January February 2019

The Front Cover

The wind sector context and situation in Spain favours the life extension of wind farms over repowering, so the search for new and innovative solutions for extending the operating life of wind turbines, while keeping the maintenance costs at acceptable levels, is the focus of many wind sector stakeholders. On page 6, Tecnalia presents LEO, an autonomous ultrasonic monitoring system for main shafts.

Publisher's Note

Windtech International celebrates 15 years of wind energy technology

Features

Life Extension of Main Shafts
By Jokin Rubio Botía and Nekane Galarza, Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Spain

Using Polyester Resins in Rotor Blades
By Edo Kuipers, Engineering Manager, We4Ce, The Netherlands

Ice Throw Risk Assessments
By Markus Drapalik, Institute of Safety and Risk Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Lifetime Monitoring in Turbine Towers
By Dr.-Ing. Carsten Ebert, Dr.-Ing. Manuel Eckstein, Dr.-Ing. Georg C Enss and Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Wölfel, Wölfel Wind Systems, Germany

Windtech Future

Feed-in Tariff Turmoil in Taiwan Will Likely Cause the Offshore Wind Industry to Shift Focus to Nearby South Korea
By Philip Totaro, CEO of IntelSor, USA

View from Inside

The Blown Flap Tip Invention
By Mike Fritz, USA

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