The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

By Allen Hall, Rosemary Barnes, Yolanda Padron & Matthew SteadScience Technology Nature Earth Sciences

The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast episodes

November 03 Octopus Buys Golden Plains, Blade Defects, Hotel Pet Peeves
Octopus Investments buys Golden Plains stage two for over A$2 billion. Plus, the blade defects new owners miss in due diligence, internal inspections, and the hosts’ conference hotel pet peeves.
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25 min
November 02 Ming Yang Firewalls Europe, US Turbine Orders Surge
Allen covers Ming Yang’s firewall from Beijing and Octopus Energy deal, US turbine orders hitting a three-year high, and Norway’s floating wind funding.
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8 min
October 29 How Startups Find Problems Worth Solving, w/ Teemu Vekkeli
Teemu Vekkeli, Principal at Vekkeli Advisory, joins to discuss VC versus bootstrapping, budget cycles, and problems worth solving. Plus why trust drives sales in Japan, what site technicians know, and why every pitch eventually has to convince the CFO.
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27 min
October 27 Ming Yang Eyes 33 MW Turbine, Greenvolt Delays FID
Ming Yang plans a 33 MW turbine while China pulls European tech out of its wind farms. Plus white-hat hackers reach 7.8 GW in Germany, Vårgrønn eyes a Greenvolt exit, and who really owns turbine data.
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27 min
October 26 Trump Delays Turbine Tariffs, Pentagon Approves Two Projects
Trump skips turbine tariffs, the Pentagon clears two wind farms, the DOJ targets Revolution Wind, and China pushes into Europe.
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6 min
October 22 Tightline and Avient Remove Peel Ply From Carbon Planks
This week we’re revisiting our discussion with Andrew Davis of Tightline Composites and Brad Schmidt of Avient, who discuss a resin additive that eliminates peel ply on carbon planks.
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26 min
October 20 Nordex Q3 Orders Jump 30%, Vestas Bets on Australia
Nordex Q3 orders jump 30% and Vestas lands about a gigawatt in Australia. Plus why turbine factories skip Australia, high project costs, and whether batteries can replace coal.
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26 min
October 19 Trump Targets Revolution Wind, Nordex Q3 EBITDA Doubles
Allen covers the Trump administration’s bid to reopen Revolution Wind’s permit, a bipartisan Senate permitting deal, Nordex’s doubled third-quarter profit, and GE Vernova’s new wind chief.
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7 min
October 15 How CICNDT Qualifies Inspectors for Complex Blade Scans
Jeremy Heinks, founder and CEO of CICNDT, joins to discuss the inspector shortage, Level III oversight, blade samples, drone thermal limits, and IEC updates.
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27 min
October 13 China Barred Vestas Software, Ørsted Buys Chinese Monopiles
Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen says China barred Vestas from monitoring its own turbines. Plus Ørsted takes heat for Chinese monopiles, India’s blade design gap, and tents that beat weather delays.
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21 min

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Uptime is a renewable energy podcast focused on wind energy and energy storage technologies. Experts Allen Hall, Rosemary Barnes, Yolanda Padron, and Matthew Stead break down the latest research,…