This text was up to date at 15:05 on 23 August 2024 with a press release from GE Vernova.
One of many already put in wind turbine blades at Dogger Financial institution A offshore wind farm, presently underneath building within the UK, has sustained injury and failed.
The blade failure occurred on the morning of twenty-two August and, based on an replace from the Dogger Financial institution Wind Farm consortium, nobody was injured or within the neighborhood when the injury was sustained. The developer mentioned the encompassing marine space was restricted and related authorities have been notified.
The consortium additionally mentioned it was working intently with the turbine producer, GE Vernova, which initiated an investigation into the reason for the incident.
“On August 22, a turbine on the Dogger Financial institution wind farm skilled an remoted blade occasion that occurred throughout commissioning. No accidents occurred, and GE Vernova’s Wind Fleet Efficiency Administration workforce has initiated investigation protocols into the occasion in coordination with our buyer”, a GE Vernova spokesperson mentioned in a press release to offshoreWIND.biz.
Dogger Financial institution A is presently within the wind turbine set up stage. In July, 20 generators have been absolutely put in on the venture web site and several other extra have been in place however solely with towers and nacelles put in.
The set up of blades at Dogger Financial institution was affected by the blade failure on a GE Vernova wind turbine within the US final month and the following investigation and high quality management work.
As reported on 25 July, the breakage of the blade on one in all GE Vernova’s Haliade-X wind generators on the Winery Wind 1 offshore wind farm within the US was brought on by a producing deviation, based on the preliminary investigation.
The wind turbine OEM has launched a high quality test of all offshore wind blades made at its manufacturing unit in Gaspé, Canada, the place the blade that was put in at Winery Wind 1 and broke off was produced.
Within the meantime, work on the US offshore wind farm had been stopped by the federal government which later eliminated a number of the restrictions, permitting for the set up of nacelles and towers to renew, that means the identical wind turbine set up work is presently being carried out on each Dogger Financial institution A and throughout the pond on Winery Wind 1.
Two months earlier than the blade incident at Winery Wind 1, there was one other blade occasion at Dogger Financial institution A.
At first of Might, a blade on an put in turbine on the Dogger Financial institution A offshore wind farm additionally sustained injury, after which GE Vernova launched an investigation into the reason for the incident. The corporate’s preliminary findings have been that the circumstances surrounding the incident have been remoted to the one blade affected and that the injury was resulting from an set up error.
Dogger Financial institution A will comprise the 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind generators and is the primary of the three 1.2 GW phases of what’s set to develop into the world’s largest offshore wind farm as soon as accomplished.
The Dogger Financial institution Wind Farm venture is owned by the consortium of SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn.
The complete 3.6 GW mDogger Financial institution Wind Farm venture is scheduled to be accomplished in 2026.
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