AXIS Explores: Typical causes of downtime for Offshore Wind Turbines

AXIS EXPLORES: Typical causes of downtime for Offshore Wind Turbines Dan Stevens Head of Engineering, Renewable Energy AXIS InsuranceThis report focuses on common causes of downtime on Wind Turbine Generators (WTG’s).Contents

INTRODUCTION

This report focuses on common causes of downtime on offshore wind farms, specifically issues affecting wind turbine foundations and the inter-array or export cables.

This report covers:

Offshore foundations

Overview
Construction phase damage
Operational phase issues

Offshore cables

Overview
Typical issues:
- Design
- Construction
- Operation