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Increasing Net Electricity and ProfitBy simply placing slots on the bottom of the trailing edge of wind blade tips, a ‘blown flap’ may be created, increasing lift by a significant factor. This could result in 1 to 25% more net electricity, or $ 1–25 billion more net profit per year for the wind industry.
By Mike Fritz, USA
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The European office of the World Health Organization has updated its noise guidelines and included for the first time wind turbines, indicating in the report that the findings are relevant for the rest of the world as well.By Stefan Gsänger, Secretary General, World Wind Energy Association, Germany
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A question that is frequently asked is how well turbines can withstand hurricane force winds. The short answer is that international standards help to ensure that turbines are built to withstand external conditions that may occur over the expected life of the project.By Sandy Butterfield, Boulder Wind Power, USA
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After a successful first event during the WindEurope Conference and Exhibition 2017, InnoEnergy and WindEurope are back with a revised version of Hack the Wind, a one of a kind event, at the Global Wind Summit 2018 in Hamburg, with the support of EDP Renewables and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.By Emilien Simonot, Renewable Energy Technology Officer, InnoEnergy
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A big part of Brazil has one of the best winds to produce energy: stable, with good strength and no sudden changes in speed or direction. This explains, to a large extent, the success of wind energy in the country. Between 2010 and early 2018 Brazil went from less than 1GW in installed capacity to more than 13GW. It has over 520 wind farms running more than 6,600 wind turbines. Brazil is ranked #8 worldwide in installed wind energy capacity. In about two years, wind will be the second largest source of power in Brazil and should continue to grow.By Elbia Gannoum, CEO, ABEEólica – Brazilian Wind Power Association
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When the first floating offshore wind demonstration projects were deployed nearly ten years ago, most observers thought that the technology was intriguing, but the costs and degree of difficulty were both very, very high. At that stage, fixed-bottom offshore was installing only a few hundred megawatts per year, costs were high and going up, and the future of the sector appeared in doubt. How things have changed!By Steve Sawyer, Secretary General, Global Wind Energy Council
- US Wind Power Pushing New Frontiers
- The Advance of Craneless Technologies in the Wind Industry
- Can Spanish Wind Investors Forgive?
- Project Governance for Wind Energy
- On social responsibility within the wind industry
- Next-Generation Turbine Technology
- 800GW of Global Wind by 2021
- US Wind Jobs Are Booming
- What is the point of big conferences?
- Integrated Software Tools Ready to Tackle Design Challenges for European Offshore Wind Power
- The global trend towards auctions – will it kill decentralised renewable energy?
- The Need for Gas Power Storage in an All-Electric World
- A Plan for Electrifying Africa
- Wind Power Leads All New Power Generation
- Community Power, Wind and Auctions
- Onshore Wind Returns Three Times More Usable Energy than Investment in Oil
- The Main Reasons Behind Protests Against Wind Energy Projects
- Reliable Grid Support from Wind Power
- Time to Unlock the Renewables Potential in Iran and Cuba?
- Grids, Grid Names and Wind Turbines
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