Several
weeks
ago,
Areva
Wind,
formerly
Areva
Multibrid,
discovered
severe
overheating
in
the
gearboxes
of
two
of
its
M5000
turbines
at
Alpha
Ventus,
requiring
it
to
shut
them
down.
The
gearboxes
were
manufactured
by
Renk,
which
is
owned
by
German
engineering
firm
MAN.
Both
nacelles,
and
their
internal
components,
will
be
brought
to
shore,
“because
you
can’t
do
this
kind
of
repair
work
offshore”,
explains
Alpha
Ventus
spokesman
Lutz
Wiese.
“The
question
we’re
negotiating
with
[Areva
Wind
and
Renk]
at
the
moment
is
whether
the
other
four
units
will
also
need
to…
