New wind turbine maintenance method 'changes the future of the industry': what it's all about

A new way to replace generators is expected to help improve floating wind farm projects around the world.

< p>Cobra Wind International, LiftOff and Kincardine Dragados SA (owned by Vestas) have completed a generator replacement on the Kincardine Floating Wind Farm in Scotland without towing the rig to port, a new foray into turbine maintenance. OffshoreWIND writes about it.

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Work on the 9.5 MW Vestas V164 wind turbine was reportedly carried out using a marine support vessel and supported by crew carriers. The Vestas turbine was also temporarily fitted with a GenHook tower crane supplied by Dutch company LiftOff.

After Vestas prepared the wind turbine and decommissioned the old one, LifOff lifted it from the nacelle and lowered it onto the deck of the floating vessel from where it had been then moved to OSV. Using the same technique, the variable generator was then moved to a floating device and lifted into the nacelle using a GenHook crane.

According to Vestas CEO Thor Abel, this method will help improve floating wind farm projects around the world.

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“By pushing the boundaries of innovation and taking into account the need to improve previous processes, we have developed a world-first technical solution that changes the future of the renewable energy industry”, — added Jose Polimon Olabarrieta, CEO of Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Limited (KOWL).