PSI Repair Blog Custom Part Upgrades for Wind Turbine Electrical Systems

The Application: Pitch Drive Amplifier in GE 1.5 ESS Wind Turbines Editor's Note: This Blog is Part One in a Five-Part Series about the Most Failure-Prone Electrical Systems in Wind Turbines That PSI Repair Most Frequently Services If you read our recent article about electrical failures in wind turbines published in North American Clean Energy, you'll know that electrical system failures are responsible for 50% of all Wind Turbine (WT) downtime according to Reliawind report data. What's surprising is that the system reported to have the single highest failure rate isn't the power converter - and, even more surprising, it isn't even technically considered an "electrical" system by their classification and therefore isn't included in that 50% mark (making that figure an underestimation). The Pitch System - which is located in the turbine hub and is designed to regulate rotor blade angles in order to maximize wind power production -...