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{access view=!registered}Only logged in users can view the full text of the article.{/access}{access view=registered}As an inexhaustible, clean and economical way to generate electricity, wind power often tops the list of alternative energy sources for companies around the world facing volatility in fossil fuel prices, supply uncertainties and environmental issues. The USA in particular is rethinking its energy mix with an emphasis on environmentally friendly, renewable domestic energy sources. The 20% Wind Energy by 2030 study published by the US Department of Energy (DOE) in 2008 stated that generating 20% of the country’s electricity from wind power is feasible by the year 2030.
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{access view=!registered}Only logged in users can view the full text of the article.{/access}{access view=registered}As the wind farm industry operates further offshore into ever deeper waters, particularly in the UK with the Round 3 developments, a detailed understanding of the wave climate becomes essential. Wave data is complex and can be confusing. Even when of mild appearance, the state of the waves can dramatically affect logistics as well as health and safety issues. The provision of understandable real-time information to support operational decision-making is vital. Emu Limited’s spectral interface has been specifically developed and tailored to show wave data in graphical format for easy interpretation by operational staff.
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{access view=!registered}Only logged in users can view the full text of the article.{/access}{access view=registered}The problem with gearboxes in wind turbines seems to be a never-ending story. It also appears to be the most straightforward explanation for the increase in interest, from both customers and manufacturers, in direct-drive wind turbines. Today at least half of the top-ten wind turbine manufacturers are working on direct-drive technology (see box).
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