September 2017

The Front Cover

Ambitions and developments in offshore wind energy have forced us to re-evaluate our approach and methods in wind turbine blade design once more. On page 7 you can read about the the InnoTip research project which ran as a collaboration between LM Wind Power’s aerodynamics team and ECN.

Publisher's Note

Europe is on Track for a Good Year

Features

Innovative Blade Tips for Wind Turbines
By Ozlem Ceyhan Yilmaz, ECN, The Netherlands and Jordy van Kalken, LM Wind Power, Denmark

Composite Low-Speed Shaft Coupling
By Alexander Kari, Geislinger GmbH, Austria

Wind Farm Wake
By Charlotte Bay Hasager, Ioanna Karagali, Patrick Volker and Søren Juhl Andersen Technical University of Denmark, Denmark and Nicolai Gayle Nygaard, DONG Energy, Denmark

A Closer Look at the WakeBlaster Project
By Dr Wolfgang Schlez, Director of ProPlanEn, UK

Windtech Future

Can Wireless Mesh Networks Kill Slip-Rings?
By Philip Totaro, CEO of IntelStor, USA

View from Inside

On social responsibility within the wind industry
By Frits Ogg, Renewable Energy Consultant, The Netherlands

News

Company News

Projects and Contracts

Product News

Industry News

 

Supported by:

AWEA

Bachman

BGB Engineering

DTU

ECN

Epsiline

Geislinger

Husum Wind 2017

Moventas

ProfEC Ventus

ProPlanEn