Elevating Rotor Longevity and Productivity
As pioneers in rotor technology, GWT understand the complexities and challenges of extending the life of wind turbine blades. The Blade Life Extension service is designed to maximize the customer value and reliability of blades, ensuring they achieve or surpass their intended lifespan. Setting new standards for the industry, the service brings operators actionable solutions based on a fundamental understanding of root causes, leveraging our independence and multi-disciplinary capability.
Service Overview
Blade failures due to manufacturing inconsistencies and premature material degeneration can be solved. There is also capability to extend the limits of blades beyond their designed life. Our comprehensive approach integrates advanced inspection techniques, including ultrasound and physical inspections, to accurately assess the condition and base case longevity of blades. From there, we devise a customized action plan to rejuvenate blades, focusing on key problem areas including leading-edge protection, root bushing reinforcement, and other critical interventions.
Maximized Performance
Extend the operational life of blades, ensuring predictable energy production at optimized levels.
Increased Reliability
Our interventions enhance blade durability in a quantifiable way, reducing the likelihood of premature failures and improving forecasts of energy production.
Cost-Effective Asset Management
By basing everything on business case, we enable data driven maintenance and renovation strategies to extend the life of blades by doing the right work at the right time, turning existing assets into more effective investments.
Customized Solutions
Our tailored strategies are designed to meet the unique operational requirements of each turbine, backed by a robust business case analysis and quantifiable longevity improvements.