Cold Climate Solutions
Ensuring safe and efficient energy production in cold climate conditions
Built for the harsh Northern conditions
The Vestas Cold Climate Solutions build on years of experience ensuring safe and efficient energy production in cold climate conditions. The Vestas Cold Climate Solutions include Vestas Low Temperature Option™, Vestas Ice Detection™, Vestas De-Icing™ and Vestas Anti-Icing System™, which can be combined with additional options and solutions such as Vestas Ice Assessment™ and Vestas Ice Control to enhance the performance of the power plant.
Vestas Low Temperature
5000+
Number of turbines with the Low Temperature Option
-30°C
The Vestas Low Temperature Option enables wind turbine operation in ambient temperatures as low as -30°C
-40°C
And can withstand an ambient temperature as low as -40°C in pause
Vestas Ice Detection™
The Vestas Ice Detection™ system assesses the ice conditions on the rotor, enabling operational strategies to increase safety. Through sensors installed on each blade, it monitors changes in the natural frequency flow oscillation produced by the turbine operation, enabling to evaluate the risk of ice throw. Vestas’ solutions for ice detection also include nacelle-based ice detection, which monitors ice conditions on the nacelle, and power curve-based ice detection, which detects ice build-up through the degradation of the power curve performance.
Vestas De-Icing™
The Vestas De-Icing™ system maximises the energy production of wind turbines in icy conditions by de-icing the blades. Activated by the Vestas SCADA system, the Vestas De-Icing™ system pauses the turbine operation in order to realise the de-icing action, heating and circulating air within the blades. The energy use of the system is optimised by concentrating the de-icing action on the outer third of a turbine blade full chord and the remaining outer two-thirds of the leading edge towards the tip.
Vestas Anti-Icing System™
The Vestas Anti-Icing System™ continuously monitors the effects of ice formation and intelligently engages to remove ice on blades while in operation to maximise performance. The combination of several independent heating elements and levels result in targeted and effective anti-icing action tailored to the specific icing event. A large operational envelope secures high energy production in extreme cold climate conditions, making it the optimal cold climate solution for sites ranging from low to high ice severity. During the most common icing events, Vestas Anti-Icing System™ ensures a minimum of 90% production retention*. Vestas has received more than 1 GW of wind turbine orders with Vestas Anti-Icing System™.
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