At-height wind turbine operation and maintenance specialist Rope Partner formed a new partnership with Scottish firm Edge Solutions to install a new type of turbine blade protection. Armour Edge is a protection shield that uses thermoplastic material created specifically for wind turbine blades. The shields are operating successfully at a number of offshore wind farms…

Rope Partner, a rope access maintenance, inspection and performance enhancement service provider, announced today a new partnership with Gladiators Cleaning to expand high-quality, safe, and cost-effective wind turbine cleaning services to new and existing clients with patented technology. Gladiators provides wind-turbine power-washing services. “Partnering with Gladiators, we will now be offering internal and external tower cleanings, including blades…

Windpower technicians across the United States were forced to cancel maintenance runs in early January when the polar vortex – a mass of low-pressure and extremely cold air, usually found swirling above Siberia and Northern Canada – had moved south into American airspace. The air mass brought sub-zero temperatures to places unacquainted with extreme chill.…

A partnership between turbine maintenance company Rope Partner and Denmark based company, Bladena, a blade expert and structural and aeroelastic researchers, will let the two specialize in providing blade enhancements to counteract cracking and other operational failures. Preventative measures include a patented technology known as the D-String. Research shows a significant number of turbine blade…