TPI Blade Repairs, Colorful Towers Repel Bugs, Robin Radar Systems, Blaest Test Center Expands, Arbuckle Mountain Wind Farm

The latest Uptime Wind Energy podcast investigates ingenious systems tracking bird behavior near turbines. Hosts Allen Hall, Joel Saxum, Phil Totaro, and blade expert Rosemary Barnes examine radars revolutionizing avian activity alerts. From Robin Radar's monitoring, new technologies enable prudent wind farm planning around flocks. But can colorful deterrents like green towers really redirect birds? The team weighs wavering research on visual repellents. They also confront repairs rattling turbine reliability - dissecting blade imperfections from microscopic defects to major retrofits. With quality controls failing, can wind power keep soaring? Discover uplifting solutions to bird puzzles and blade bottlenecks only on Uptime - the #1 podcast helping wind work. 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! Pardalote Consulting - https://www.pardaloteconsulting.comWeather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.comIntelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Uptime 186 Allen Hall: Has everybody seen A Christmas Story? Rosemary, I know you don't have snow, but have you seen A Christmas Story movie?  Rosemary Barnes: Yeah, I, I was subjected to a whole, a whole lot of American Christmas traditions, but that one didn't come up. Phil Totaro: I've never seen it. Allen Hall: So in a very Christmas Story fashion, I received this sort of box at the house, and it said Fragile on it. And then I thought, well, it must be a major award. And then I, I do open it up and sure enough, right over there. Rosemary, can you  Rosemary Barnes: tell what that is? Did you get a, what? Doesn't that mean that you have 100, 000 subscribers? We have  Allen Hall: over 200, 000 subscribers to our YouTube channel.  Rosemary Barnes: Going crazy. Nice. That's so cool. Well, it's not really  Allen Hall: congratulations. It's, it's one of those things like, what am I going to do with this thing? Now that I have it, I'm not sure what to do with it. So I stuck it here behind me figuring like, well, that's exactly what you do. Yeah. I mean, it's just, it's basically a lawn ornament. That's essentially what it is. Joel Saxum: I think the next time you go to Texas, you should get a belt buckle made.  Allen Hall: See, that would be cool. I'm with Joel on that one. So the next NASCAR race I go to, I got to have a YouTube buckle, but thanks to everybody on YouTube has subscribed...