The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast


Latest Episodes

Snowy Hydro CEO Fired, Santos Greenwashing, Dominion Capacity Factor Controversy, Port of Albany Wind Assembly Site Stopped
September 14, 2022

When companies lose money they often fire their CEOs, but is that what happened atSnowy Hydro?Rosemary says politics and pet projects probably had something to do with it.Dominion'sCVOW projectis

Huge Turbine Wakes, MIT Steers Turbines, Sandia’s Offshore Vertical Axis Turbine, Gummy Bear Blades
September 07, 2022

As wind turbines have gotten bigger,turbulence has become a bigger problem. It's always affected production, so why are we just now talking about it now? If we can figure out how to makewake steerin

Mitsubishi Captures CO2, GE Patent Problem, Ørsted Reduces Steel Emissions and Seeds Coral
August 31, 2022

Engineers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have created a solvent that has improved CO2 capture efficiency from 90% to nearly 100%. That changes the math for thermal fuel combustion and creates major im

Wind Energy Grows Local Economies, DOE Wind Patent Impact, Dominion Provides Power Guarantees
August 24, 2022

US residents in the Midwest benefit financially fromonshore wind farms- so will coastal residents see additional income from offshore development?The insurance risks and Virginia's plan to protect

Floating solar, Turbines help pump oil, Toyota’s portable hydrogen, and Power Curve’s Next Generation Vortex Generators
August 17, 2022

Germany's RWE is building theworlds largest floating offshore wind farm in the North Sea, which will bepowered by floating solar. The pilot is intended to jumpstart commercialization, which should

Rangel Renewables, Inflation Reduction Act, 15MW GreenSpur Generators, and Mining the Ocean Floor
August 10, 2022

Will the Machin-Schumer bill really change the energy landscape? Tax incentives definitely drive new installations. Speaking of changing the landscape, rare-earth metals do that, in a bad way. We disc

Big Risk – Lightning Insurance for Wind Turbines
August 03, 2022

It may get a lot tougher to insure wind projects in the near future, and an increase in the number and severity of lightning strikes is one of the main reasons why. And Morton Handberg, Chief Blade Sp

Wind to Methanol – Greenwashing or Genius?
July 27, 2022

"Scaling wind energy ...and automating operations" are important, and those are two things Future Positive Capital wants to see happen after its $9M investment in Aerones. There's more to the explanat

Transmission Line Congestion Stops Wind Power
July 20, 2022

In Massachusetts, Vineyard Wind crews discovered an unexploded WWII-era ordinance on the ocean floor. (History buffs rejoice: more finds are sure to follow.) MISO (Mid-continent Independent System Ope

Nuclear and Gas declared green by EU for 2023?
July 13, 2022

Nordex has closed its Rostock plant in Germany and is moving all blade manufacturing to India. Vestas' sales are down – way down - and Allen thinks flagging US onshore development is part of the reaso