You CAN Reduce Wind Turbine Blade Lightning Damage
Wind turbine blade lightning damage is increasing. All blades are experiencing more lighting damage, regardless of make/model.
Turbine Blade Maintenance
Articles about wind turbine blade maintenance and how it affects performance, AEP, and blade longevity. Expert advice and descriptions of upgrades, lightning protection, diagnostics, and basic turbine maintenance.
Beyond on-the-job-training for Blade Repair Technicians
After more than six years performing wind turbine blade repairs on ropes and platforms, Alfred Crabtree founded Blade Repair Academy, a controlled training environment to bring up new blade repair technicians.
Cold Weather Safety Tips for Wind Turbine Technicians
Safety tips from the field! Wind turbine technicians working in cold weather freezing conditions need warm clothing, food, lots of extra batteries and they should avoid steel toe boots. Learn more in this practical guide.
Lightning monitors: a shockingly vital investment
Lightning strikes are occurring at a much higher rate than initially predicted by the IEC 61400-24 standard. Here’s what to do now to protect your wind turbines.
Lightning Damage and Blade Protection: What We’re missing
In rare instances, when lightning does tremendous damage, experts may say “it’s force majeuere.” But we know lightning is just air – so what really matters in turbine lightning protection?
What affects the severity and cost of wind turbine blade lightning damage?
Only 1-3% of lightning strikes to wind turbine blades result in wind turbine blade lightning damage – some catastrophic, some not worth repairing. Find out how to minimize your losses and understand when repairs are really needed.
Lightning Damage: Not always Force Majeuere
It’s springtime in the northern hemisphere, which means more lightning strikes to wind turbines. Most of the time they can handle the strikes, no …
Wind Turbine Technician Jobs: The 2023 Guide to Skills, Salary, Safety, and More
The outlook for wind turbine technicians remains strong in 2023, and wind techs have opportunities for growth and promotion.
Repowering Wind Turbines or “PTC Wind Farming”
The Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) in the USA has been a powerful tool for asset owners to ensure the favorable financial health of their projects – and it’s driving repowering projects. To date, more than 75% of the 138GW of operational capacity in the United States has taken advantage of the PTC, and a total of 102 individual project phases have been repowered in the USA.
Wind Energy Hamburg: A Strong Show
Trends and news from the 2022 WindEnergy Hamburg show. Making blade maintenance more affordable, and how manufacturers and engineers are responding to data overload.