GE probes new blade failure at Google-contracted Swedish onshore wind farm
Windpower Monthly|Craig Richard|July 23, 2022
The blade came loose from one of the 33 GE 5.3-158 Cypress turbines at Treblade’s 175MW Björkvattnet wind farm on Thursday evening (21 July). It is the second time a GE Cypress turbine suffered a blade failure at the wind farm in Jamtland county, following a separate incident in August. GE has suffered several failures of its Cypress onshore wind turbines in recent months, including blades detaching and towers collapsing.
The blade came loose from one of the 33 GE 5.3-158 Cypress turbines at Treblade’s 175MW Björkvattnet wind farm on Thursday evening (21 July). It is the second time a GE Cypress turbine suffered a blade failure at the wind farm in Jamtland county, following a separate incident in August. GE has suffered several failures of its Cypress onshore wind turbines in recent months, including blades detaching and towers collapsing.
The 175MW Björkvattnet wind farm has suffered problems with crane crashes and turbine blade failures
GE is investigating after a blade became partially detached from one of its Cypress turbines at a wind farm in central Sweden – the second time the US manufacturer has suffered a blade failure at the Björkvattnet project.
The blade came loose from one of the 33 GE 5.3-158 Cypress turbines at Treblade’s 175MW Björkvattnet wind farm on Thursday evening (21 July).
It is the second time a GE Cypress turbine suffered a blade failure at the wind farm in Jamtland county, following a separate incident in August.
GE has suffered several failures of its Cypress onshore wind turbines in recent months, including blades detaching and towers collapsing.
... more [truncated due to possible copyright]The 175MW Björkvattnet wind farm has suffered problems with crane crashes and turbine blade failures
GE is investigating after a blade became partially detached from one of its Cypress turbines at a wind farm in central Sweden – the second time the US manufacturer has suffered a blade failure at the Björkvattnet project.
The blade came loose from one of the 33 GE 5.3-158 Cypress turbines at Treblade’s 175MW Björkvattnet wind farm on Thursday evening (21 July).
It is the second time a GE Cypress turbine suffered a blade failure at the wind farm in Jamtland county, following a separate incident in August.
GE has suffered several failures of its Cypress onshore wind turbines in recent months, including blades detaching and towers collapsing.
Nobody was injured in the latest incident, according to OX2, which operates the Björkvattnet project on Treblade's behalf.
Five of Björkvattnet’s turbines have been taken out of operation since the blade failure on Thursday evening, said OX2 operations and management director Lars Bryngelsson. An investigation into the failure is underway.
He added: "It too early to speculate in the root cause at the moment but the investigations are ongoing."
Repeat problems
GE has seen repeated problems with its Cypress platform in recent months. In January, a blade snapped off one of its GE 5.3-158 turbines in Germany. Then in March, another 5.5MW Cypress turbine collapsed at a wind farm in Lithuania.
The Björkvattnet wind farm in Jamtland county was commissioned in 2021 and provides power to tech giant Google.
During its construction, two crane crashes took place in separate incidents.
Earlier this month, a Nordex turbine collapsed at RWE’s newly completed Nysäter wind farm in Sweden.