# Repowering: Extending New Life Into Older Wind Projects

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** IEA - Infrastructure & Energy Alternatives
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7GQ8d32z-s
- **Дата:** 28.10.2021
- **Длительность:** 2:56
- **Просмотры:** 1,176
- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/52689

## Описание

In Big Spring, Texas, IEA Constructors is working to repower RWE’s Panther Creek III, a 133-turbine wind farm.

Typically, a wind farm has a lifespan of more than 20 years. As many farms begin to age out, repowering projects are increasing in popularity. At Panther Creek III and other repowering projects, the goal is extending the life of the wind farm by maintaining the structure of the turbines—replacing blades, upsizing generators and more.

“We’re using the existing turbines with new technology,” said Roderick L. Cossman, IEA Constructors Project Manager.

Repowering projects increase clean energy efforts in many ways. By maintaining existing structures, repowering eliminates the need to construct an entirely new wind farm. Further, the technology updates to the turbines often result in a capacity factor increase and make them more efficient overall. All this, at just one-third of the cost of building a new wind farm.

“The good thing about a repower is that it benefits everybody,”

## Транскрипт

### Intro []

this is a panther creek repower job we're taking 1. 5 turbines and we are bringing back as 1. 6 turbines and we're doing all the internals including all the drive trains rotors new blades and the generators are being rebuilt okay so we're converting from 199. 5 megawatts original to 212 vinyl and by increasing the blade size you're also increasing the capacity of the turbines

### Benefits [0:37]

the good thing about you know doing a repower is it benefits everybody it benefits the land owner it benefits us as the owner of the power plant and benefits the grid the grid with a repair job if you can increase

### Recycling [0:55]

the capacity and get another 20 years service out of it then i think that you've done a good deed you know the good thing about what we're doing now is all of the blades are now in they're being recycled i know one of the misconceptions in the past was we were filling up landfills with turbine blades but they're not they're being recycled into and they go into concrete mainly

### Safety [1:26]

mainly this is my second project with iea and sister company white and my last project we went 650 days without a recordable incident and we've been 100 and almost 180 days here with no recordable incidents the safety is a big key you know and when i feel like i can trust a contractor to work safely it definitely takes a lot of the angst out of it where you're afraid somebody's going to get hurt

### Retirement [2:03]

i think that retire is going to be the thing of the future it's been up in production from say 2000 up to all the bearings all the drive trains everything is wearing out and it's a reduction in cost production for the owners of these companies to get another 20-year service out

### Conclusion [2:27]

we're not using less power in the united states everybody's got another phone or something so we're not we're not cutting down on our power usage so by increasing the power we're keeping america running you