Paul Dvorak, Editor, Windpower Engineering & Development Operations and maintenance (O&M) costs dominate the balance sheets of wind farms, and more so when unscheduled maintenance crops up.  When turbines are new, the operators probably look to the OEM for service. But after the warranty expires, why would an owner look anywhere else than the company…

Rich guys in old movies would complain about good help being so hard to find. If they were talking about the modern wind industry, they’d be right again, and in up-and-coming wind countries even more so. Take Turkey, for instance. Nearly 1,800 MW were installed there by the end of 2010, and the country has…

New turbines don’t need a lot of attention. But as one condition-monitoring expert recently remarked, no turbine runs better with age. The industry will need a steady supply of technicians to maintain the thousands of turbines coming off warranties. How can interested people connect with such long-term work?  Brian Crowe, project manager at the Iowa…