Summary:
When this wind farm experienced a conductor failure inside one of their turbines 200’ in the air, they relied on EBI’s emergency response team for expedited fabrication and repair.
Scope of Work:
- Removed damaged conductor bar for repair
- Fabricated new conductor bar
- Replaced damaged conductor end with adapter and welded in place
- Re-installed offset piece of bus and applied heat shrink to terminations
There has been a growing number of medium voltage cable failures at wind farms across the United States. Many of these failures have adversely affected wind farm operating costs and reliability. If your solar fleet has a similar cable failure, rely on EBI's emergency response team to get you back up and running.
Project Details
| Plant Type: | Wind |
| Plant Size: | 152.2 MW |
| Plant Location: | Iowa |
| EBI Job # | 3606 |
