Month: October 2018
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BoltShield® anchor bolts rust protector cap
Some weeks ago I’ve been contacted by a company developing an interesting product – a tailor made protector cap for anchor bolts. I’ve notices that in some wind farms corrosion of the exposed side of the anchor bolt can be a problem. For instance, it’s not unusual to observe this phenomenon in areas with high…
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Liebherr crane configuration codes: what do they actually mean?
Have you ever wondered what is the logic behind the crane configuration codes used by Liebherr? How could an unintelligible code such as “SL13DFB” being interpreted? There is a logic behind the letters used – it has to be found in the German roots of the company. The letters most frequently used in wind farm…
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Invest in wind energy option #1 – buy wind turbines
This is the first of several post that I’d like to write in the next weeks about investing in wind energy. There are several possible alternatives to invest in wind energy, or more broadly in renewables: stocks, managed funds, ETFs or even direct investment in the development of a project. The option described in this…
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Invest in wind energy option #2 – stocks and ETFs
A second alternative to invest in wind energy is given by stocks and ETFs of companies in the energy. There are many “renewable energies” ETF and a bunch of solar ETFs. However the choice for wind ETF is much more limited. There used to be one ETF form Invesco (PWND) specialized in pure wind players…
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Wind Energy in Finland
One of the things I enjoy more in my job is that it gives me the possibility to work in several different countries. In the last months I’ve had the pleasure to visit several time Finland for a project developed by Neoen (the French developer that it’s about to launch its IPO) and Prokon. It’s…