INDUSTRY NEWS
LORC AND VESTAS SIGN CONTRACT FOR TESTING OF NACELLES
Vestas will be the first customer of LORC Nacelle Testing when the indoor test centre for testing and trials of entire nacelles is finished by Summer 2014.
“We are extremely pleased to announce the agreement with Vestas for testing various types of nacelles. It gives us great reassurance to have our first customer in the house,” said Ove Poulsen, Manager of LORC.
LORC Nacelle Testing is under construction at the former shipyard in Lindø Industrial Park. The test centre will have two different test docks, one performing mechanical lifetime tests and the other testing nacelle functionality under extreme stresses. Vestas has contracted to use the latter, the Function Tester.
VESTAS EXTENDS ITS TESTING OPTIONS
At LORC, Vestas will test larger wind turbines, such as the new V164-8.0 MW which will be the world’s most powerful turbine with a power output of 8 MW.
“For Vestas, LORC’s testing means, in lay language, that we can test nacelles in a very realistic way without having to wait for the wind to blow.” said Anders Vedel, Chief Technology officer at Vestas.
In this way Vestas is expanding its testing options, which are already the most comprehensive in the wind industry and help to constantly improve the quality and reliability of Vestas’ wind turbines.
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“Our testing work reduces Vestas’ warranty expenses and is essential for our wind turbines today having a Lost Production Factor of less than 2%. This means that Vestas turbines are now harvesting more than 98% of the available wind.” explained Anders Vedel.
The contract between Vestas and LORC will initially run for two and a half years from summer 2014.
INDOOR AND REALISTIC UNIQUE TEST LORC Nacelle Testing is a pioneering form of testing of the entire nacelle. The test facility has been developed in close collaboration with both industry and academia, and is among the world’s largest with a capacity to test nacelles of up to 10 MW.
The design is unique with the capability for testing nacelles including the hub, where the turbine blades are normally fitted. This means that tests can be carried out with the nacelle’s pitch system and software intact.
WORLD FIRST LorC nacelle Testing is the first test centre in the world to allow such realistic indoor testing of nacelles. The cooperation with Vestas, the leading wind turbine manufacturer in the world, is important for LORC’s ambition to establish the world’s most advanced and realistic tests of large wind turbines.
LORC Nacelle Testing
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