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Pacifico in Vietnam, Offshore Leading Edge Spray
This week Allen highlights Pacifico Energy’s efforts in developing offshore wind power in Vietnam, including meetings with government officials to support the country’s clean energy goals. In Ireland, researchers introduce a potentially revolutionary cold spray technology for maintaining wind turbine blades. Lastly, Iberdrola seeks a partner for a 1 GW energy portfolio.
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Starting off the week, US-based Pacifico Energy is ramping up efforts to develop offshore wind power projects in Vietnam. The company’s CEO met with Vietnam’s party general secretary in Hanoi recently, and the party leader highlighted Vietnam’s goal to become a high income nation by 2045 with net zero emissions by 2050, emphasizing the need for stable clean energy sources.
Pacifico affirmed Vietnam’s immense potential for offshore wind power and pledge continued investment to support the country’s growth objectives. Now, Vietnam’s renewable energy sector is attracting strong international interest with the government recently reactivating nuclear energy plans in its south central province.
Over in Ireland, Irish researchers at Southeast Technical University in partnership with Technology University Dublin, have developed what may be a revolutionary maintenance solution for offshore wind turbine blades. The Clear Blade Project focuses on cold spray, leading edge erosion repair technology.
Environmental factors often cause rapid wear on turbine blades, as we all know, with defects appearing within one to three years of installation, requiring expensive repairs. The project proposes a novel, portable polymer cold spray technology for quote unquote infield repair, potentially extending blade lifespans and reducing maintenance costs.
Wind energy contribute 32% of Ireland’s electricity generation in 2024 with the government planning to develop 14 gigawatts of wind capacity by 2030.
And over in Spain, Iberdrola the Spanish Energy Giant is seeking a partner willing to buy a minority stake in a roughly one gigawatt renewables portfolio according to news source. Reuters sources familiar with the matter described the project as Romeo 2.0 referencing a previous deal where Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund took a 49% stake in a 1.3 gigawatt portfolio, valued at approximately 1.2 billion Euros.
The deal aligns with Iberdrola’s strategy of selling minority stakes in advanced projects to fund new investments. Iberdrola’s Finance chief recently stated they were working on two or three such assets rotation projects to complete this year. And that’s this week’s top.
News stories. Stay tuned for the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast tomorrow.
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Some may find the claim at left compelling.
But consider Japan, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland that are almost completely atheist. The other nations in Western Europe have also steadily moved away from religion.
Have they “lost their countries,” or is this a present-day scare tactic directed by fear-mongers, just as it has been since the Dark Ages?
Renewable Energy
Is It Odd that Many Words in English are Supernumerary? Or Is that Superfluous? Extraneous? Unnecessary?
Not at all.
English has an uncountable thousands of words it doesn’t need. If you don’t believe me, check out “A Word a Day,” and learn the meanings of words that are completely useless. The last two days brought us:
- April 14: Flocculent (adjective: having a fluffy, woolly texture).
- April 13: Impetrate (verb: to obtain by request or entreaty).
Maybe this impressed people a century ago, but if I wrote that a sheep was flocculent, I think you’d be rolling your eyes.
While some English speakers 400 years ago were discovering gravity, developing calculus, using newly minted telescopes to explore our solar system, and refining our understanding of logic as originally put forth by Aristotle, others were inventing words for groups of animals.
Sure, it’s useful to have words like “pack” (for dogs), “herd” (for cows and horses), “flock” (for birds), and perhaps a few others. But what about a group of owls (a parliament), flamingos (a flamboyance), or ferrets (a business)? And that’s just the beginning.
By contrast, Spanish has too few words, IMO. For those interested, here are the 15+ possible meanings in English of the verb “llevar.” As someone who made an honest attempt to learn the language, I’d go into panic mode when someone would say something with any conjugation of that verb. S***! Is he talking about wearing something, Giving someone a ride? Bringing something? Getting along well with someone? Stealing something?
If you believe that a loving God has a plan for you, and is steadily guiding you towards happiness, then you disagree with the assertion here.
The rest of us are forced to admit that the universe is cooly indifferent to us and the outcome of our lives here on Earth.
This doesn’t mean, btw, that our lives are meaningless, but it does compel us to create our own meaning as we make our choices as we go along.
Another point to be made here is that there is no “galactic cavalry” that is going to come charging in, guns ablazing, to save us from the criminal insanity of the Trump administration.
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