The Benefit of Fundamental Changes
Our world is going through a fundamental transformation with incredible business and political challenges. Emerging economies are becoming major players in the international scene. While the unprecedented recession since the 1930s is challenging the concept of globalisation, these challenges are forcing us to rethink and redefine the way we live.
One of the most significant examples is the incredible boom of the renewable energy segment – more specifically wind energy. Wherever we travel these days, we see wind turbines or trucks zooming to deliver elements of towers throughout the world. The key words of the wind power industry are safety, reliability and performance.
While cashing in on the never before environment debate and action by the governments across the world, the industry is creating job opportunities with conscious effort on safety during erection as well as during maintenance of the turbines.
Safety First
All actors of the wind industry whom I have had the chance to meet are dedicated to safety. Access to the sites are highly regulated and personal protective equipment (PPE) is mandatory. Safety training is a genuine part of the culture. During my visit to the sites, I was always impressed by the professionalism of the safety officers. We at Power Climber are extremely proud to be a key contributor in this field, offering access solutions to the wind industry and ensuring the safety at height during installation and maintenance of the turbines. Safety is our business and our passion. We provide Service Lift solution – SHERPA, which is a climb assist system with our recently launched IBE – as well as, standard and engineered solutions for blade and tower access.
Reliability
The wind industry is winning the challenge of being one of the most reliable sources of energy. The technology breakthroughs in improving all components of the turbines to make them even more reliable are impressive.
The introduction of Six-Sigma and the investments in research and development centres by major original equipment manufactures (OEM) is a proof to this commitment. The increase and improvement in the service capabilities of the actors of the industry is clearly an indication of willingness to manage this challenge. Power Climber brings its contribution to this effort, by designing and providing reliable solutions dedicated to the maintenance and repair of the wind turbines that enable the service teams to perform their tasks with increased productivity.
Performance
The ‘megawatt race’ and the adjustment of the type of towers to the configuration of the wind park represent other amazing technological developments. What is Power Climber’s contribution? The tallest towers, the more significant the need to have access to the nacelle safely and rapidly is critical, and this is our core business.
Role of Power Climber
Since 1972, Power Climber has been providing access solutions to a variety of industries. The most significant of them are construction, industrial segment and wind energy. The ‘megawatt race’ of the wind industry presents a great opportunity for us to exploit our engineering and technology expertise as an engineered access solutions specialist. In addition, our range includes access solutions for suspended bridges, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas and aerospace and military. Our work philosophy is leadership in innovation, safety, reliability and dedication to serve our customers.
We want to take the opportunity to sincerely thank our customers for placing the trust in us and our offerings. We assure that we will not only keep up the commitment, but continue to be innovative in our approach to access solutions.
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