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Meeting the challenge -- Lightning protection

As wind turbines grow bigger, their vulnerability to lightning strikes increases, particularly in st...

Blyth offshore up for decommissioning

Eight months after two wind turbines sited off the coast of Blyth in north-east England were taken o...

Helping the learning curve -- German data

A wealth of data on wind plant operation, from lightning strikes to operation and maintenance costs ...

A cautionary flow cell tale -- Storing energy I

A flow cell battery, a device that its latest marketers claim would be useful for storing energy fro...

Unknown cause of Siemens turbine collapse at Iwaya wind farm

Wind power group Eurus Energy Japan Corporation is investigating the collapse of one of the Siemens ...

First commercial plant almost up -- Clipper spinning soon

The much-anticipated debut of Clipper Windpower's 2.5 MW Liberty turbine took to the windy shores of...

Better data gathering -- Aiding design

The wind energy technology department at Sandia National Laboratories in America has developed a dev...

Compressed air reservoir -- Storing energy II

A reservoir west of Dallas Center in central Iowa, 30 miles from Des Moines, has been selected as th...

Debating a breakthrough -- Lighter blades

Owens Corning, a supplier of reinforcement materials to the wind energy market, recently launched a ...

Progress from co-operation -- Big bearings

An unusual rotor shaft leading to the biggest ever toroidal roller bearing, plus new bearing assembl...

Wind into cold storage -- Load management

A European R&D program called Night-Wind aims "to use industrial cold chambers as a virtual batt...

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