FeatherEdge starts a (quiet) revolution at WindEnergy Hamburg

WindEnergy Hamburg 2024 proved to be a transformational show for the Biome team. What stood out was the size of the show itself (nearly 40,000 people mid-week), the presence of non-Western OEMs, and for us, the response around FeatherEdge.

The conference is a highlight for the German wind industry, given the show’s location. As such, nearly all the power producers from this region and Europe as a whole were present. The team made a point of focussing our attention here. The response was uniform - we’ve developed a game-changing technology.

One major developer even noted that the FeatherEdge would spark a noise revolution in Germany. I am not used to hearing such statements from what is normally a highly risk-averse crowd.

Biome CEO / CTO Ryan Church sends his dispatch from WindEnergy Hamburg 2024

Our FeatherEdge technology is OEM agnostic and can be applied as both a retrofit and brand new from the blade factory. The conversations I had with numerous OEMs were very positive. I would not be surprized if a customer would be able to buy a new turbine equipped with FeatherEdge in the next 12 months.

                The show was proceeded by tremendous news of Germany’s advancement in onshore wind tenders. Just days before the show opened, in a major announcement the German Federal Network Agency Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) raised the onshore wind auction volumes for 2024 to almost 15 GW. To put this in perspective, that’s more onshore wind than all European countries combined built in 2023. And four times what Germany installed last year. This news catapulted a few topics to the fore, such as the success of the auction dynamics, supply chain and permitting. Noise fits squarely into that last consideration. For Germany to actualize all those tenders and get turbines in the ground, a technology like FeatherEdge is indeed – a game changer.

                The growth of onshore wind in Germany is fuelled by many things, including the ongoing war in Ukraine, climate action and the role of the EU, and last but not least, sound economics. Wind in Germany makes sense, and the pricing reflects this. FeatherEdge acts as a super-charger, inflating beneficial project economics and enabling better use of scarce land. Long gone are the days of onshore wind in Europe where nobody will see or hear a turbine. As such, onshore wind’s march needs to be paired with technologies that do everything they can to minimize environmental impact to the locations in which they are situated.

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