OWA Daily News | GE Vernova "three consecutive falls", the blades are double 叒 broken? !

On August 22, A blade damage accident occurred at Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm under construction in the United Kingdom, where one of the installed fan blades malfunctioned and failed. According to the latest report, no one was injured at the scene at the time of the accident, and the surrounding sea has been sealed off and the relevant departments have been notified.

The Dogger Bank developer said it was working closely with wind turbine manufacturer GE Vernova, which has launched an investigation into the cause of the accident. Dogger Bank A is currently in the wind turbine installation phase, after 20 wind turbines were installed on the project site in July, and several other wind turbines have been installed with towers and nacelles, but have not yet been installed with blades.

In July, a GE Vernova Haliade-X fan blade at Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm in the United States also broke. As reported on July 25, preliminary investigations indicated that Vineyard Wind 1's blade break was due to a manufacturing deviation. To this end, GE Vernova has carried out quality checks on all blades produced at its plant in Gaspe, Canada.

Coincidentally, two months before the Vineyard Wind 1 blade incident, there was A blade incident at Dogger Bank A. In early May, GE Vernova launched an investigation after an installed fan blade at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm was also damaged. The company's initial findings indicate that the incident was limited to a single affected blade and that the damage was caused by an installation error.

Dogger Bank A will install 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines in the first phase of the wind farm, which will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world once completed. The Dogger Bank wind farm project is co-owned by a consortium comprising SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vargrønn, and the entire 3.6GW project is expected to be completed in 2026.