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Deutsche Windtechnik selected for Alpha Ventus service

By: Tom Russell 27/09/2016 Deutsche Windtechnik

General Turbines Windfarms

Starting in January 2017, Deutsche Windtechnik will be providing service for six Senvion 5M turbines at the Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm for Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co. KG (DOTI), a consortium of EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall.

The contract will run for five years and covers remote monitoring, scheduled maintenance and comprehensive service at cost for the six turbines, including possible replacement of large components and stockpiling of spare parts.

This contract model has already been successfully implemented by Deutsche Windtechnik X-Service GmbH for several of EWE AG's onshore wind farms, five turbine site featuring Senvion 5M turbine in Neuenwalde near Cuxhaven.

"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", says Severin Mielimonka, Managing Director of Deutsche Windtechnik X-Service GmbH.

"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", explains Ewald Heyen, Asset Manager at EWE.

Alpha Ventus is one of the first German offshore wind farms to be installed. It was built at sea about 45km off the coast of Borkum and consists of 12 wind turbines, six Areva M5000 5MW and six Senvion 5MW. Since 2011, Alpha Ventus has produced enough electricity to meet annual consumption of around 71,000 average households (3,500 kWh) in Germany.

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