Contents In this issue 16 6 News in numbers The vital stats impacting the market.
8 Protecting precious cargo Reef Industries
World outlook
10 Power in the People’s Republic
Since the passing of a seminal 2005 law, Chinese wind power has been rushing ahead in leaps and bounds. However, that’s not to say that the future of Chinese wind is by any means secure. Andrea Valentino hears from Shashi Barla, director and head of research at Brinckmann, and Ilaria Mazzocco, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about how far the country’s wind sector has come over the past two decades, how it’s been bolstered by subsidies and its future trajectory.
13 DAVI: A key partner for CS Wind DAVI
14 Offshore wind looks to welding automation Pemamek
Offshore
16 A bundle of energy Europe is laying the groundwork for interconnected hybrid offshore wind farms, which will not only transmit electricity directly to shore but also
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serve to connect and transfer electricity between different countries and wind farms. Martin Morris chats to Sébastien Silvant, InterOPERA project coordinator, SuperGrid Institute, and Cornelis Plet, head of department, vice- president – power systems advisory at DNV, to learn more about these so-called “energy islands”.
19 Prevention is the key to safeguarding marine life FaunaGuard
Onshore 20 Weather permitting
Permitting remains one of the biggest challenges for onshore wind growth across Europe, holding back the continent’s potential. Brooke Theis speaks with Wolfram Axthelm, the managing director of the German Federal Wind Energy Association (BWE), and Harriet Fox, energy and climate analyst at Ember, to find out why challenges persist.
25 Turbine refurbishment key to decarbonised power Houghton International
Technology
28 The sky’s the limit The Ventus Group have developed the first-ever modified helicopter drone capable of delivering and picking up payloads up to 200kg to the top of wind turbines or other construction sites.
Nicholas Kenny speaks with Shavkat Mingaliev, CEO of Ventus Group, to learn more.
Operations & maintenance 31 Prune to bloom
A Latvian company has developed a robot that is reportedly capable of providing leading-edge wind turbine blade maintenance and repair, performing tasks five times faster than humans. Liam Murphy speaks to Aerones co-founder and CEO Dainis Kruze about this innovation, and what benefits the technology can provide the wind industry.
Special report
34 Power to the platform As the world continues its path towards net zero, questions remain over the continued use of fossil fuels as renewable energy sources struggle to meet global power demands. Nicholas Kenny speaks with Simon Wynne, head of ABB Energy Industries UK and Ireland, and Diogo Costa, sales lead, offshore wind at ABB Energy Industries, about the role of offshore wind and hydrogen power in decarbonising oil and gas platforms in the North Sea.
HSE
37 See the wood for the trees Wind turbines, while one of the greenest energy sources available, nevertheless still have an environmental impact. Andrea Valentino speaks to Erik Dölerud, a senior development engineer at Modvion, and Professor John Hall of the State University of New York at Buffalo, to find out how replacing the steel used in tower construction with wood can make turbines more environmentally friendly.
Events
41 Transforming energy HUSUM WIND is the leading technology trade fair for renewable energy for the German market, hosted in the heart of Germany’s biggest wind park network between the North and Baltic Seas.
World Wind Technology /
www.worldwind-technology.com
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