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Article: Seizing the Winds: Innovations in Wind Turbine Towers for Achieving Higher Hubs

Latest Trends in the Wind Turbine Towers industryThe wind turbine tower landscape is always dynamic, with ongoing developments in technology, materials, and designs to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of projects. As the energy sector continues the race to achieve the Paris A ...

Interview: Holger Lange on the state of the industry in 2024

Holger Lange, Managing Director at P.E. Concepts GmbH is our esteemed chairman at this year´s Wind Turbine Towers 2024 conference, taking place on the 26th February 2024 in Bremen, Germany. He managed to take some time out of his busy schedule and talked to us prior to the confe ...

Study: Imperfections in Realistic Metal Wind Turbine Support Towers: a one-at-a-time (OAAT) Study

The ultimate limit state of buckling is an important consideration for the design of wind turbine support towers (WTSTs) which is increasingly being done with the aid of advanced nonlinear finite element analysis according to EN 1993-1-6. As these towers are relatively slender thin-walled meta ...

Viktor Widerspan talks about large scale Buckling tests on tower segments

A new light-weight tower concept is currently developed and tested with a commercial partner • To establish a data baseline regarding buckling strength, a large scale 4-pointbending test was designed, the test setup was manufactured, and the test was performed • The test system and first r ...

The Max Bögl Hybrid Tower System - an infographic by IQPC

Max Bögl Wind AG has evolved its hybrid tower system. The result: a further optimized tower concept combining concrete elements with steel sections to reach new heights efficiently and economicaly. These are some of Max Bögl Wind AG´s milestones.

Eneko Sola García from Narbawind, Spain on Craneless Turbine Installation System

CRANELESS TURBINE INSTALLATION SYSTEM • Self Erecting System upgrade • Installation process under wind speed of 15 m/s • Application to large wind farms in high -wind conditions

Dr. Claas Fischer interview for Wind Turbine Towers 2023

Benefits from revised standards andadvanced verification methods and digitalisation: What could be an impediment in calculating tower capacity and fatigue? Numerical methods defined in standards may increase the structural load-bearing capacity/ Local approaches, post weld treatments or tests may ...

Presentations

Presentation: Joule Challenge - Composite Towers for next generation floating offshore wind turbines

Weight is now seen as an important driver in offshore floating wind with the floater having a significant impact to levelised cost of energy. On top of that, the same size turbine attached to a floating structure creates several new design issues. Leveraging Composite Towers from Floaters to Blade Tips is seen as the solution to the Joule Challenge that will enable the UK plans for Offshore Wind energy generation!

Dr. Sergio Minera spoke on behalf of UK CATAPULT - Offshore Renewable Energy about this topic at last year´s Wind Turbine Towers conference. Here you can read his exciting presentation anew.

Joule Challenge; Composite Towers for next generation floating offshore wind turbines in a nutshell!
Read about:

  • The role of the NCC and OREC and the Joule Challenge Overview
  • Joule Components
  • A Retrospective to Composite Towers Future Trends & Steps