Vestas has claimed it is the first wind turbine supplier to have a portfolio of more than 100GW under service.
As installed capacity has grown, Vestas has expanded its service business, from a new business unit with a “high potential” in 2014 into a “strong and highly profitable” division today, the company said.
Worldwide Vestas services more than 47,000 wind turbines, including multibrand, and has around 10,000 dedicated service employees in a global network across 69 countries, it added.
Vestas president and chief executive Henrik Andersen (pictured) said: “Vestas has led the energy transition for the past four decades.
“Our current portfolio of 115GW installations and 100GW under service shows how far Vestas and wind energy has come.
“As the current global pandemic has demonstrated, renewables are fast becoming a critical component of the global energy system as well as an important element in the green recovery of the world’s economies.
“To this end, the service business plays an increasingly important role in ensuring a balanced and stable supply of energy to communities all over the world and in supporting a growing number of jobs globally.”
More than 140 times a day, 27,000 turbines under Vestas service send performance data to the company’s performance and diagnostics centre, the company said.
Through the effective use of digital tools and advanced forecasting systems, Vestas said it delivers “outstanding service and maintenance solutions at the turbine and system level” as well as advanced digital analytics applications through its US based subsidiary, Utopus Insights.
Vestas global service executive vice president Christian Venderby added: “Reaching this milestone has been made possible through our strong collaboration with our customers and partners and is a testament to the dedicated work of the many service employees in Vestas.
“Using big data, analytics and digital tools enables us to create effective service solutions that optimise our customers’ business cases and make wind power a reliable part of the global energy mix.
“Service of wind turbines plays a crucial role in the global energy system and scale will continue to be critical to ensure the right value proposition for customers as the market moves toward merchant conditions and the focus on life cycle cost of wind power increases.”
By 2023, the world’s total installed turbine capacity is expected to have grown 39% since 2019 to around 830GW with aging turbines older than 13 year making up more than 20% of the fleet.