Drone in action - innovative drone inspection from ENERTRAG Operation takes the next step © ENERTRAG Betrieb GmbH

23 Sep 2022 | Dauerthal (renewablepress) - Right in time for the start of WindEnergy 2022 in Hamburg (September 27-30), the operations man-agement and inspection company ENERTRAG Operation announces that its latest product rotor blade inspection including lightning protection system (LPS) measurement by drone will also be offered as a license model starting next year. Interested parties are invited to get further information in a personal meeting with our experts at WindEnergy: Hall 4, Booth 237. About the rotor blade inspection incl. LPS measurement with drone In the process developed, the rotor blades of wind turbines are flown over. During this ...... read more...

Deutsche WindGuard Inspection GmbH has expanded its portfolio of technical inspections for wind turbines to include inspections by drone. Contactless lightning protection measurements are performed with the innovative technology from TOPseven GmbH & Co. K © Deutsche WindGuard

22 Sep 2022 | Varel, Starnberg (renewablepress) - Deutsche WindGuard Inspection GmbH has now expanded its portfolio of technical inspections for onshore and offshore wind turbine generators (WTG) to include examinations by drone. Besides drone-based visual inspections using a high-performance zoom camera, the inspection body from Varel, Germany, also offers its customers contactless lightning protection measurements. These are performed with the innovative technology from TOPseven GmbH & Co. KG from Starnberg, Germany. “Our patented measuring method is unique on the market. It is based on the non-invasive injection of an electromagnetic field into t...... read more...

Windfarm Bietikow © wpd

22 Sep 2022 | Bremen (renewablepress) - At Bremen’s wind and solar farm developer and operator wpd, everything is set fair for sustainable growth. In order to implement the extensive project volumes at home and abroad, additional employees are urgently sought in all areas of the project development, construction and operation. “We are looking for highly qualified specialists and new professionals – for our home market locations in Germany and our nearly 60 branches in the European, American and Asian core markets – who are willing to work together with us on consistently implementing the energy transition,” said wpd’s Executive Board member, Dr. Hartmut Br...... read more...

Thomas Kühling © WindNOW! GmbH

22 Sep 2022 | Berlin (renewablepress) - Young and independent full service company WIND NOW GmbH has expanded by acquiring WKA Service Kühling GmbH. WKA CEO Thomas Kühling is taking over as Managing Director of WIND NOW and bringing his expertise, the customer potential, and an experienced team along with him. For WIND NOW, this is an important step toward growth in the full maintenance area. This way, all important turbine types are to receive comprehensive maintenance via regional service locations within Europe in the future. WIND NOW is working with the state-of-the-art 24/7 control room greenwind control. The new CEO of WIND NOW, Thomas Kühling...... read more...

Picture (from left to right): Christoph Sowa (ENERTRAG, Head of Department Poland), Jörg Müller (ENERTRAG, Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Jacek Smolinski (Wójt/Mayor of the rural municipality Bialogard), Waldemar Misko (Mayor Karlino), Robert Falana © Enertrag SE

20 Sep 2022 | Koszalin / Dauerthal (renewablepress) - With the inauguration of the Dunowo project, which consists of the two wind fields Dargikowo and Karlino, ENERTRAG has commissioned one of the largest wind projects in Poland and the largest ENERTRAG project to date. The Dunowo wind project is located near the city of Koszalin in northwestern Poland and was successively commissioned in the course of this year. Now the official opening ceremony followed, which was celebrated with representatives of local institutions, project partners, land owners, grid operators and investors. The two sub-projects, with a total capacity of 186 MW, will generate app...... read more...

Deutsche WindGuard Consulting GmbH is accredited according to the new IEC 61400-50-3 for power curve measurements on wind turbines with nacelle-based LiDAR. © Deutsche WindGuard

20 Sep 2022 | Varel (renewablepress) - Deutsche WindGuard Consulting GmbH is one of the first companies to be accredited according to the new IEC 61400-50-3 for power curve measurements on wind turbines with nacelle-based LiDAR. After almost a decade of development and experience with this measurement method, as well as extensive involvement in the definition of the respective standards, this accreditation is the consequent next step for the company's own test laboratory. Wind farm owners use power curve measurements, for example, to check whether the performance of their wind turbine generator (WTG) meets the manufacturer's specifications and, if a...... read more...

BU: The availability at the alpha ventus offshore wind farm has more than doubled since Deutsche Windtechnik took over maintenance. © Deutsche Windtechnik AG

19 Sep 2022 | Bremen (renewablepress) - Deutsche Windtechnik's maintenance work for the Adwen turbines at the alpha ventus offshore wind farm has proven to be a success: After the independent service provider took over maintenance for six wind turbines at the beginning of 2020, the technical availability increased from the initial value of 42 percent (mainly caused due to a previous turbine crash and longer downtimes) to 77 percent in the years 2020/21. The upward trend is continuing in 2022 with a current availability of 94 percent. The basis for this excellent result was a consistently high proportion of remote fault elimination of about 50 percent as we...... read more...

© Nordex SE

15 Sep 2022 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - In order to be able to better meet the increasing demand for wind turbines expected by its customers in the coming years, the Nordex Group is expanding its turbine fleet with another highly efficient turbine of the Delta4000 series: the N175/6.X. The new turbine uses the proven technical concepts of the Delta4000 series, such as the control system, the flexible rated power and large parts of the nacelle of the sister model, the N163/6.X, which has already been tested in the field. As a result, in addition to the highly efficient development process, already tested and existing suppliers and production capac...... read more...

200 m reference mast from GEO-NET © GEO-NET Umweltconsulting GmbH

13 Sep 2022 | Hannover (renewablepress) - GEO-NET has installed a new 200 m wind measurement mast for the verification of LiDAR and SoDAR devices near Hanover. The site is particularly suitable for verification due to its location, as it is free of obstacles like wind parks, and allows representative verification even for inland sites and the large hub heights of current wind turbines. The good wind conditions ensure that the verification can be carried out quickly. Bigger, higher, stronger - what applies to sport also applies to the wind industry. With greater hub heights, larger rotors and more powerful generators, wind turbines are becoming ever more...... read more...

Ex-banker Wolf-Rüdiger Stahl joins Capcora © Capcora

07 Sep 2022 | Frankfurt am Main (renewablepress) - The consulting firm Capcora, specialized on real assets, is drawing on the experience of another financing specialist from the energy and infrastructure sector. Since the beginning of September 2022, ex-banker Wolf-Rüdiger Stahl has been supporting the Capcora team as Senior Advisor within the framework of a cooperation. Wolf contributes 30 years of experience from the banking world, where he devoted particular attention to the financing of energy and grid infrastructure. He implemented his first renewable energy project back in 1997. Until the end of 2020, he managed the newly established target sector...... read more...