Starting in January 2017, Deutsche Windtechnik will be servicing six Senvion 5M turbines at the alpha ventus offshore wind farm.
Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld und Infrastruktur (DOTI), a consortium comprising EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall, has signed a standard maintenance contract with Deutsche Windtechnik to provide service for six of the twelve wind turbines that are installed at the wind farm.
The contract will run for five years and covers remote monitoring, scheduled maintenance and comprehensive service at cost for the turbines, including possible replacement of large components and stockpiling of spare parts.
This contract model has already been implemented by Deutsche Windtechnik X-Service for several of EWE’s onshore wind farms. “This model has proven to be successful, even though the operator’s portfolio should be of a certain size. The cost reduction potential is significant, provided the turbine does not suffer severe damage” , said Severin Mielimonka , Managing Director of Deutsche Windtechnik X-Service GmbH.
EWE Erneuerbare Energien had already signed a two-year service contract with Deutsche Windtechnik for an onshore Senvion 5M turbine in Neuenwalde near Cuxhaven. The contents of the contract are similar to those of the offshore contract. “The service job in Neuenwalde began in July 2016, and we will continue to gather project experience until the beginning of next year. We will then carry out an in-depth assessment of our need-based maintenance concept. We are already collaborating with Deutsche Windtechnik on other onshore wind farms, so we are expecting to achieve good results” , said Ewald Heyen , Asset Manager at EWE.