Maintenance of Offshore Wind Turbine
Maintenance of Offshore Wind Turbine
Maintenance of Offshore Wind Turbine
At onshore, maintenance or repairing can done instantly when spare components exist and
maybe need a crane can be brought on to site. Yearly maintenance conducts during spring and
summer months where wind speeds are typically lowest. Offshore, there are some difficulties
to major repair and replacements of components because of the increased logistical difficulty
of the ocean environment and lack of required specialist vessels which limited by accessibility.
Besides, the offshore turbine considered less reliable compare to onshore as more failure occurs.
In offshore environment, strict condition may be faced. Owner of offshore wind farms need
to deal with many logistical and safety matters. Single offshore wind turbine required 5 visits
each year (consists of 1 maintenance visit and 4 malfunction visits) and might reduce to 3 visit
with technology applied. Among the accessibility to offshore wind turbine were:
1) Vessel
-Able transport many spares and transfer large components
-reducing access time for minor repairs or inspection, regarding out port operation
2) Helicopter
- not limited by wave height compare to workboat and shorten travel times
-higher cost and higher risks, no spare parts can be transported via helicopter