May June 2021

The Front Cover

As wind turbines installed in the late 1990s and early 2000s begin to be decommissioned, it is important to consider sustainable options for handling their end-of-life materials. Recycling and other circular economy methods can reduce the material intensity of wind energy production, but composite blades are more difficult to recycle than many other major wind turbine components. Read more about this topic in the article at page 7. (Cover photo: Ryan Beach / NREL)

Publisher's Note

Will the US offshore wind market finally take off?

Features

Wind Blade Circular Economy Pathways
By Aubryn Cooperman, engineering analyst, National Wind Technology Center, NREL, USA

Partial Repowering of Wind Turbines
By Ali Ghorashi, Head of Section, Wind Independent Engineering, DNV, USA

Understanding and Applying Optimal Bolt Tension
By Flemming Selmer Nielsen, Senior Specialist Engineer, R&D, Denmark

The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation Race
By Rosa M. Tarragó, Strategy and Infrastructure Equity Specialist, Germany

Windtech Future

A Design Concept for Future Offshore Wind Turbines
By Ahmad Hemami, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

View from Inside

Creating a Viable Business Model for the Successful Future of Green Hydrogen
By Barry Carruthers, Hydrogen Director, ScottishPower, UK

Latest News

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• Kent secures Pre-FEED assessment contract for Spiorad na Mara offshore wind project
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• KK Wind Solutions reports 2023 results
• Fugro's Amberjack heads to Japan for offshore wind geotechnical services
• Lithuania to relaunch the second offshore wind farm tender under new conditions
• Development consent granted for Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Extension Projects in the UK
• NYSERDA forgoes final awards for offshore wind projects due to technical and commercial challenges
• Eversource Energy announces execution of definitive agreement with Ørsted to sell Sunrise Wind
• Mingyang Smart Energy's floating wind power platform enters tower lifting stage
• Atlas Professionals and NextWave Partners expand into Poland's offshore wind market
• OEG Renewables sign framework agreement with Ørsted in the USA
• Massimo Battaini is the new CEO and General Manager of Prysmian
• Eocycle Technologies secures financing to expand distributed wind turbine operations in the USA and Europe
• Deme wins cable installation contracts from Prysmian for Dutch offshore grid systems
• Vattenfall initiates bird collision monitoring test at Hollandse Kust Zuid
• UK-Denmark energy connection for wind power sharing formally launched
• Planning Inspectorate greenlights 1.5 GW Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind farm proposal
• New UK-US collaboration targets UK support for floating wind technology in the USA

 

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