Technical Management

A local supervisor regularly checks the wind farm on-site, reacts flexibly and manages the access to the turbines. He carries out monthly acoustic and visual inspections of the turbines. Our well-trained in-house service teams conduct detailed regular in-depth inspections and report all results digitally.

Our services include:

• On-site supervision
• Monthly acoustic and visual inspections
• Regular in-depth inspections carried out by our own service teams
• Local services such as landscaping, and restarting after automatic switch-offs due to ice

Remote monitoring maximises availability of turbines. We keep an electronic logbook of the performance, weather conditions, and technical conditions. This way we can analyse and optimise the turbines in operation.

Our control room monitors the wind farms and the infrastructure up to the medium voltage level and ensures the fastest possible fault clearance and repairs.

Our services include:

• Optional 24/7 remote monitoring
• Coordination of service calls, fault clearance and repairs
• Commissioning of repair works
• Preparation of technical solutions
• Solicitation and comparison of offers including award proposal to customers
• Monthly technical reports
• Auditing of technical services
• Examination of service reports
• Initiation and monitoring of remedial measures
• Identification of accumulations of malfunctions

From the moment of commissioning of a wind farm, our employees make sure any noted defects are remedied by the manufacturer or the service company. Our deadline management is always on top of any legally or professionally necessary tests, ensures compliance with maintenance intervals and warranties, and monitors all warranties concerning contracts with suppliers, the turbines themselves and the infrastructure facilities. We evaluate audit reports and balance the results with the customer and the maintenance company. If necessary, we coordinate and organise the repair of main components and make sure the quality is meeting the industry standard.

Our services include:

• Support during commissioning procedures
• Check-up of remedy of defects
• Deadline management (monitoring of all deadlines from legal and/or technical requirements and from maintenance and service contracts)
• Monitoring of warranties and guarantees
• Commissioning, organisation and evaluation of technical assessment reports
• Commissioning, organisation and approval of repairs of large components

Especially in the first years of operation, wind farms have to comply with extensive environmental requirements from the planning permit regarding nature conservation and emission control. Our specialists organise and control monitoring campaigns on species protection as well as noise measurements, and ecological compensation measures. We ensure compliance with all relevant conditions from the planning permit.

Our services include:

• Compliance with environmental conservation requirements
• Monitoring campaigns for species protection
• Coordination of noise measurement campaigns

When required, gearbox endoscopies and in some cases additional systems such as Condition Monitoring Systems provide a multitude of data which can be used to optimise operations and to increase the life span of components. Our highly skilled engineers evaluate these data and the visualised performance curves of the turbine on a regular basis. We analyse options for optimisation and retrofitting offered by manufacturers, and we recommend measures to increase yields.

Our services include:

• Analysis of CMS data and performance curves
• Evaluation and recommendation of optimisation and retrofitting
• Evaluation of gearbox endoscopies