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As turbines continue to grow taller — and lightning events grow more frequent with climate change — lightning protection system enhancements could become a standard feature for both new builds and retrofit upgrades across the wind-energy landscape.

Lightning is one of the most expensive — and underestimated — threats facing the wind industry today. As turbines grow taller, their vulnerability to lightning strikes is only increasing. The average tip height of these structures has surged from less than 100 meters in 2000 to 164 meters in 2022, tripling the capacity per turbine. […]

A wind turbine rotor blade made from a recyclable epoxy resin system and the recyclable epoxy adhesive system can be fully recycled by a low-energy solvolysis process.

In 2023, the wind-energy sector celebrated the landmark figure of 1 TW of global installed capacity. This milestone was a testimony to the fundamental role played by wind energy in decarbonizing the global power system and helping the world reach its climate and energy goals. It took 40 years to reach the 1 TW milestone; […]