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TECHNOLOGY

Energy production assessment​: capturing the value of accurate power curve predictions

Published on 20th March 2020 by Elizabeth Benedict Christensen

An interview with Michael Pram Nielsen, Value Capture Senior Specialist at Vestas Power Solutions. Michael explains why accurate energy production estimates are crucial for project planning and shares some best practices for developers, investors, and consultants in the wind industry here, as well as in the recently published Energy Production Assessment whitepaper...

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The right service - whenever, wherever.

Published on 18th March 2020 by Lars Elkjær Andersen

At Vestas, in the service business, we offer digital services that create efficiency gains for our customers...

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Using the past to visualize the future

Published on 03rd March 2020 by Mariel Alexandra Garrido Urena

When asked about Vestas’ digital transformation, I’m reminded that this is a journey that we started many years ago - and that perhaps it’s as much evolution as transition...

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We let the robots do the tedious work

Published on 17th February 2020 by Marc Julian De Leon

The first thing to get out of the way: The robots that my colleagues and I are making are nothing like what you see in the movies. The robots we create are virtual bots, basically programs and workflow algorithms. What we create ...

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Why is Wind + Storage Getting Short Shrift?

Published on 9th December 2019 by Chandu Visweswariah

Competitive markets are wonderful crucibles of innovation. With decades of accumulated manufacturing experience for portable electronics, lithium-ion battery prices have steadily dropped. As a result, ...

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Why it might be time to revisit wind farm self-performance

Published on 7th August 2019 by Austin Schroll

Operations is the heart of the wind industry. Everyone relies on them to keep the blades spinning so we have a growing industry supplying power to the rest of the economy.

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Vestas ships largest single vessel blade shipment from Italy to Washington, USA

Published on 8th July 2019 by Chante Condit-Pottol

Last week, Vestas received the company’s largest-ever single shipment of blades -198 x V100-2.0 MW blades - at the Port of Vancouver in Washington, USA.

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Adding business value through certification

Published on 18th February 2019 by Frank Ormel

Knowing what you get and trusting the level of quality when buying a product is essential to businesses in all sectors. This is also the case in the wind energy industry, ...

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Can Wind Hybrid Power Plants really provide Ancillary Services?

Published on 22nd October 2018 by Antonio Martinez

Ancillary services are crucial to a grid’s integrity. Frequency control and network support and control are grid services normally provided by conventional coal or gas generation. There’s a misconception that only traditional fossil power stations can provide these ancillary grid services.

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Hybrid is now, not tomorrow

Published on 4th August 2018 by Manuel Reiband

Players in the renewable space talk of the promise of hybrid as if it’s yet to be realized. In fact, the elements behind hybrid technology are nothing new.

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The Importance of Renewable Hybrid Solutions in India

Published on 18th July 2018 by Amar Variawa

In India, land is our scarcest resource. That’s why wind and hybrid solutions with various renewable energy sources make so much sense to optimize the resources like land, transmission infrastructure, etc. 

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Could India’s hybrid vision lead the world? 

Published on 30th June 2018 by Amar Variawa

You might be surprised to know that it’s not only the developed world that leads the drive towards renewable energy and the use of Wind-Solar (+Storage) hybrid power plants, it’s countries like India who set the pace. 

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Clean, Cheap and Reliable – the new paradigm for renewable energy

Published on 4th June 2018 by Manuel Reiband

Any talk of a hybrid solution must be discussed in the context of the problems it will solve; problems such as the intermittent nature of wind and solar generation, low capacity utilization of electrical infrastructure, or the difficulties around predicting and dispatching some renewable generation.

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