Blade Repair Services
Our Services
- Routine Blade Repairs
- Retrofit Installations
- Lightning Strikes & Manufacturing Defects
- Leading Edge Protection (LEP) Installation
- LPS Testing & Repairs/ Replacements
- Complex Blade Repairs
- Factory-based OEM Manufacturing Support
- QA/QC Factory to site blade damage validation
- Cost effective Blade Inspection Solutions
Our Blade Services
Wind turbines are located in areas with varying degrees of extreme weather conditions leading to issues such as wind turbine blade erosion. Without the correct preventative measures and solutions applied, these gradual changes have a damaging impact on the structural integrity and longevity of the blades, in turn reducing the AEP (Annual Energy Production).
GEV Wind Power offer in depth expertise for a range of effective wind turbine blade services and repairs including structural, complex and cosmetic repairs. Utilising GEV’s extensive pool of industry trained technicians we are able to, not only guarantee the highest levels of expertise, but also react quickly to save our clients time and reduce the cost of lost production.
Cosmetic Repairs
GEV Wind Power’s unrivalled capability with complex blade repair has seen our in-field technical experts deliver repair services in the most extreme global cases of category 4-5 damage.
Structural Repairs
GEV’s expansive service catalogue, includes the delivery of cosmetic blade repair services to our client base.
LEP Repairs
Leading Edge Protection when installed, can greatly improve the lifespan of a blade, which in turn increases the AEP (Annual Energy Production) of the turbine.
Cosmetic Repair Services
Cosmetic Blade Repair
GEV’s expansive service catalogue, includes the delivery of cosmetic blade repair services to our client base, and is broken down into 4 core service offerings:
Leading Edge Erosion
GEV’s unrivalled LEP installation offerings, are further supported by the utilization of LEP in-house academy instructors, and in-field experts, providing a cost effective, best-in-field service offering
Shipping Damage
In the event of blade damage during the commissioning of a blade, GEV offer a multitude of services, to repair cosmetic damage, increasing the integrity of the blade through the paint and preparation solutions recognized as industry best practice
Coating Damage
GEV implements leading coating products and techniques in all coating repair damage. GEV’s application of multi-layer coating systems, and stages, provide our OEM’s with the confidence that blade coats are sustainable and effective even in the most challenging of environments
Quality Assurance
All GEV implemented cosmetic repair solutions are quality assured, inclusive of tolerances in application of products and testing techniques. All solutions and applications are reviewed through a rigorous & intensive quality assurance process, as will all installations and upgrades
LPS Services
Lightning Protection Systems
GEV Wind Power has installed LPS technology across the globe, and has a significant successful portfolio of work in the US, following the organizations’ diversification into the North American market in 2016.
Complex Blade Repair
Wind Turbine Complex Blade Repair
Our unrivalled capability with complex blade repair has seen our in-field technical experts deliver repair services in the most extreme global cases of category 4-5 damage.
Since its inception, GEV Wind Power have experience in the following areas of complex blade repair.
Blade Split Tips & TE
Internal Repairs
Structural Repairs
Laminate Repairs
Tip Shell Replacement
Foreign Object Damage
Material Failure
Bird Strikes
Lightning Strikes
Cat 4-5
LEP Services
Leading Edge Protection
GEV Wind Power is a global leader in Leading Edge Protection solutions, having completed many LEP projects since its inception in 2010, and has a significant successful portfolio of work which is unrivaled within the industry.