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  • We received the 2020 Green Deal award

    We received the 2020 Green Deal award

    We received the 2020 Green Deal award


    19
    Nov
    2021

    The Green Deal awards is an event held every year to recognise those companies, part of the Green Deal Community, which stand out for their implemented actions to reduce the negative environmental impact of their activity and improve their relationship with the environment and the planet.

    In 2020, Nabla Wind Power (now, Nabla Wind Hub group) participated in the awards with a paper about the positive environmental impact of extending the life of wind farms, through the redevelopment of the same, along with other 23 companies from Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) also in the running for the distinction.

    This year, after the pandemic restrictions have been overcome, we received the award in the small companies category for our paper about life extension, a project which aims to increase the years of clean electricity production and, in the same way, to reduce the environmental footprint of the commissioning and decommissioning of the wind farm that is now last 40 years instead of the common 20-year basis.

    With this recognition we would like to inspire others to outstand in the good practices that improve our environment and make a small difference in the way companies operate. The challenge of reducing the environmental footprint commits all the companies and individuals.

    Congratulations Ideolab and Electra-Vitoria Orona for being winners as well of this VI 2020 edition, as well as, Huerta La Esmeralda, Siteco, and Zayer for making a difference this year in the VII 2021 Edition.

    We continue to work towards a more sustainable world and against the climate change.




  • Nabla Wind Hub winner of the Spanish Wind Association’s Eolo Innovation Award 2021 with the Retipping project

    Nabla Wind Hub winner of the Spanish Wind Association’s Eolo Innovation Award 2021 with the Retipping project

    Nabla Wind Hub winner of the Spanish Wind Association’s Eolo Innovation Award 2021 with the Retipping project


    17
    Jun
    2021

    The Spanish Wind Association (AEE) has awarded Nabla Wind Hub with the Eolo Award 2021 in the innovation category. This first position has been awarded to our “Retipping” project for V80 and V90.

    The Retipping project consists of extending the rotor diameter for Vestas V80, V90 2MW and V90 3MW models using tip extensions. This Rerotoring solution aims to unlock the hidden potential that the site-specific conditions are allowing by increasing the Annual Energy Production (AEP) of the wind farms. This solution delivers AEP increases of up to 15% without compromising loads, without requiring controller adjustments, and without any impact in the original blades (it can be cleanly reverted).

    The key for achieving this objective lies in Nabla’s independent aeroelastic models and blades’ design capacities, which allow the calculation of different operating scenarios with very low uncertainty. In this process, all the different situations are analysed to guarantee the structural safety of the wind turbine, verifying with a specific site suitability report the extreme loads, blade deflections towards the tower and the fatigue.

    In addition, the Retipping is presented as a plug & play solution, designed to be installed in 8h hours (per rotor), without the need of using an elevator platform.

    Retipping will be a key solution to improve the performance of wind ageing wind turbines, and a game changer in the post-subsidies wind industry market.

    V90 Power Curve Comparison

    “With Re-Tipping we’re expanding possibilities, increasing efficiency and providing a new business case to wind assets close to the end of regulated life”.

    Carlo Durante

    CEO

    “Our most cost effective and cost efficient solution for unlocking +13% Annual Energy Production based on the hidden potential that the site specific conditions are allowing: rotor increase by tip extensions”.

    Rubén Ruiz de Gordejuela

    CTO

    “Re-engineering the structural capacity of the wind turbines to improve their performance and production”.

    Alfonso San Emeterio

    Head of Engineering

    “A revaluation of the wind ageing fleet that will boost the energy transition”.

    Ahmed Moussa

    Head of Business Development