Wind Turbines: shorter service life or higher maintenance at Siemens Energy

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/what-are-issues-with-siemens-gamesas-wind-turbines-2023-06-23/

Bearings and blades wearing out sooner than expected. Could be design issue.

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“Analysts at Jefferies expect costs of 2 billion euros in their calculation, 1.75 billion for onshore and 250 million for offshore.”

Does this include the half-billion disclosed earlier this year?

DB2

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Customers disagree with Siemens. Operations as expected.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/european-wind-developers-play-down-turbine-concerns-2023-06-28/?fbclid=IwAR0dEoZ1GnFFNMqE9lWf0dIUpl15LDxpsEnqdVeBwuNs4TObIJ_DDGopHiM

Since this topic recently came up, I thought this was interesting

A small wind farm in Canada on Prince Edward Island (PEI) has a 60% failure rate. In the article, the turbine bearings are blamed, but that isn’t confirmed. The turbine manufacturer is Acciona, which I believe is a Spanish company.

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