Siemens Gamesa’s and TPI’s Costly Problems, Noise Controversy in NE, Anti-Wind Laws Grow, TransWest Express Transmission, Bison Wind Energy Center

Weather Guard Lightning Tech<br /> <br /> Siemens Gamesa’s and TPI’s Costly Problems, Noise Controversy in NE, Anti-Wind Laws Grow, TransWest Express Transmission, Bison Wind Energy Center Siemens Energy’s scrutiny of Siemens Gamesa unveils fresh worries – costs may surge past $5B! TPI highlights unforeseen expenses tied to blade issues, raising concerns about larger outlays. Tragic incident: Technician trapped in turbine hub in Spain. Legal hurdles emerge for EDF Renewables in Nebraska due to post-installation noise rule change. Phil Totaro addresses escalating restrictions on wind development – could ACP be the solution? After 18 years of permits, TransWest Express Transmission project, spotlighted by Joel Saxum, finally breaks ground. Discover our featured wind farm: Bison Wind Energy Center in North Dakota! Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard’s StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes’ YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!  Uptime 177 Allen Hall: Joel, this bear in China that everybody’s talking about. It does look like a guy in a bear suit. I gotta be honest, it moves like a guy in a bear suit.  Joel Saxum: I’m gonna tell you guys a story. I was gonna tell you this earlier, but this is a short one. So this is a very American thing and a very hillbilly in living in the sticks northern Wisconsin. When I was a kid and growing up, we convinced one of our classmates that Bigfoot was real, Bigfoot is real well, that he was real and lived in the county that we were from. So one of our friends dressed up in a monkey costume, and we were, we were out looking for deer. And one night during the fall before, before the season, and we had this shining spotlight out, and a dude ran across the back of the field in a monkey costume. Buddy freaked out, and then he was like, wait, we’ve gotta have proof of this. We gotta have him. And like, tried to grab a hunting rifle and was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. We’re kidding, man. We’re kidding. Like, it’s not real. It’s, it’s, you know, it’s so and so in a monkey costume. And they’re like, he was like, I don’t know. That looked like Bigfoot to me. Like, no, no, man. We’re messing with you. Only in Wisconsin. Yeah. I gotta look for you gotta make your own fun. You gotta make your own fun.  Allen Hall: Well, this week we have some fascinating news. Siemens Gamesa is having huge quality issues, which we all knew. But the, the, the amount which it may impact Siemens energy is growing higher and higher by factors of. One x two x three x at this point. And we’re not sure where the pain is gonna stop, so we’re, we’r