Wooden Turbine Blades, Too Much Solar in Australia, Insurance Drives Turbine Repair Market

The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

Siemens' offshore wind CEO says failures to understand cost increases and to compensate for supply chain weaknesses threaten worldwide wind energy goals. Meanwhile, policies like the UK's taxing wind farms at a higher rate than fossil fuels producers have met with frustration, and regulators may make US offshore developers gun-shy. The team also explores joint mooring systems design and operational issues, discusses some complexities of the Australian energy grid, and considers how sustainable and scalable Voodin Blade Technology's new turbine blades - made entirely of wood - may be. Spoiler alert: Rosemary has questions. If you have questions about OEM service agreements, insurance claims and liabilities, don't miss the interview with Intelstor's Philip Totaro. Visit Pardalote Consulting at https://www.pardaloteconsulting.com Wind Power Lab - https://windpowerlab.com Weather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.com Intelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Uptime 141 Allen Hall: Geez, Joel, we've had a really crazy week at Uptime. We've been skimming through all the news that's happening and it's, it's overwhelming all of a sudden. I don't know what happens once the, the summer ends and winter hits. It's like wind energy News Central. The last couple of weeks actually. And, and this week we're gonna talk about a, a couple of different areas. We're talking about a finished company making wind turbine blades entirely outta laminated wood. So that's very, so much to what they're talking about with towers. So we may have a wind turbine that's made entirely of wood. And then we have a really interesting discussion with Philip Daro of Intel store regarding insurance companies and their preference for OEM maintenance contract. Joel Saxum: So after that we're gonna talk about the success and, and kudos to Equinor for getting the world's largest floating wind farm. Started up high wind Tampa in there off the coast of Norway. And then we're gonna jump gears, hop in a plane, go down to South Australia and talk with Rosemary about. About her friends in, in Australia and their grid issues with solar and wind shutdowns. And, and kind of how that affects and what what we think could happen in the future in that market and in the US market and other markets. And then lastly, eight more draft wind energy offshore areas in the Central Atlantic. So we're talking about some that are in. 400 meters plus of water, some shallower stuff. So there's a little bit of floating, a little bit of fixed bottom but more offshore wind energy planning and areas coming to the Allen Hall: us. I'm Alan Hall, president of Weather, Gar Lightning Tech, and I'm here with Australian Renewables guru Rosemary Barnes, and my good friend from Wind Power Lab, Joel Saxon. And this. Is the Uptime Win Energy podcast. Rosemary Barnes: All right, Rosemary. Allen Hall: Finnish renewable product maker. Store Enzo, who is one of the largest private forest owners in the world, is partnering up with German startup. Wooden blade technology. Now it's spelled V o o d i n. So if you happen to Google that, make sure you spell it correctly, and they are going to make sustainable wooden wind turbine blades. Now you say to yourself, that seems a little bit crazy, right? Well, it's not actually crazy because you're doing it right now. The so the two companies are producing a 20 meter blade section, and it's, and they're planning to make an 80 meter. And that 20 meter blade a week is gonna be put in serv...