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There are many companies focusing on the emerging wind generation maintenance market. As the segment matures there has been a shift to more traditional industrial access methods that provide improved cost structure, better access for workers, improved safety and higher production rates. This discussion will focus on new suspended platform configurations and methods that have been designed for the wind tower and blade access market, improving the safety, quality, productivity and profitability for the maintenance contractor.
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Wind has been used as an energy source for centuries. Although the first wind turbines were built at end of the 19th century, the modern wind power industry, as we know it today, didn’t emerge until a century later. Today these wind turbines have an expected lifetime of up to 25 years. In addition, they are often placed offshore or in rugged terrain, making repairs extremely difficult and costly. There is a need for both tremendous corrosion and erosion protection to achieve the required lifetime expectancy.
As part of the national research project OWS-MV (Offshore Wind Solutions-MecklenburgVorpommern), investigations were carried out to assess effects of mechanical stresses on the corrosion protection performance of coatings for offshore wind turbines (OWEA). In order to simulate typical damage mechanisms during transport and assembly of OWEA, compression, impact and abrasion tests and corrosion resistance tests were performed on laboratory scales.
This paper discusses the corrosion mitigation strategy for protecting the submerged sections of a monopile wind turbine structure off the east coast of England in UK waters.