Name: Wind Spotlight: Looking back at a year of Thrive with ZF Wind Power by Windpower Engineering & Development
Duration: 8 min 46 s
Description: One year ago, ZF Wind Power launched Thrive, an all-encompassing service concept for wind park operators. With us is Sivakumar Jayapal, chief service officer for ZF Wind Power.

In this special Windpower Engineering & Development podcast interview, RAD Torque walks us through its innovative torque technology for the wind industry.
https://www.windpowerengineering.com/wind-spotlight-rad-torque/

Wind Spotlight Interview: RAD Torque Systems

In this episode of the Wind Spotlight podcast from Windpower Engineering & Development, we are joined by Brian Warmerdam, product manager at RAD Torque Systems, to discuss the company’s latest offering in torque wrenches. RAD Torque is a Canadian Manufacturer producing battery-powered torque wrenches used in a range of industries, including mining, aerospace, and, of course, wind power. 
RAD Torque will be exhibiting at the international construction machinery trade show, bauma 2022 in Munich, Germany. The company encourages attendees to stop by RAD Torque’s booth to test out its range of tools.

Wind Spotlight: RAD Torque debuts its latest battery-powered torque wrench

The progress of industry pushes ever forward, and those technological breakthroughs are marked by named eras. Globally, manufacturers believe they’re currently experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, dubbed Industry 4.0. The wind industry is also participating, and Valery Godinez-Azcuaga, vice president of engineering and product development at MISTRAS Group, is here to discuss what that means exactly. MISTRAS is a company focused on the upkeep, maintenance and optimization of critical infrastructure like wind turbines.

Wind Spotlight: Wind 4.0 and the latest industrial revolution

ZF is a global technology company supplying gear systems for vehicles and industrial technology. ZF Wind Power designs modular gearbox platforms and produces complete powertrains for wind turbines. Sivakumar Jayapal, Chief Service Officer at ZF Wind Power, talks with Windpower Engineering & Development about the company's new interactive service Thrive.

This podcast is sponsored by ZF Wind Power.
 https://www.windpowerengineering.com/wind-spotlight-zf/

Wind Spotlight: Services powered by analytics from ZF Wind Power

One year ago, ZF Wind Power launched Thrive, an all-encompassing service concept for wind park operators. With us is Sivakumar Jayapal, chief service officer for ZF Wind Power.

Wind Spotlight: Looking back at a year of Thrive with ZF Wind Power

Listen in as we speak with two experts with IHS Markit: associate, Michael McNulty and analyst, Max Cohen.

IHS offers key information and insight in critical markets that shape the business landscape, including in the field of renewable energy. 

In this podcast, Michael and Max discuss the type of clean energy research IHS focuses on and some key insights related to wind power. They also explain the benchmarking service IHS offers wind owners and why it provides significant O&M data to wind operators.

Key insights and benchmarking wind energy with IHS Markit experts

In this WindTalk podcast, we speak with LevelTen Energy’s VP of Developer Relations, Rob Collier. 

LevelTen has developed an intelligent platform that matches businesses with renewable energy suppliers, and Rob is full of insight about renewable power purchase agreements, corporate buyers, risk, and standardized contracts. Rob also discusses wind energy and the PTC. 

LevelTen offers a complimentary step-by-step guide for corporate renewable energy buyers to follow when securing a power purchase agreement and a PPA Price Index, available here:
 
- 10 Steps to Secure a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement:
https://leveltenenergy.com/blog/energy-procurement/virtual-power-purchase-agreements-guide/
 
- LevelTen Energy PPA Price Index:
https://leveltenenergy.com/blog/ppa-price-index/

LevelTen Energy's Rob Collier talks PPAs and the PTC

Oliver Auston, Chief Innovation Officer with Pure Safety Group (PSG), joins us for a discussion on fall protection and safety in the wind industry. 

PSG is an independent provider of fall protection equipment and training. Learn more about the company's training options at https://www.puresafetygroup.com/training

During our talk, Oliver also points out other organizations dedicated to standards and guidelines for work at height, including: 

- The Global Wind Organisation (GWO) https://www.globalwindsafety.org/ 

- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
https://www.ansi.org/

Safety in the wind industry: PSG's Oliver Auston shares his insight

In this WindTalk podcast, we discuss data, analytics, and digitalization with two guests from ONYX Insight: Noah Myrent, Head of Global Monitoring, and Dr Ashley Crowther, Global VP of Sales & Engineering.

ONYX Insight provides predictive maintenance, as well as monitoring services and support, so that wind operators can better optimize O&M strategies. 

Noah and Ashley provide insight on condition-monitoring systems, big data, digital twins, and more. The two also mention a couple of white papers available from ONYX, including: 

- "Thinking About Tomorrow," which discusses data access in wind energy to reduce operational costs: http://bit.ly/2LoB6dy

- "Standing in the Way of Control," which is about retaining full access to the wind-turbine performance data you need: https://onyxinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Standing-in-the-Way-of-Control_Whitepaper.pdf

ONYX Insight also presents annual technical symposiums, with the next one in Denver, CO, on September 16 to 18. Learn more at: https://onyxinsight.com/events/2019-na-symposium/

A discussion on wind analytics & digitalization with ONYX Insight

Listen in to this WindTalk podcast, as we discuss renewable energy procurement, energy investments trends, and the challenges and benefits of distributed resources and microgrids. 

John Powers, the VP of Global Renewables & Clean Tech at Schneider Electric joins us to share his thoughts and predictions on renewable energy market.  

Schneider Electric is a global specialist in the digital transformation of energy management and automation. Learn more at: https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/about-us/

To connect with the company's online community for market insight and connections, visit the NEO Network at: https://neonetworkexchange.com/landing_page/landing?destination=home

Schneider Electric's John Powers talks renewables & the energy market

Windpower Engineering and Development Editors interview the wind power industry's biggest newsmakers and allow them to tell their stories.

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