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Wind Turbines: Risks & Failures

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  • 14.03.2024
  • Associate

With increased demand for clean renewable energy, wind turbines are growing in numbers, size and capacity.

They are often installed in remote places and are difficult to access. With very high repair, replacement and cost of interruption in energy production, wind turbine failures are very expensive.

In this webinar, Amir discusses the different types of failures associated with wind turbines.

Broken wind turbine blades laying on the ground

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