Key Takeaways from Texas and Oklahoma Wind Farm Tour

Key Takeaways from Texas and Oklahoma Wind Farm Tour

The?Allen and Joel 2024 Tour of TX and OK Windfarms?is wrapping up?(no official merch yet)?and the information and experiences that wind operators have been willing to share thus far has been fantastic.?Why won't operators share more with each other??Guess that's what this podcast is for! Before they launch their own?BBQ Review,?Allen and Joel?dish on lightning, budgets and personnel.?(Spoiler alert:?there's more lightning than anyone thought,?but budgets and human resources?are?stretched way too thin.) Can one site manager effectively run 3 sites? What can we learn about prioritizing certain repairs to make?better use of the average O&M budget? And why hasn't the IRA bill helped the industry more? As we do with?US policy questions, we asked our Australian consultant. And she had some great insight.

Rosemary's thoughts on the IRA bill really did lead to a meaty* discussion,? including how?Australia's renewable energy?production has grown so quickly without incentives, and whether the IRA might be?incentivizing the wrong things. IntelStor data (thanks, Phil) and a roundtable discussion offer plenty of food for thought.?Check out the links below and listen to?the latest episode ?of Uptime to get an in-depth?understanding of the news you think you know!

*Yes, we enjoy barbecue puns. We just might come out with an all-food episode one day; stay tuned!?

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