Month: May 2020
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The importance of the geophysical survey for a Wind Farm
Today we speak about geotechnics…yes!, geotechnics, that activity that sometimes sounds strange but is so essential for the development of a proper wind farm project. More specifically, we will see in detail tomographic refraction tests and MASW analysis. This information is key for wind turbine foundation design but also can be needed for several other…
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Once More, with Feeling: Timber Towers
Approximately one year ago I wrote a post about a full scale prototype of a wind turbine tower made of wood. It has been built in 2012, but after that the idea seemed to have stalled without progress: one of the companies involved in the construction, TimberTower GmbH, disappeared from the radar shutting down their website and…
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Printable 3D concrete wind turbine towers
Yes, you’re reading right – you can print your concrete tower. I have discussed in many previous articles how I see some evidence that we are reaching the maximum size for steel towers, mainly because of transportation issues. For higher towers concrete towers could help solving the problem, as they can be transported in pieces…