GLOBAL WIND ALLIANCE
“The OEMs develop a course when the machine is new, and this training hardly ever alters,” says Andersen. “But as wind turbines grow old, the content of the errors change, and so too do the solutions required to fix them. Our courses are constantly being adapted.”
EXPERIENCE With four hands-on instructors, who have amassed around 60 years’ experience between them, DWPA endeavours to always pass on the most up-to-date technical information while motivating and inspiring course participants.
The Danish Wind Power Academy is a member of the Global Wind Alliance, a collaborative network of 14 member companies. Each experts in their own field and together they provide the complete range of O&M services for windfarms.
“We host open classes here in Denmark, but our instructors also travel worldwide to perform on-site training,” says Andersen. “Because we have clients across 20 countries, we can be in Australia one day and China or Finland the next.”
CERTIFICATION AND BEYOND The training phase culminates in a final test and certificate for the participants, following which other training providers might consider their job done. However, DWPA goes the extra mile by offering assistance for any participants who may not have passed the test first time, as
well as providing a consultative service aimed at pre-empting future challenges. This ‘anchoring’ phase ensures that knowledge gains are consolidated across the organisation.
“Payback for the client is immediate”, says Andersen.
“Technicians become more efficient at troubleshooting, ensuring they are quickly back on the grid.
“We reduce scheduled maintenance times, and increase the mean time between failures. Because we train people in surveillance and risk management, as well as technicians, there are benefits for the entire company.” And further explains that these procedures apply regardless of the turbine model or the stage it has reached in its lifespan.
CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT As the needs of clients evolve, DWPA’s training programmes are updated. This gives the company an edge over original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), whose training programmes become less applicable as time goes by.
The DWPA has provided training and services to most of the largest and successful utilities, owners and manufacturers, across the globe. Dong Energy, E.ON, Vattenfall, RWE npower renewables, Enel, AGL, Pacific Hydro to name a few. Turbine manufacturers that have benefitted from the DWPA products include Siemens Suzlon, Gamesa and Vestas.
CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS The key to its success is a close working relationship with industry suppliers.
“Our most important partners, apart from our customers, are the specialists whose technologies are used in the manufacturing of wind turbines,” says Andersen. “They enable us to stay at the forefront of advances in the industry, and we help convey these advances to our customers.”
Danish Wind Power Academy
www.danishwpa.com
Global Wind Alliance
www.globalwindalliance.com
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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