Availon, a global service provider for all turbine brands, has received full HSEQ certification for its wind-farm servicing operations in Italy and Spain — according to international quality, environmental, and work safety standards. “HSEQ Certifications are of rising economic importance for ISPs,” explained Co-Managing Director and CFO Markus Spitzer. “We service wind turbines in Spain…
Vestas to acquire Germany-based independent service provider Availon
Vestas has agreed to acquire Availon, a leading European independent service provider headquartered in Rheine, Germany. With about 400 employees and a total capacity of more than 2.6 GW under service, Availon’s core market is in Germany, with notable service activities in Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Poland, and the United States. The transaction is subject…
Availon achieves 98%+ availability on U.S. wind sites under its care
Availon, a multi-brand independent service provider for wind turbines, has successfully kept the U.S. wind farms it has under O&M contracts at historical levels of availability. The most challenging wind site, which remains undisclosed at this time, is now continuously running at above 98.4% availability. Other less challenging wind farms enjoy availability levels between 99.4 %…
Availon announces record year with additional 620 MW of wind assets under contract
Availon, a multi-brand independent service provider for wind turbines, announced a record year of wind O&M assets. The company has added 620 MW to its global portfolio of wind-turbine generators under operation and maintenance contracts. Mature European markets such as Germany, Spain and Italy have a great number of wind farms coming out of warranty and represent the lion’s…
Availon wins 78-MW of wind-turbine servicing contracts
Availon, a cross-brand provider of wind-turbine generator services, has signed new contracts for the servicing of 48 wind turbine generators at the recent Husum Wind trade in Germany. The contracts represent an additional 78 MW of capacity placed under the care of Availon. The turbines involved include Vestas V80 and V90, Gamesa G80 and G58, GE 1.5,…
Availon records steady growth in Japan
Availon, a cross-brand provider of wind turbine generator services, has announced positive developments of its business in Japan, a market where they have received an increasing number of orders for main wind-turbine generator components. Availon addresses the needs of the booming Japanese market in collaboration with local company EOS Engineering & Service Co., LTD, with…
Availon opens new international headquarters in Germany
Availon announced today the opening of their new global headquarters in Rheine. This move is a direct result of the tremendous growth that the wind turbine service provider has recently experienced. Over the last three years, Availon’s workforce almost doubled to reach 380 employees. “Eight years after establishing Availon, we are opening a new chapter…
Availon announces strong growth in Vestas turbine O&M servicing
Availon, an independent wind turbine operations and maintenance (O&M) service provider, announced the recent addition of over 100 MW of Vestas turbine generators to its O&M service portfolio. These strong results underpin the success of Availon’s technology diversification strategy, which has been deployed internationally over the last few years. Although the company is often regarded…
Availon reaches 1GW milestone for servicing Vestas turbines
Availon, an independent wind turbine O&M service provider, announced today that it has passed the 1,000MW milestone for servicing Vestas turbine technology. This achievement underpins Availon’s unmatched expertise in Vestas technology in the market of independent O&M service providers. Availon has started providing O&M services for Vestas turbines in 2009. To support this service, the…
Availon launches energy management business
Availon Energy Management is the newly established Availon subsidiary. As an interface, AEM complements Availon’s technical service solutions by offering customer-specific energy management, wind performance forecasts, direct marketing support, contract management and further commercial services. Among other areas, AEM focuses on the calibration and optimization of wind forecasts, which are in part based on the…
Availon hits 2 GW in maintenance milestone
Availon says its portfolio of wind turbines under maintenance has reached the 2GW milestone since its foundation in 2007. Availon has experienced steady growth and currently employs a workforce of around 300 employees. In addition to focusing on its core market of Germany, the company is also steadily expanding its global strategic position in the…
Availon wins 124 MW wind farms maintenance contract in Italy
Availon recently announced that it has won a 124-MW maintenance contract for two Italian wind farms from Alpiq Holding Ltd., the Swiss energy group that owns and operates the two farms. The full service-maintenance contract runs for a 10-year period, and covers 62 Gamesa wind turbines. Both wind farms are located in Sicily. Availon have…
Availon North America has been selected as O&M services provider to Acciona’s Big Smile Wind Farm at Dempsey Ridge In Oklahoma
Availon, Inc., a Independent Service Provider (ISP) to the wind power industry in North America is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a long-term contract to provide a full scope of Operation & Maintenance services, including scheduled and unscheduled services, to the Big Smile Wind Farm at Dempsey Ridge near Cheyenne, Oklahoma. The…
Availon lands new maintenance contract for Vestas turbines
Availon says it has won a maintenance contract for 7 Vestas wind turbines. The German multi-brand service provider is taking over the full maintenance of seven out of a total of 12 Vestas V80 turbines in the Hakenstedt wind farm. “The seven 2MW turbines, were commissioned in 2003 and are to be maintained by Availon…
Choosing the right drivetrain inspection technology
Andrew Engle, EIT, Mechanical Product Support Engineer, Availon, www.availon.com Vibration frequency analysis can be a powerful tool for diagnosing mechanical and electrical problems in wind turbine drive trains. However, some people are still skeptical about the accuracy of the technology. Perhaps they have had bad experiences with vibration analysis in the past. Poor vibration analysis…
Availon North America introduces upgraded power package for pitch systems
Availon North America, a premier Independent Service Provider (ISP) to the wind industry, has available a new improved Total Power Package that includes an Upgraded Battery Pack and Upgraded Battery Charger. This innovation comes from customers’ feedback. Owners of GE 1.5 MW wind-turbine generators equipped with the SSB pitch system complained about problems associated with…
Availon North America appoints new Environmental, Health & Safety Manager
Availon North America, an Independent Service Provider to the wind power industry, is pleased to announce that Mary Lou Friedman has joined the company as the Environmental, Health & Safety Manager (EHS.) Mary Lou comes with a wealth of experience within the North American wind Industry, having spent the last five years at EDF…
Availon wins full maintenance contract for Vattenfall’s wind farm
Wind-farm service provider, Availon, recently announced that it was awarded a complete maintenance contract for Vattenfall’s 12MW Jänschwalde wind farm, located near Cottbus in the German federal state of Brandenburg. Availon was already in charge of maintaining three of the turbines since 2012, and it has now taken over the responsibility for all of the…
Keeping power converters cool when temperatures rise
The power converter is one of the most sophisticated parts of a modern megawatt-class wind turbine. Its job is to efficiently manipulate the asynchronous power generated by the wind and synchronize it to the correct magnitude, frequency, and phase required by the electric grid. However, manipulating power on a megawatt scale creates a lot of…
Availon now offers SKF and Lincoln automatic lubricators for wind turbines
Availon Inc., an independent service provider to the wind industry, is pleased to announce a distributorship agreement with the SKF Lubrication Business Unit . As a distributor, Availon will sell, install, and support a range of SKF and Lincoln automatic lubrication products (ALS). Availon engineers and field technicians also will benefit from the training provided…