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        <title><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan at Intersolar Europe 2013 PV plants: Advanced tools detect operational problems early]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Jun 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Early detection of solar photovoltaic (PV) plant operating problems can minimise underperformance and significantly boost production. At the Intersolar Europe 2013 conference &amp; exhibition being held in Munich from 17-21 June, GL Garrad Hassan, the renewable energy consultancy of the GL Group, will show how its operational services can increase PV plant profitability, through early detection of operational problems, simulation and monitoring methods.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan at Intersolar Europe 2013 PV plants: Advanced tools detect operational problems early]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[At the Intersolar Europe 2013 conference &amp; exhibition being held in Munich from 17-21 June, GL Garrad Hassan will show how its operational services can increase PV plant profitability, through early detection of operational problems, simulation and monitoring methods.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan publishes landmark offshore wind operations and maintenance guide]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Jun 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan has produced a new paper detailing the offshore wind operations and maintenance sector. &quot;A Guide to Offshore Wind Operations and Maintenance&quot;, which was jointly funded by The Crown Estate and Scottish Enterprise, gives a clear account of the relevant concepts, trends and players in this rapidly developing sector.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan Project FORCE to accelerate cost reductions for offshore wind]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 06 Jun 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan has launched an ambitious project to bring fresh thinking to the design of offshore wind turbines. Project FORCE (turbine optimisation FOr Reduced Cost of Energy) will build on GL Garrad Hassan’s expertise in turbine design, control system engineering and structural modelling. The project will systematically consider new technologies that can be applied to offshore wind turbines and their support structures with the target of reducing the cost of energy from offshore wind farms.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dr Andrew Garrad at SUPERGEN Wind General Assembly: &quot;Bright Future For Renewables&quot;]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 31 May 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Andrew Garrad, non executive chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, had a positive message for the future of renewable energy at his keynote address at the SUPERGEN Wind Annual Assembly in Bristol recently. He predicted that, while there may be a few bumpy years ahead, the long-term global outlook for renewables was bright.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[AQSystem launches sweden's first test site for remote sensing devices]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[AQSystem has launched the first dedicated test site in Sweden for Remote Sensing devices. AQSystem will carry out verification campaigns of Remote sensing devices (with their AQ500 product or other Remote Sensing devices). A 105 meter met mast situated in Fimmerstad enables correlation reports to be made against ground based devices to provide traceability back to traditional anemometry.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Helping to maximise the value of solar measurements]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Since its initial release in spring 2010, GL Garrad Hassan’s Online Data Management (ODM) service has continued to grow and is currently used by clients in 34 countries worldwide with many hundreds of met masts and remote sensing devices under management. Following on from this success, GL Garrad Hassan has added Solar Data Management to its ODM service.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan advises Mitsubishi Corporation on successful BorWin acquisitions]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 Mar 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan has acted as technical adviser to Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) on their recent acquisition of a 49% stake in the BorWin1 and BorWin2 German offshore high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) links. The company acted as the sole technical advisor to MC providing due diligence assessment of the BorWin assets and follow on support to the MC team, utilising experts from across the company but in particular from the offshore and electrical groups.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan releases new version of Bladed]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Mar 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[GL Garrad Hassan has released Version 4.4 of Bladed, the industry standard integrated software package for the design and certification of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The release of Version 4.4 represents a significant milestone for Bladed, with many new features, including a new pitch actuator model with additional functionality, a new external controller interface, improved moorings capability for floating turbines, and several updates to the hardware test module. Celebrating its 20th birthday this year, Bladed continues to respond to the needs of the industry by developing features that are important in the design and analysis of today’s modern turbines.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Offshore wind industry working on a new power class]]></title>
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        <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 Mar 13 00:00:00 +0200]]></pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The offshore wind industry is gearing up for the next turbine generation despite uncertainty about Germany's future political and economic environment. Far from being modified onshore machines, these turbines will be specifically designed for the offshore market in the next-higher power class of 7 to 10 MW. &quot;Investors want technology that lowers their energy costs and makes offshore projects more profitable,&quot; said Ed Norton, Senior Structural Engineer at GL Garrad Hassan.]]></description>
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