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Wind turbine generators in the countryside

Harsh environmental conditions and long lifecycles – wind turbine generators place high demands on electrical engineering. To ensure the efficiency of your systems in the long term, our experts use their many years of technical expertise and passion to focus on the challenges you face. Excellent products which are intelligently combined to form innovative systems are at the heart of our solutions. Extended with industry-specific features, we develop solutions which are rounded out by engineering, servicing, and training services. Benefit from sophisticated technology for your wind turbine generator – on land or at sea.

Digitalization has arrived in the wind power industry and will be an integral component in the future. Phoenix Contact has embraced the topic of digitalization and is ready to discuss future-oriented solutions and systems with you.

Andre Köhnke - Phoenix Contact, Director Global Industry Management Renewable Energy
Andre Köhnke

Solutions for condition monitoring

Permanent monitoring and analysis of wind turbine generators is essential. Condition monitoring focuses on parts subject to particular stress, such as the drive train and the generator. With increasing turbine sizes, monitoring the rotor blades is also becoming increasingly important. Condition monitoring systems allow wind turbine generators to be operated much more efficiently, as downtimes for maintenance and repair are reduced to a minimum.

Wind turbine generator against a backdrop of storm clouds with graphic elements

Modular rotor blade monitoring Our solution for optimized system operation

Rotor blades are exposed to high loads. They have a high potential for wear and damage. Based on the requirements, Phoenix Contact provides a tailored combination of our solutions for rotor blade monitoring. The modular design of our Blade Intelligence solution features a combination of the individual systems.

System automation

Phoenix Contact offers intelligent solutions that you can use to efficiently automate sub-applications, complete WTGs, and even a wind farm. Phoenix Contact control and software solutions allow you to stay competitive and respond flexibly to dynamically changing circumstances.

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Integration of subsystems High availability of your wind turbine generators

Increase your system availability using our control solution with multi-core processor. With the elimination of a separate data processing controller for condition systems, you reduce your hardware costs.

Man in front of monitor while modeling a wind turbine generator in Matlab Simulink

Efficient system development Model-based system development

Model your wind turbine generator in Matlab Simulink and perform diagnostics on your models, including debugging, without a Matlab license on our modular software platform.

This software platform speeds up your engineering process, thanks to the reusability of user-specific automation modules and object-oriented programming.

Proficloud.io dashboard on a screen in front of an offshore wind farm

All data at a glance Retrieve, monitor, and track data at any time

The dashboards in the Time Series Data Service of the Proficloud.io IIoT platform from Phoenix Contact are a comprehensive, cloud-based solution for monitoring wind turbine generators. You can check the condition of your wind turbine generators online at any time. You can directly take the necessary measures to prevent damage.

Technology

Thanks to PLCnext Technology, our open control platform, you can easily integrate applications developed in high-level languages into your overall system. Individual modules can even be updated or maintained during operation. You determine the core on which the program sequences are run, and which task they are synchronized with.

PLCnext Technology

PLCnext Technology is the basis of the new, open control platform from Phoenix Contact. It offers a comprehensive, coordinated portfolio for tunnel technology, thus enabling quick and reliable engineering. Easy adaptation to the individual requirements of operators are also possible with it, thanks to the integration of open source software, apps, and future technologies.

You can implement new IoT-based business models through direct connection to cloud-based services and databases.

Products

Phoenix Contact provides you with innovative automation and connection technology to equip your wind turbine generator or your entire wind farm. Many products were specifically developed for the wind power industry and stand out with their particularly robust design and clever functions. Experience our product portfolio for the wind power industry.

Service and support for your wind power project

Whether you operate, plan, produce, or maintain systems – our services provide reliable support and are tailored to your specific requirements.

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Project support We assist you during the crucial phases of your project

Our wind power experts will advise throughout every phase of your project cycle and, if required, will handle the engineering of your wind turbine generator. All Phoenix Contact components for your wind turbine generator undergo intensive testing in the independent and accredited Phoenix Testlab. The control cabinet solutions are designed and engineered in accordance with the required standards and directives. Our finished solution products thus conform to the necessary industry standards. Our after-sales service is available to assist you at any time.

Employees discuss services for the safety of machinery and systems

Protect your wind turbine generator Benefit from our expertise for the safety of your machinery and systems

In addition to components for functional safety, we support you with services for safe operation in process engineering systems. Whatever the product, our industry experts will help you plan and implement the safety lifecycle in accordance with EN 61511, as well as process control engineering safety equipment. Furthermore, the integration of machines in process systems may require the Machinery Directive to be applied. With our services in accordance with EN 13849, we are on hand to assist you with this.

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Training for our solutions in the wind power sector Workshops adapted to your qualifications

Based on many years of experience and intensive customer contact in the wind sector, Phoenix Contact has developed a training concept that is adapted to the specific needs of your employees.

We will create an offer for you based on the project phase, target group, and prior knowledge.