GE tower topples in Lithuania, LiDAR systems on turbines, UK's latest wind allocations
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Did a single point of failure cause a GE wind turbine to topple in Lithuania? Rosemary explains the engineering process at work when investigating?a serious event like this. Managed by Enefit Green, the Akmene wind farm is expected to be fully commissioned in the first quarter of 2024. Because AR5? failed to attract any offshore bidders, some have characterized the UK's latest allocation round as?"disastrous."?IntelStor's Phil Totaro shares his perspective. He also weighs in on how PPA re-negotiations?in the US may go for BP and Equinor and how delays will impact NY offshore wind projects Empire Wind I and II and Beacon Wind.?Will those delays will ripple out to other projects?
In new technology, Vaisala's nacelle-mounted LiDAR system is designed to control loads in order to improve performance. How many do you need to install? Are they ready for prime time? And will they get struck by lightning? We start with the article in PES Wind magazine and dig in from there. Our Wind Farm of the Week is the site of the?first repowering project in all of Africa: the?Koudia al Baida wind farm in Morocco! Listen to learn more about it and?all the wind news in the latest episode of the?Uptime Wind Energy podcast!?
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