The U.S. has an installed wind-power capacity of some 60,000 MW that come from over 45,000 turbines. Most of those are a far from retirement so keeping them working will require special attention to problematic gearboxes. Slowly, the gearbox has revealed why it has not lasted 20 years, so one presentation in this webcast will share some of those discoveries.
Maintenance is more than monitoring gearboxes so a second presentation will show a way to check on a turbine performance while monitoring a fleet, and in the process, tell which turbines are underperforming and most in need of attention.
