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Send us information about icing and low temperature events

With the help of the following form the icing and low temperature events are mapped and registered. Pleaseanswer to those questions that you have information available. If details are missing even a free description of the event is sufficient. Information is confidential.

 

Sender
e-mail or phone
Company
Date of incident
Site name
Country, Location (nearest town)
(State, County etc.)
Site altitude
(meters above sea level)
Site description
(by sea/lake, mountaineous, hilly etc.)
Turbines Standard
Adapted technology
Turbine manufacturer
Turbine size 0-499 kW
500-999 kW
1000-1499 kW
1500 -> kW
Temperature
Icing yes
no
Estimated duration of icing
or low temperature		 0-10 h
10-24h
1-3 day
longer
How icing event was noticed with an ice detector
visual observation
anemomerer icing
significant power losses
other
Estimated down time
due to icing or low temperature
Component failures
Estimated production losses
due to the low temperature/icing 		none
losses 0-30 % 
30-60 %
60-100 %
Loss estimate in kWh/kW
Other, description of the event
Confidential information
(presented in summaries only)		 yes
no


 

Summaries will be made by the basis of the information collected through this form.

 

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