such disrepute by substituting electric drives for internal combustion engines? Yes, it is. The…