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Allen covers GE Vernova ordered to stay on Vineyard Wind, TotalEnergies filing for France’s largest renewable project, Spain’s repowering grants, and Dajin’s Hong Kong stock debut. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly newsletter 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 YouTube, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary’s “Engineering with Rosie” YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Good Monday. Wind energy made news this week from Boston courtrooms… to the coast of Normandy … to the stock exchange floors of Hong Kong. Let us start in Massachusetts. A Boston judge has once again told GE VERNOVA it cannot walk away from VINEYARD WIND. To understand why GE VERNOVA wants out… you have to look at the money. VINEYARD WIND owes GE VERNOVA three hundred and sixty million dollars on a one-point-two-billion-dollar turbine supply contract. VINEYARD WIND is withholding that payment. GE VERNOVA says it has the contractual right to walk when it is not paid. In February, they sent VINEYARD WIND a termination notice. VINEYARD WIND sued. In April, Judge PETER KRUPP issued an injunction ordering GE to stay. GE VERNOVA came back and asked the judge to reconsider. Vernova pointed to statements from state officials and VINEYARD WIND’s own parent company describing the eight-hundred-and-six-megawatt project as essentially complete. If the project is done, GE argued, there is no harm in letting us leave. Judge KRUPP did not buy it. Here is why this matters so much to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. VINEYARD WIND is the largest offshore wind project in New England. It is owned jointly by Spain’s IBERDROLA and Denmark’s COPENHAGEN INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS. It began initial operations just this past February… after the developer won a separate court fight to keep federal construction permits intact. Sixty-two turbines. A four-point-five-billion-dollar investment. The anchor project for offshore wind in the entire region. The judge found that GE VERNOVA’s proprietary expertise is still needed to bring those turbines to full operational capacity. Pull GE’s more than two hundred employees and subcontractors off the job… and the project’s financing structure could collapse. Massachusetts Governor MAURA HEALEY has weighed in publicly. The state has too much riding on this project to let it unravel in court. GE VERNOVA still has its appeal of the April injunction pending. But for now… the turbines keep turning. Now let us cross the Atlantic. Off the coast of Normandy, France… TOTALENERGIES has filed for government authorization of a massive offshore wind farm called CENTRE MANCHE ENERGIES. This will be France’s largest renewable energy project… ever. One-point-five gigawatts of offshore wind. Located more than forty kilometers off the Normandy coast. Four-point-five billion euros in investment. Up to twenty-five hundred construction jobs over three years. Once running, the wind farm will generate roughly six terawatt-hours of clean electricity per year… enough to power more than one million French homes. TOTALENERGIES was awarded this project by the French government eight months ago. Filing for authorization is the next milestone on the path to construction. Meanwhile… across the Pyrenees in Spain… The Spanish government has awarded grants for eighty wind repowering projects totaling two-point-four gigawatts of capacity. With Nearly four hundred and sixty million euros in subsidies. The goal: replace older turbines with more efficient technology by twenty-thirty. The names on the award list read like a who’s who of European wind energy. IBERDROLA… STATKRAFT… EDP… ENEL GREEN POWER… NATURGY… RWE … and others. IBERDROLA alone picked up four hundred megawatts of new capacity. And this repowering wave is not just replacing old machines. Some projects are swapping out turbines that were once the industry standard… one-point-five and two-megawatt machines… for the far more powerful equipment available today. The industry is not just building forward. It is rebuilding smarter. And finally… a story from the other side of the world. A Chinese manufacturer of offshore wind foundations and towers called DAJIN HEAVY INDUSTRY made its debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this past Friday. The share sale raised up to eight hundred and forty-seven million dollars. DAJIN claims a notable distinction: it says it ranked as Europe’s largest offshore wind foundation supplier by monopile sales value in the first half of twenty twenty-five. The company plans to use more than half the proceeds to expand its deep-sea wind power services… and one-fifth to build an assembly facility in Europe. As we know wind energy is continues to push forward. On every front. And that is the state of the wind industry for the eighth of June, twenty twenty-six. Join us for the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast.

