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Wind power replacing fossil fuels

Wind power helps the world become independent of fossil fuels, and the number of global wind power projects is spreading like wildfire.Wind turbines and farms are getting larger every day. They are emerging in remote locations—many offshore or in areas with harsh conditions. Despite these challenges, they must remain productive, reliable, and efficient - both environmentally and economically. And we need them NOW to ensure energy security and independence.

Growing wind market - growing complexity

As the wind industry grows, so does its complexity. More suppliers, more technical installations, more extensive infrastructure, complicated legislation and more moving parts throughout the global wind value chain power equal more risks of things going wrong.Lowering the energy cost, ensuring safety, increasing product quality, system durability, and production efficiency demand highly specialised engineering knowledge.

The wind energy value chain

The wind value chain involves various steps such as lifetime assessment, mechanical testing, inspection, and maintenance.

The process starts with assessing the harsh environment that the wind turbine needs to withstand, followed by ensuring that the products are safe, compliant, and have undergone the strictest testing and validation procedure. Mechanical testing and scanners can help optimize product quality check processes, reduce production costs, and ensure fast inspection.

At the end of the turbine's estimated service life, it needs to be decommissioned and disposed of in a sustainable way. Proper dismantling and distribution of decommissioned materials can help reuse up to 85-90% of a dismantled wind turbine.

To achieve long-term success with maintenance and inspection strategies, it is important to adopt preventive or planned maintenance approaches, conduct failure analysis, and minimize downtime.

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