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Conversation PROFILE AWEA WIND SY S TEM S M AG A ZINE GIVING WIND DIRecTION Direction AWEA: PTC expiry boosts 4Q projects Conversation Kevin Alewine / Shermco Industries PROFILE Pampa Economic Development Corporation » Third-party certification helps harvest wind power’s full potential page 12 » ABB wins $55 million submarine AC power cable contract in the UK page 44 M ARCH 2014 ARCH MARCH 2014 SAFETY, SERVICE, QUALITY Imperial Crane Services, Inc. has been specializing in crane rental and sales for over 40 years. Our focus is on daily rentals and long- term heavy lift projects. We have extensive experience in refinery turnarounds, wind turbine erection and maintenance work. Com- mitted to growing and diversifying our fleet, our recent multimillion dollar package order of crawler cranes, Tadano rough terrains and a 600 ton Liebherr all terrain was strategically purchased to handle our long-term projects throughout the country. 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IM-266 windad.indd 1 6/7/13 3:00 PM inFOCUS: Direction March 2014 8 Photos: AWEA AWEA 4Q market report: ALSO IN INFOCUS Record construction numbers to keep industry busy. 12 Third-party certification helps 16 PROFILE: harvest wind power’s full potential Pampa Economic Development Corporation With three wind farms currently under construction, 22 BOEM clears path for first offshore and others in planning stages, Pampa, Texas is once wind project on West Coast again drawing the attention of wind developers and other industries 23 Cape Wind wins legal battle 20 CONVERSATION: 23 DONG Energy sells half of its Kevin Alewine/ Shermco Industries interest in London Array 1 2 MARCH | 2014 TORK #1765 ELECTRONIC DIGITAL CONTROLLED S O L UTI O N S A V A I L A B L E TORQUE TECHNOLOGY . 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EDUCATION/Training Manufacturing 40 WINDPOWER 2014 to feature DOE’s 44 ABB wins $55 million submarine AC Collegiate Wind Competition power cable contract in the UK High-voltage power cables to connect Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm with UK national grid INNOVATION 48 Interior, USGS launch 50 UL dramatically reduces national interactive duration of turbine Power turbine map Performance testing Developed to aid in planning, siting, and Favorable wind conditions at new wildlife impact, map includes zoom-able WTAMU facility allowed testing and satellite imagery and general turbine specs data collection to be completed in only 29 days 48 Wind Systems (ISSN 2327-2422) is published monthly by Media Solutions, Inc., 266D Yeager Parkway Pelham, AL 35124. Phone (205) 380-1573 Fax (205) 380-1580 International subscription rates: $72.00 per year. Periodicals Postage Paid at Pelham AL and at additional mailing offices. Printed in the USA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Wind Systems magazine, P.O. Box 1210 Pelham AL 35124. Publications mail agreement No. 41395015 return undeliverable Canadian addresses to P.O. Box 503 RPO West Beaver Creek Richmond Hill, ON L4B4R6. Copyright 2006 by Media Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 MARCH | 2014 23 +8.338 W IND POWER WASTATION GENERATION SERVICES FROM THE BEGINNING, SGS Herguth was there! The wind industry was held together by dedicated wind farm technicians and supported by SGS Herguth. SGS Herguth ensures early identification of wear debris and contaminants: n Wear Debris & Contamination Analysis for Oil and Grease n Plasma Spectroscopy on Acid Dissolved Metals n Filter Debris Analysis n Direct Reading and Analytical Ferrography n Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) n Lubricant Life and Serviceability Evaluations for Oil and Grease n Acidity and Viscosity n Remaining Antioxidant Levels n Flender Foam and Air Entrainment Tester n ASTM Foam and Air Release Testing n Grease Evaluations Contact us today for all of you testing needs! Oil, Gas & Chemical Services Sales & Marketing Manager Booth #2477 SGS Herguth Laboratories, Inc. 101 Corporate Place Vallejo, CA 94590, USA Tel: 1-800-645-5227 (OIL-LABS) Local: 1-707-554-4611 Fax: 1-707-554-0109 www.sgsherguth.com editor’s desk March 2014 Our gut reaction right now should be denial. There just can’t be a logical explanation that the U.S. wind energy industry installed only 1,084 MW of capacity in 2013. Of course, the denial would then Upon renewal, we instantly likely give way to anger—possi- moved to the “acceptance” stage, bly even rage—toward Congress for the sole reason that we had for dragging its heels on the PTC no other option. We were short renewal. on time, and there was work that Shortly, we’d realize that there’s needed to be done. really no sense in getting angry. That was precisely what this After all, we should have anticipated industry did—go to work. this happening. It’s regrettable, but At the end of 2013 there are it’s already been done. more than 12 GW of wind proj- But what if it doesn’t get better, ects underway in the U.S. Nearly we ponder as we begin to slide into 11 GW of those projects began in a deep, dark well of depression. the fourth quarter of last year. By Will there ever be another 2012? comparison, the total capacity in- industry may have found an ally in Finally, after coming to grips stalled during the U.S. wind indus- developing long-term incentives with the reality of our situation, we try’s record-shattering performance and policy for the industry. How- would pick ourselves up by the boot in 2012 was just over 13 GW. ever, one Senator alone cannot straps and return to regularly sched- Our industry followed one re- pass legislation. There is never any uled programming. cord-breaking year with another re- guarantee of a PTC renwal. Oddly enough, none of that cord-breaking year. That may sound Let us then proceed with a happened. like an eternal optimist clawing at guarded optimism—prepared to Did we somehow transcend the a silver lining, but it’s important to start building the endurance in our stages of grief and move directly consider the resiliency and focus slow-twitch fibers. into a period of acceptance and that this industry possesses—partic- renewal? ularly at crunch time. We’ve proven I hope, dear reader, you have time and time again that we have Thanks for reading! come to the conclusion that my the fast-twitch muscles that make tongue is pressed firmly in my the sprint possible. cheek. The philosophy behind Wind Clearly, we cannot apply the Systems’ recently adopted tag- stages of human grief to our in- line—”Giving Wind Direction”— dustry.
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