O&M STRATEGY
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES
The operational life of wind turbines is becoming more and more under the spotlight as the average life of wind assets is increasing and new approaches to O&M strategies characterise this phase of the wind energy market.
COMMISSIONING AND IN-SERVICE INSPECTIONS
Independent technical inspections play a key-role in the value chain of the operation life of a wind turbine. A considerate approach starts at the beginning of the operational phase with a full commissioning inspection, followed by regular in-service inspections in order to avoid potential unexpected failure of major components and subsequent long down-time.
Technical inspections are vital any time the real conditions of wind assets have to be assessed and linked to the contractual aspects or to implement an effective risk management strategy.
INDEPENDENT INSPECTIONS The impartiality of an independent technical inspection is its main added value, combined to the assurance of consistent, high quality standards and the implementation of a large range of inspection techniques.
Although main components are designed to last for the certified life of a wind turbine, they often fail earlier than anticipated causing unexpected downtime, bringing down the overall availability and therefore dramatically hitting the cash-flow generated by the wind farm.
PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE APPROACH A proactive maintenance approach is definitely a must in order to increase the profitability of wind assets as well as to improve their performance throughout the whole lifetime. Bureau Veritas agrees that periodic in-service inspections of main components and structures, combined with careful monitoring of all data available from a wind turbine, considerably reduces down- time and the likelihood of catastrophic failures.
Bureau Veritas wind turbine inspection services are designed to support owner, operators and manufacturers to fully cope with the challenges of operational life of wind turbines and all the O&M contractual milestones.
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