O&M Blog

BLOG Mar 8, 2018

Take-aways from the 2018 AWEA O&M and Safety Conference... Many thanks to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) for putting on another excellent Wind Project O&M and Safety Conference. With almost 1,000 wind i (more...)

BLOG Feb 27, 2018

Three Wind Energy Themes Emerge from 2018 O&M Summit... For the fourth year in a row the Canadian wind energy industry gathered in Toronto at the CanWEA Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Summit. The event took pla (more...)

BLOG Jan 22, 2018

Award finalists reflect the best in wind farm operations... With over 12,000 MW of installed wind energy already in Canada and more on the way, the operation and maintenance (O&M) of wind generating facilities is bec (more...)

BLOG Dec 7, 2017

Icing and Cold Climate Safety Best Practices Now Available!... The world has seen unprecedented growth in wind energy over the past few years. More than 80 countries can now boast about having their own wind energy industry (more...)

BLOG Oct 25, 2017

Wind turbines work hard in winter winds... Winter is high season for Canadian wind energy production. As many farmers and fishermen take a much-needed rest and begin to repair equipment and prepare for t (more...)

BLOG Sep 29, 2017

Recognize outstanding achievements in the wind energy operations and maintenan... I am very happy to announce that the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) will be adding two new awards to its existing line-up of sought after achievement (more...)

BLOG Aug 3, 2017

The future is now: Opportunities for Canada’s maturing wind farms... In Canada, we are proud of our 6,364 commercial scale wind turbines in operation today. Until recently, keeping track of this number has been a matter of sim (more...)

BLOG Aug 1, 2017

Wind energy’s role in an increasingly sophisticated electricity grid... It seems that anywhere I go for energy news these days the feeds bring up some indication of the electricity grid transition. As more information becomes availa (more...)

BLOG Jun 9, 2017

Wind Turbine Technician Training – The road behind and the road ahead... Wind technicians have been working to keep Canada’s turbines turning for a long time now. TransAlta’s Cowley Ridge Wind Farm was one of the first commerc (more...)

BLOG May 11, 2017

Advances in Wind Farm Health and Safety... Modern technology and its applications are having an impact on health and safety at wind farms across Canada. I’d like to highlight a few cases that were shar (more...)