The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast


Latest Episodes

EP80 – Voxeljet Partners with GE; Is The Hiring Process Broken? And, Will Carbon Capture Work?
September 29, 2021

Employers are struggling to find qualified, motivated workers despite a surplus of them out there, looking for jobs. A recent Harvard study shows that poor job descriptions, coupled with ineffective f

EP79 – Wind Turbine Humidity Issues with Michael Holm from Cotes
September 22, 2021

Do wind turbines get damaged by high humidity levels? What can be done about it? This week's guest, Michael Holm from Cotes, explains that humidity control is often overlooked but very much a factor i

EP78 – Hydrogen Cars by 2028? And, Can Wind Turbine OEMs Turn a Profit in 2021?
September 15, 2021

Hyundai has pledged to create a hydrogen-powered version of each of their commercial vehicles by 2028 - is this realistic? Is it necessary? OEMs are reporting increasingly thin profit margins on wind

EP77 – Train Hits Wind Turbine Blade, Sea Floor Mapping Drones, and Recyclable Thermosets?
September 08, 2021

A train collided with a wind turbine blade while in transport on a flat-bed truck. It was a scary situation, and fortunately no one was hurt. But why did it happen? Sea Floor mapping drone technology

EP76 – MingYang’s 16MW Turbine; Gearbox Failures & Monitoring; Plus, What’s a Hydrogen Ladder?
September 01, 2021

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

EP75 – Sr. VP Chris Howell from Veolia: On Recycling Wind Turbine Blades & A Circular Economy
August 25, 2021

Chris Howell, Sr. VP of Recycling Operations at Veolia, joined us to talk about their partnership with GE Renewables for wind turbine blade recycling, in which blades can be made into both fuel for ce

EP74 – GE Stock Climbing? Thermoplastic Blades & Lightning, Plus Iberdrola, Orsted & U.S. Tax Credits
August 18, 2021

The U.S. Senate is proposing Tax Credits for manufacturing - will it work? Plus, business news - GE Stock, Orsted earnings, Vestas guidance and will Iberdrola spin off offshore? We also discuss how to

EP73 – Will Battery Fires Set Renewables Back? Thermoplastic Blade Tech + Vestas Invests in Cranes
August 11, 2021

New research and work on thermoplastic blade construction has yielded some excitement in the community, and Allen and Rosemary discuss the commercial viability of these turbine blades. Vestas has inve

EP72 – Rosemary Barnes Joins to Talk Iron-Air Battery Tech, Automated Blade Finishing & More
August 04, 2021

Rosemary Barnes, wind turbine blade and renewables expert, is back on the show as a permanent host, bring a fresh new perspective to the mix. Form Energy, a startup backed by Jeff Bezos, is betting th

Uptime 71 – Australian Power Output Surges; Mocean Wave Energy & Port Infrastructure
July 28, 2021

This week, we discuss the proposed 7.9 billion dollars that are needed for port infrastructure improvements to accommodate the surge in offshore wind in Europe, Australia's booming wind power and rene