Why women need to consider a career in renewables
Gender equality in the workplace is an increasingly pertinent issue. Across industries, there appears to be a continued imbalance with regards to the success...
New high-performance main bearing solutions for wind turbines
Today’s modern wind turbines can produce more than 7 MW of electrical power per unit — with offshore prototypes capable of achieving an output...
Improving the Service Life of Rotating Equipment
Wind turbines are typically designed to support a 20-year life cycle. Components are often subjected to extreme operating and climate conditions that can affect...
Challenges of Bolt Tensioning
If you are involved in wind-energy construction or operations and maintenance, you know that foundation anchor bolt tensioning requires careful attention to the equipment...
The Need for Remote Sensing
Autonomous vehicles. High-resolution maps. Weather forecasts. With advances propelling the technology forward over the past couple of decades, Lidar (light detection and ranging) has...
Concrete spar buoy made with new materials and formwork
More than 80 percent of the ocean resource potential is in deep water. That is ideal for floating offshore wind power. This power is...
Extending the Lifetime of Wind Turbines
Wind turbines have a planned service life of approximately 20 years. Nevertheless, it has been demonstrated that many turbines are able to operate beyond...
Significant energy benefits
One of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers, Enercon, is using MasoSine SPS sinusoidal pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group to optimize the delivery...
