At AWEA’s recent WINDPOWER 2015 Conference in Orlando, Wolfgang Beez, senior product marketing manager at Maxwell Technologies, presented a poster titled “Retrofitting Wind Turbines for Optimal Performance” in conjunction with Freqcon GmbH, a German developer and distributor of renewable energy systems. They made the case that Maxwell ultracapacitors significantly reduce turbine O&M costs and eliminate battery-related downtime issues and safety concerns…