This week Stewart is joined by Patrick Lammers, CEO of Skyborn Renewables for a podcast recorder at WindEurope's event in Madrid. Most offshore wind developers talk about scaling projects, but Patrick discusses Skyborn's approach: building standardised infrastructure that ensures predictable, repeatable success. In a market dealing with massive, unpredictable projects, Patrick shares how standardisation and a focus on supply chain efficiency make offshore wind more reliable, affordable, and bankable than ever before.This episode dives into Skyborn's unique strategy of developing and owning stakes in wind farms, transforming offshore wind into a production line of projects instead of one-off ventures. Patrick discusses the importance of modular, repeatable turbine designs, the power of end-to-end standardisation, and why a focus on predictable Cadence can drastically cut costs and de-risk investments. You'll discover how Skyborn plans to roll out wind farms every 12 to 18 months with a clear, scalable blueprint — unlocking the potential for rapid, sustainable growth across Europe, Asia, and beyond.We break down:The shift from bespoke projects to a factory-like production model in offshore windHow standardisation reduces costs and delays, making projects more attractive to investors like BlackRock and GIPThe importance of clear project staging, supply chain predictability, and local partnerships in managing riskThe feasibility of applying this model outside Europe, especially in Korea and JapanWhy moving towards commodity-scale turbines and supply chain efficiency is essential for industry survivalGWEC's Offshore Wind Podcast is hosted by Stewart Mullin, GWEC's Chief Industry Officer, and Rebecca Williams, GWEC's Deputy CEO, who leads on all GWEC's Offshore Wind work.The podcast, or 'show' as Stewart still likes to call it, features leading voices from across the sector, whether that is large OEMs, key supply chain manufacturers or political leaders driving policy, to talk about how we can all work together to deliver on offshore wind's enormous potential.Follow Stewart on LinkedIn hereFollow Rebecca on LinkedIn here and Instagram hereFollow GWEC on LinkedIn here and Instagram here

2 Sam 19:11-20:13, John 21:1-25, Ps 120:1-7, Pr 16:16-17

2 Sam 18:1-19:10, John 20:1-31, Ps 119:153-176, Pr 16:14-15

2 Sam 17:1-29, John 19:23-42, Ps 119:129-152, Pr 16:12-13

2 Sam 15:23-16:23, John 18:25-19:22, Ps 119:113-128, Pr 16:10-11

Community Prayer and Encouragement

2 Sam 14:1-15:22, John 18:1-24, Ps 119:97-112, Pr 16:8-9

2 Sam 13:1-39, John 17:1-26, Ps 119:81-96, Pr 16:6-7

1 Chronicles 26-29, Psalm 127

1 Chronicles 26-29, Psalm 127

Psalms 119:65-80

2 Sam 12:1-31, John 16:1-33, Ps 119:65-80, Pr 16:4-5

Psalm 131, Psalm 138-139, Psalm 143-145

Psalms 119:49-64

Psalms 119:49-64

2 Sam 9:1-11:27, John 15:1-27, Ps 119:49-64, Pr 16:1-3

1 Chronicles 23-25

1 Chronicles 23-25

Psalms 119:33-48

Psalms 119:33-48

2 Sam 7:1-8:18, John 14:15-31, Ps 119:33-48, Pr 15:33

Psalm 108-110

Psalm 108-110

Psalms 119:17-32

Psalms 119:17-32

2 Sam 4:1-6:23, John 13:31-14:14, Ps 119:17-32, Pr 15:31-32

2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21-22, Psalm 30

2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21-22, Psalm 30

Psalms 119:1-16

Psalms 119:1-16

This week, "BigWater Adventures" host, Mark Davis, mops up liquid attractant after getting denied a dream muskie trip, we stick a state-record red horse in the wrong hole just before screwing up our pole dance, pull our truck out of the river in time to smack a few gale force smallies, and force our kids to eat fish that taste like sadness. 

Psalm 95, Psalm 97-99

Psalms 118:19-29

Psalms 118:19-29

2 Samuel 22-23, Psalm 57

Psalms 118:1-18

Psalm 5, Psalm 38, Psalm 41-42

2 Samuel 19-21

Psalm 26, Psalm 40, Psalm 58, Psalm 61-62, Psalm 64

Psalm 26, Psalm 40, Psalm 58, Psalm 61-62, Psalm 64

1 Sam 15:1-16:23, John 8:1-20, Ps 110:1-7, Pr 15:8-10

1 Sam 14:1-52, John 7:31-53, Ps 109:1-31, Pr 15:5-7

1 Sam 12:1-13:23, John 7:1-30, Ps 108:1-13, Pr 15:4

1 Sam 10:1-11:15, John 6:43-71, Ps 107:1-43, Pr 15:1-3

1 Sam 8:1-9:27, John 6:22-42, Ps 106:32-48, Pr 14:34-35

Community Prayer and Encouragement

1 Sam 5:1-7:17, John 6:1-21, Ps 106:13-31, Pr 14:32-33

1 Sam 2:22-4:22, John 5:24-47, Ps 106:1-12, Pr 14:30-31

1 Sam 1:1-2:21, John 5:1-23, Ps 105:37-45, Pr 14:28-29