Archives January 2025

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January 2025

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Achieving bankability with wind Lidar

Although the use of Lidar for collecting wind measurement data has become more widespread, the makers of the technology hope to convince the industry that it can be used as a standalone alternative to traditional wind-measurement methods such as met masts.

In December 2024, Vaisala hosted a webinar with DNV and AES Clean Energy to talk about how Lidar helps achieve lower measurement uncertainties and guarantees higher bankability in a wind-measurement campaign. Wind Systems was given permission to publish some of the highlights of the program. It has been edited for the magazine. For the complete […]
Julian Dajczgewand

Detecting cracks in turbine bolts

Using an ultrasonic phased array element arrangement method based on the Fermat spiral array can help ensure the safe and reliable service of key wind-turbine components and promote the technological development of the wind-power industry.

Wind power, as a form of clean, stable, and economical new energy, is currently recognized as one of the most technologically mature, scalable, and commercially viable primary energy sources in the development of new power systems. It plays a crucial role in achieving China’s “carbon peak and carbon neutrality” goals and the transition to low-carbon […]
Hongyu Sun, Jingqi Dong, Xi Diao, Ziyi Huang, Xincheng Huang, Zhichao Cai

A lasting and multi-faceted legacy

Media Solutions president and CEO had a talent for transforming challenges into opportunities – becoming a successful, well-respected leader in the B2B publishing world.

Media Solutions’ employees always knew when David Christopher “Coop” Cooper was in the office. At any given time during the day, the hallway would be filled with an off-key refrain of “Only You”; quotes from the movie “Top Gun” (“Talk to me, Goose!”); and, of course, a loud, often-repeated, cacophonous chorus of “Sell! Sell! Sell!” […]
Kenneth Carter

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