Blade failures are expensive. And largely avoidable.
Wind turbine blades are among the most expensive and hardest-to-inspect components in a wind farm. Blade failures — from pitch bearing degradation to structural fatigue — cost operators millions in unplanned downtime and emergency mobilisation.
Yet most blade monitoring today relies on periodic visual inspections that are costly, weather-dependent, and unable to detect the early-stage damage that precedes catastrophic failure.
The problem is compounded offshore: access is restricted, weather windows are narrow, and the cost of each inspection vessel deployment is high. By the time a problem is visible, the damage is already severe.
Operators need continuous, intelligent monitoring that detects early changes in blade behaviour — long before failure — and tells them when and where to intervene.
