Operations and maintenance services
Operating and maintaining existing clean energy projects represents a growing part of the U.S. clean energy industry and offers new business opportunities for the American clean power workforce.
Gearbox Operations Playbook
Review ACP’s guidance for day-to-day operations of wind turbine gearboxes.
Operations and Maintenance: A burgeoning clean energy field.
Operating and maintaining existing clean energy projects represents a growing part of the U.S. clean energy industry and offers new business opportunities for the American clean power workforce.
When properly maintained and operated, wind turbines and solar panels can provide large amounts of power, cleanly and reliably, at prices competitive with any other new electricity source. Operations and maintenance, safety management systems, and other project reliability activities are critical elements impacting the sector.
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O&M Publications
Gearbox Operations Playbook
The American Clean Power Association (ACP)’s Drivetrain Working Group developed the ACP Gearbox Operations Playbook, with the intent to provide guidance for day–to–day operations of wind turbine gearboxes. Common troubleshooting scenarios and solutions will be discussed. The Drivetrain Working Group represents decades worth of expertise and experience, gained from wind and other industry sectors. The group’s objective is to inform, train and support wind industry technicians, engineers, and managers in their efforts to improve reliability and project performance.
Wind and Solar Underground AC Collection System Cable Testing
Wind and Solar Utility scale projects in North America are typically quite large, with miles of buried cables transmitting energy to and from the substation. Multiple factors can converge to create erratic faults, catastrophic failures, and other maintenance challenges. There are many different types of Cable tests mentioned in the industry literature, but this paper will cover five of the more widely available test methods used in the renewable energy industry to test medium voltage cables.
O&M Publications Cont.
Peruse some more of ACP’s literature regarding Operations & Maintenance below:
Recommended Practices First Edition, click here.
2017 updates to first addition, standalone chapters:
- O&M Recommended Practices Chapter Two: Generator and Electrical, click here.
- O&M Recommended Practices Chapter Five: Data Collection and Reporting, click here.
- O&M Recommended Practices Chapter Seven: End of Warranty, click here.
- O&M Recommended Practices Chapter Eight: Condition Based Maintenance, click here.
Recommended Practices Second Edition, click here.
O&M Recommended Practice 108 Wear Debris Collection and Analysis for Wind Turbine Gearboxes, click here.
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