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Imagine a team of technicians tasked with performing maintenance work on offshore wind turbines. This operation is laden with numerous challenges and unexpected variables, given the turbines' distance from the coastline.     What if technicians were missing the crucial #spareparts? In such a scenario, achieving a first-time fix becomes an elusive KPI. Regardless of their expertise, without the right materials, the technicians’ mission remains incomplete.     The good news is that there's a way to prevent these unexpected events – the ML-based spare part suggestion by OverIT - Field Service Management!    Watch how our innovative platform leverages historical data to train its #MachineLearning engine, enabling it to predict the ideal materials and quantities needed to successfully complete the job once technicians arrive in the field 👇 https://lnkd.in/epcsz-QB

Another day, another sunset on the turbines 🌅 We’re almost there boys! #RTSWind #RTS #Offshore #Projectmanagement #offshorewind #sunset #technicians #turbines #blades #bladerepair #Germany

Currently working on a tidal turbine speed controller for in-field operations, adjusting the load based on speed setpoints. The controller has two main functions: relating speed errors to torque loads (0.5Hz) and ensuring the appropriate electrical current demand is met (10Hz). Though still in preliminary bench and field testing, the results are promising. #renewableenergy #turbines #hydropower #controlsystems

Dave is fitting a coupling to the shaft of this DC electric motor used in an ENERCON wind turbine. The reason he’s doing this is to enable us to carry out a thorough test of it. It came to us first a refurbishment after failure on site. This one has had a full field and armature rewind and a new brake. The run test will make sure the motor can deliver full power, then, he’ll be making sure the brake operates as it should do. He’ll be measuring the holding torque and breakaway torque along with the pull-in time and release time. All part of a service to make sure that it will do what it needs to. #windenergy #windturbine #maintenanceandrepair #maintenancemanagement #assetcare #engineering #sustainability #renewableenergy

⬛ Gas Turbine Cooling and Bleed System #powergeneration #oilandgas #gasturbine #overhaul #safetyfirst #greenenergy #zeroemissions #steamturbine #steamboiler #operationsmanagement 

Scottish Project Harnesses Wave Power and Subsea Storage to Power Subsea Equipment 🌊 A project to power subsea equipment with wave power and subsea energy storage has taken to the seas in the north of Scotland. 🌊 The £2 million demonstrator project, called Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP), has connected Mocean Energy's Blue X wave energy converter – Verlume's Halo underwater battery. 🌊 The two technologies have been deployed in the seas off Orkney and have now begun a test program where they will provide low carbon power and communication to infrastructure including Baker Hughes’ subsea controls equipment and a resident underwater autonomous vehicle provided by Transmark Subsea. 🌊 The project aims to show how green technologies can be combined to provide reliable low carbon power and communications to subsea equipment, offering a cost-effective alternative to umbilical cables, which are carbon intensive with long lead times to procure and install. 🌊 The RSP Halo system is the second variant that has been built for commercial wave power integration and the first to be built at Verlume’s 20,000 square foot facility in Dyce, Aberdeen. #energyticslimited #renewableenergy #energyefficiency #energyinnovation #WavePower #subseaenergystorage #lowcarbonpower

During my three years as a power plant operator at Total Energies porthacourt Turbine Project, I was involved in the change out of two solar Taurus 60 gas turbines engines.These engines run on dual fuel (natura gas and diesel) with a capacity of 5.2MW X 3. Operating a power plant is quite challenging as any upset will result in shutdown if not treated immediately. The biggest challenge being meeting Fuel specification (pressure & temperature), air quality to turbine and lube oil system. your auxiliaries like instrument air are also important. It was a really good experience distributing power to end users.

Arc Flash incidents and accidents are being reported on wind turbines. Arc Flash hazards concerning wind turbines are similar to other types of electrical installation. Paul Hopton (ESUK) outlines the additional considerations in a wind turbine environment and highlights the potential consequences of Arc Flash incidents. Contact us for more information or help to carry out an Arc Flash Study. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gErYgCwU #arcflash #risk #electrical #wind #turbine

⬛ Main information about General Electric Gas Turbine LM6000PC #powergeneration #oilandgas #gasturbine #overhaul #safetyfirst #greenenergy #zeroemissions #steamturbine #steamboiler #operationsmanagement  #generators #electricitygeneration #issueresolution #efficiency