Wind Power

Oct 14 2024 37 ep. 28 mins 25
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A new podcast from the team behind Windpower Monthly. Read more on the issues covered at www.windpowermonthly.com or follow us on Twitter @windpower_m
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Offshore wind troubles | UK’s wind renaissance | Siemens Gamesa’s 4.X | EU manufacturing concerns

Oct 14 2024 31 mins  
Welcome to the Wind Power news review – hosted by Windpower Monthly senior reporter, Robyn White, and Windpower Monthly reporter, Orlando Jenkinson – along with our regular panellists, Shashi Barla and Will Sheard.This time on the news review; we’ll ask our panellists for their views on the recent blade issues that impacted GE Vernova’s Haliade X turbines in the US and UK,

‘We’ll be ready when the markets are’ – GE Vernova’s Gilan Sabatier

Oct 03 2024 21 mins  
In Episode 29 of the Wind Power podcast, recorded during last week’s WindEnergy Hamburg conference, GE Vernova’s Gilan Sabatier sat down with Windpower Monthly editor Ian Griggs.The discussion centred on how the company’s growth will be shaped by its customers’ needs and how three recent deals illustrate its wider strategy in new and emerging markets.Sabatier also touched o

‘Get ready for growth’ – GWEC chief Ben Backwell

Sep 12 2024 38 mins  
Speaking ahead of Wind Energy Hamburg, Ben Backwell, chief executive of GWEC, discusses tripling wind installations, the Inflation Reduction Act and whether global trade tensions could derail the energy transition.  Backwell spoke to Windpower Monthly editor Ian Griggs about whether global markets are on track to achieve a tripling of wind power installations by 2030, whe

Can floating wind power Norway’s energy transition?

Aug 01 2024 21 mins  
As a country, Norway is heavily reliant on oil and gas exploitation to meet its energy demands. However, with the climate crisis encouraging a break from fossil fuels, Norway is increasingly looking to offshore wind to help with its energy transition. The country’s deep coastal waters mean most offshore wind in Norway will need to be built on floating platforms, and therefor

News review: US offshore wind | China’s technology drive | Negative bidding | Summer of strife?

Jul 18 2024 35 mins  
Welcome to the ‘Wind Power’ news review – hosted by Windpower Monthly’s editor, Ian Griggs, and Windpower Monthly reporter, Orlando Jenkinson – along with our regular panellists, Shashi Barla and Will Sheard.This time on the news review: has US offshore wind turned the corner after a series of setbacks? Our regular panelists give their verdict.The advance of Chinese turbi

Calculus of risk: How do we protect wind infrastructure from future attacks?

Jul 04 2024 24 mins  
How vulnerable is wind industry infrastructure to physical and cyber-attacks – and is the risk growing?The owners and operators of today’s wind industry infrastructure must now navigate a new and murky world of unattributed physical attacks, cyber warfare and GPS jamming – as well as hybrid attacks comprising one or more of these elements.And as geopolitical tensions rise bet

News review: Siemens Gamesa’s CEO | EU/China trade war | Safety first? | Workhorse turbines

Jun 10 2024 31 mins  
This time on the news review: Our panellists discuss a change of leadership, rumoured job cuts and a new offshore turbine in development at Siemens Gamesa.  A change of leadership, rumoured big job cuts and a new offshore turbine in development – we ask our panelists to analyse the big developments at Siemens Gamesa. Meanwhile, as the first shots are fired in a pot

GE Vernova’s Vic Abate on the Haliade-X, AI and the US elections

May 20 2024 18 mins  
Vic Abate, chief executive of GE Vernova’s wind segment, discusses the company’s Haliade-X workhorse turbine and how long-term relationships with its customers will determine which markets it is deployed in.Interviewed at WindEurope’s annual conference in Bilbao earlier this year, Abate talked about how GE Vernova can reconcile deep cuts to its onshore workforce with the urge

How should member states enable EU wind policies?

May 03 2024 30 mins  
Senior wind industry voices discuss what they want to see from member states to enable EU policies to be implemented quickly - and the potential roadblocks.Recorded at the recent WindEurope conference in Bilbao, the Wind Power podcast spoke to delegates on the conference floor about what member states should do to enable far-reaching EU policies, such as the Net Zero Industry Act a

News review: Siemens Gamesa 4.X defects | Ukraine’s resistance | China, US & UK | WindEurope 2024

Apr 18 2024 30 mins  
This time on the news review: Our panellists discuss the continuing issues with Siemens Gamesa’s 4X platform, after a wind project supplied with the turbines in Norway was shut down when a turbine blade broke.A Russian drone attack on a Ukrainian energy substation left 200,000 people without power but are wind turbines are more resilient than other energy infrastructure and is wi