The manufacturing foundation of the U.S. wind industry is in good shape but there is room to improve for the coming offshore industry. For instance, there is still potential to cut 30 to 50% on manufacturing processes used to make towers, blades, permanent-magnet generators, and jacket foundations. That is the bottom line from a presentation…
Can domestic manufacturing support the U.S. wind industry?
I’m Nic Sharpley, managing editor of Windpower Engineering & Development magazine. Welcome to another edition of Wind Talk, our podcast series that gives you the opportunity to hear from the industry’s newsmakers in their own words. I’m here with Patrick Fullenkamp, a Principal Investigator for the Department of Energy, who along with the Global Wind…
GLWN launches survey to gauge domestic readiness to supply components for future wind installations
According to AWEA, the United States has over 60,000 megawatts of wind capacity currently installed, with 45,100 utility-scale wind turbines supplying power to more than 15 million homes nationwide. But despite this present power supply, the U.S. has tapped into only a fraction of its vast land-based and offshore wind energy potential. The potential for…