Blade Maintenance Strategies
Proactive, data-driven planning for the future of wind farm blades.
A wind farm without a blade maintenance strategy is a like a compass with no clear direction – you may get somewhere but, it’s not going to be the place you want.
WPL curates blade maintenance strategies during any portion of the blade lifecycle to help provide our clients with clarity.
Who is this service for?
Our blade maintenance strategies are designed to support wind farm owners & operators.
The blade maintenance strategy is your technical asset management plan for operating your wind farm – from a blade specialist perspective.
Why use WPL Maintenance Strategy services?
Our strategies are based on real data from the asset and blade expertise around condition monitoring, asset degradation, environmental factors, and specific blade type knowledge. The team is on the leading edge of blade inspections, add-ons and CMS systems to support this.
Situation
Overview of the remaining lifetime of offshore assets - control of OPEX cost, inspection and repair campaigns desired
Complication
Leading edge protection (LEP) was installed via warranty claims which lead to unexpected need of new LEP installation.
Solution
By analyzing historical data, WPL delivered an overview of assumed events and expected campaigns for the remaining lifetime. Including verifying and minimizing the LEP campaign scope to include relevant blades only, saving money for the client.
What to expect
- Engage client to evaluate lifecycle wants and needs
- Intake of all data/metadata for assessment
- Recommendation development, reference tools created, reporting
- Handover and discourse with client – best practices alignment
- Ongoing client support with inspections, repair campaigns, etc.