What kind of technology is behind the new GE Cypress 6MW wind turbine? How will Orsted's new onshore partnership with Siemens Gamesa pan out? Allen and Dan also discuss the potential of 3D printing for blade prototypes and new technologies, as the ORE Catapult invests in the technology. And, does ocean acidity cause more lightning strikes?

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Transcript: EP40 - The New GE Cypress 6MW Wind Turbine; Orsted Partners with SGRE on Onshore, 3D Printed Blade Prototypes

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all right. Welcome back to the uptime podcast. This is episode 40 and on today's episode, we're going to talk about a recent, uh, article in wind systems mag that featured weather guard, lightening tech. So cool, little quick hit there. Some news on the Nobles to wind farm. Uh, Siemens Gamesa now partnering with Orstad on their first onshore project, which is, uh, really commercially interesting.

Um, some. Interesting topics out of Australia. One of their coal plants, um, has been essentially written down as worthless. So we'll talk about the tax implications and just the story in general, which seems a little bit strange. Um, and then in the last, in our new segment, we'll talk about ocean acidity and does this actually.

Um, purport to increase lightening strikes on water in our tech segment, where it's all about the GE Cypress, their new C uh, six megawatt wind turbine. And then lastly, catapult, uh, the, or either doing some additive, they're adding an additive sell potentially exploring new 3d printing technologies for wind turbine blades in the future and other aspects of technology.

So, Alan, let's start with Noble's too. They've had some issues with, uh, lightening. It seems they have, they have some brand new Vestas turbines and the site just got turned on a couple of days ago, from what we can tell it's up in Minnesota. And they've had seven blades already damaged by lightning. Six of them are going to be removed and re repaired slash replace.

Uh, it sounds like one's going to be trying to repair in situ on the turbine is what it sounds like. So that the site has barely even started and they have six blades that are getting essentially replaced for some lightening protection issue. And the press release is funny because it does say that Festus knows they have a, the B one 36 blades, as it's described, have a known lightening issue once which.