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Read more...How do you exchange an 11,000kg gearbox at a height of 70m?
Late September 2020, Certion took care of the exchange of the gearbox of a Vestas V66-1.75MW wind turbine in Flevoland. This operation involved the lifting of an 11,000kg gearbox - equalling the weight of seven mid-size cars - to a height of 70m. How do you get such a plan… -
Read more...How do our turbines keep up with the wind?
Technology is in constant development, and windmills go with the flow. Whereas today's rotor blades can be controlled online, the sails of classic Dutch windmills still have to be adjusted the way they have always been, with manpower and creativity, according to prevailing weather conditions. How did that work? -
Read more...Mechanic Gerrit Jan Hemmes wants to see, feel and hear the turbine
Mechanic Gerrit Jan Hemmes thinks that nothing can beat his job of working on a wind-turbine nacelle every day. 'As long as the turbine is working again at the end of the day after our regular maintenance, I’m satisfied'.
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