by Patrick Smith
Turbines at the Teesside wind farm off England’s east coast have been shut
down in batches over the last six months as Siemens attempts to deal with
issues relating to vibrations in the turbine towers.
Operator EDF said that Siemens began carrying out investigations in January
into the effects of the vibrations on the transformer housings at the 62MW
project, when all of the turbines were stopped.
Since then a number of the SWT 2.3-93 turbines have been turned back on and
off in batches in order to ensure “safe working conditions”, a spokesperson
told Windpower Monthly.
Siemens is carrying out an analysis into the effects of the vibrations on
the transformer housings located outside the base of the turbines towers.
The design of the power module installation and supporting beams within the
turbines is specific to Teesside and so should not be experienced at other
wind farms.
However, EDF said that faults similar to this are not unusual for offshore
wind farms, “technical issues and ongoing turbine maintenance are not
uncommon for complex projects of this nature,” said a spokesperson.
Siemens declined to comment further when contacted.
The wind farm is located 1.5 kilometres from the Yorkshire coast and was
brought online in 2013.
1 Comment
may hurry · July 5, 2014 at 5:49 pm
Let’s hope the useless monstrosities are shaken totally loose – preferably to the bottom of the sea and good riddance to the useless heap of scrap metal.