Drag-based Turbines, Offshore Wind Innovation Hub, Mass CEC Structural Testing, Wild Horse Wind Farm

Rosemary leads off this week with a drag-based wind turbine design from Xenecore - are drag-based turbines making a comeback? Equinor and bp are investing in the NY area with the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub - will the companies selected for the incubator change the wind industry? The Mass CEC expands their structural test capability - will this lead to fewer blade failures? And, our wind farm of the week is the Wild Horse Wind Farm in Washington State! Visit Pardalote Consulting at https://www.pardaloteconsulting.comWind Power LAB - https://windpowerlab.comWeather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.comIntelstor - https://www.intelstor.com 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 173 Allen Hall: So Rosemary in the United States, it's, it's sort of golf season, so every weekend you turn on and there's some crazy golf tournament. I, I'm not a golfer. I think Joel is actually,  Rosemary Barnes: are you serious? They show golf on tv. I know.  Allen Hall: It's sad, isn't it? We  Rosemary Barnes: show cricket on TV here and that's probably, probably close. But  Allen Hall: in Australia, in Australia, they're having problems because I guess there's a lot of wildlife on the golf courses like kangaroos. And I, I saw a picture this week of like 30 kangaroos hopping around this golf course where this caddy is. I'm thinking, my gosh. Is it just the wilderness in Australia or what? Like you can't even golf in peace in Australia. You can't swim in pe you  Rosemary Barnes: can't golf in peace. Kangaroos love golf courses because, you know, they're like, they're like open grasslands. Traditionally there wasn't that much open grassland in Australia, and so they've really thrived where we've come and made, made lawns. They, they absolutely love that. You know, they they don't drink water. They, they just eat it off the, the dew on the grass and, you know, then they. Hang around eating, eating grass, and. They're like, great, these people have come here and put in, put in all these lawns for us, and they keep them nicely Moaned, soften our feet if you're a kangaroo. Isn't that why you'd wanna hang out? I, I  Allen Hall: totally would. Yeah. I would stay away from the other dangerous areas of Australia, like pretty much everywhere  Rosemary Barnes: else. Well, a kangaroo can mess you up,  Allen Hall: you know, that It's probably one of the most TikTok things that I've ever seen, or kangaroos fighting people weirdly enough. I don't know what it is in America. We think like that we can manhandle kangaroo, but you're outta your, you're outta your mind. Those things are powerful. You're crazy. And then don't they have sharp, sharp hooks or whatever on their feet? I claws. Oh, they have c they call  Rosemary Barnes: claws. I don't know. I wouldn't worry about their about their claws. I guess they've got claws on their hands, but their arms are, are not that strong. No, you gotta worry about getting kicked. They. They sit on their tail and then they you know, kick kick you with both legs at once. Can't  Allen Hall: wait to book a trip to  Rosemary Barnes: Australia. Yeah, well if you do, just don't pick a fight with the kangaroo. Allen Hall: All right, Rosemary, hold on tight. This one's gonna be a good one. Xena Core is a company that develops materials and processes for composite parts, and they have a, a new technology or, or one of the company technologies I'm using Thermoplastic Microspheres. And I don't know if you've seen Microspheres in use Rosemary, but it,