MingYang just released info on its new model, the 16MW MySE 16.0-242, sweeping a 242m area, with 118m blades. It's huge and another surge forward in turbine size. We also discuss gearbox failures and wear issues, as well as solutions that may help, including offerings from Poseidon Systems that monitor wear debris. Plus, how green is blue hydrogen? Why is grey hydrogen, well, grey? Rosemary shares insights on hydrogen, including an explanation of Liebrich's ladder. Cover Photo is a copyright of MingYang Smart Energy Group Co., LTD used under fair use.

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Transcript - MingYang's 16MW Turbine; Gearbox Failures & Monitoring; Plus, What's a Hydrogen Ladder?

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And this is the uptime podcast bringing you the latest in wind energy, tech news and policy. All right, welcome back to the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. I'm Dan Blewett on today's show. First, we can shout a little bit about some big news from MingYang

They've released a 16 megawatt offshore turbine that they're going to hope is going to be in service in a couple of years. So we'll talk about some of the I mean, the thing is gigantic and obviously now displaces the Halifax and the Siemens Gamesa.

Their top turbines as far as size. We'll talk at length about gearboxes today, some about gearbox failures. Also an interesting where debris monitoring system from Poseidon. We'll talk a little bit about what we can do to make those gearbox maintenance periods, you know, extend a little bit longer.

And then in our third segment today, we're gonna talk about hydrogen. Rosemarie's got a ton of stuff she wants to share and we're going to chat through how green is blue hydrogen. We'll talk through lyrics, hydrogen ladder and some interesting hot brick...