Topwind, a Dutch consultancy and purveyor of wind expertise solutions, is providing an Ice Prevention System (IPS) to the Dutch onshore wind facility Westpoortweg at a sewage treatment plant within the Amsterdam Westpoort port region.
Port areas, industrial sites, and zones adjacent to (national) roads are extremely crucial locations where ice shedding/ice fall poses both immediate and indirect dangers and damages. Therefore, an IPS is being installed on the four wind turbines that constitute Westpoort Wind Farm. This system is designed to avert icing on the turbine blades.
Through Topwind’s control center, the wind turbines will be overseen day and night by trained IPS support desk specialists.
Topwind reports that before the deployment of the IPS system, several warning systems have already been installed. These so-called flashing lights are intended to alert the surrounding vicinity of potential ice fall.
Westpoort Wind Farm
Westpoort Wind Farm is a project of Waterboard Amstel, Gooi and Vecht and the sustainable energy and waste company HVC. It includes four wind turbines produced by Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas, model V100. The wind turbines are expected to generate approximately 21,000 MWh annually. With the installation of the four wind turbines, the water board aims to become energy-neutral by early 2025. The first wind turbine was erected in November last year. Recently, the final wind turbine was constructed. Source: Topwind Image: typical image of wind turbines in a winter landscape (in this instance Rotterdam area)
