The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast


Latest Episodes

EP110 – Fish Thrive in Offshore Wind Farms
April 27, 2022

Fish do it, can birds do it? Live healthy lives among wind turbines, that is. More than five years of research on fish that live around the Block Island Offshore Wind farm, on the Atlantic coast, sho

EP109 – Equinor Invests in Offshore Wind and Community
April 20, 2022

This week our guest is Harriet Green from Equinor. She serves as Operations Manager for Empire Wind and Beacon Wind, two major offshore projects now in development off the coast of New York (USA). Gre

EP108 – $150 BILLION FOR NEW JERSEY WIND
April 13, 2022

This week, blade expert Dr. Rosemary Barnes, Dan Blewett, and Allen Hall discuss a conflict between the EU and the UK, New Jersey to reap $150 Billion in private investment, and Nordex deals with a cy

EP107 – Tornadoes Damage Turbines in Texas; Plus, Will LinkedIn Changes Hurt Wind Community?
April 06, 2022

This week, we discussed the tornado damaged turbines in Texas, the impact LinkedIn changes may be having on the industry, and what NREL says US manufacturers need to make, now, in order to meet 2030 e

EP106 – U.S. Tech Buys Massive Purchase Power Agreements; Plus, GE Turbine Falls in Lithuania
March 30, 2022

We discuss how Amazon, Google, Meta and other U.S. Tech companies continue to purchase Gigawatts of power in purchase agreements. Plus, Allen and Rosemary discuss a fallen GE turbine in Lithuania and

EP105 – Predictions: Jobs and Inflation? Plus, eMethanol Production
March 23, 2022

We discuss how the Ukraine war will affect the jobs market and whether or not inflation continues to soar. Plus, Allen and Rosemary discuss the monumental challenges posed by the Sun Cable project's e

EP104 – The War on Ukraine and Energy Stability
March 16, 2022

With Vestas freezing new activity in Russia, we discuss how the Russia-Ukraine war will impact energy stability and security. Will the renewable revolution come even faster? Will countries move to com

EP103 – Can Off-shore wind farms charge electric ships?
March 09, 2022

This week, we discussed a Maersk vision, called Stillstrom, for off-shore wind farms doubling as charging hubs for electric ships. Can it work? Plus, we dive into the record-breaking New York Bight au

EP102 – Germany’s Wind Energy Future – with Julia Wolf
March 02, 2022

This week, we sat down with Julia Wolf, a Senior Project manager for wind acquisition and a community outreach specialist for a Juwi Group, a wind project developer in Germany. Julia also has her own

EP 101 – Tom Warner, Lightning Researcher, Breaks it All Down
February 23, 2022

Tom Warner, lightning researcher, talked through the old vs new way of understanding lightning, multiple attachments to spinning wind turbines turbines, upward vs downward lightning, how tall objects