Genneia staff and contractors put back into operation a wind turbine in an operation where Covid-19 protocols set the pace
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Replace a transformer of a wind turbine itself is a huge engineering challenge. However, achieve compliance with the most stringent health protocols to prevent the spread of the Covid-19, it is a challenge to a new level. This was the task Genneia staff and a team of contractors successfully completed our Villalonga Wind Farm, located in the district of Patagones, Buenos Aires. There, at the end of May, the NRO wind turbine transformer. 12 began presenting a malfunction, making only remediable replacement.
This key component of the wind turbine technology is located in the gondola, 90 meters high. Titanic dimensions are: size, 2.30 x 1.60 m, and weight, only 8 tons! His transfer to the park, its lifting and assembly equipment as required, such as a truck and a crane large size; and expert operators in their maneuver.
The first step Genneia team was planning the number of people who require complete this task. So a team of 29 people was defined, between representatives of Genneia, of technology company (Vestas, who provided the technology of wind turbines the park), the expert contractor moving and lifting equipment of large size, and cleaning staff and disinfection.
The human resource needs clear, Genneia initiated efforts concerning health protocols and controls established: A survey was conducted on the movement of staff during the past 14 days; preventive isolation of those coming from areas with community transmission and subsequent PCR testing were available; and he planned to stay in a hotel with meeting Covid-19 standards.
For the period of development of the work, making the service daily temperature ambulance and hospital hired Villalonga. In addition, people asked daily management of the affidavit of Covid-19, use of masks, maintaining distances biosecurity and hygiene permanent hands.
For its part, the cleaning staff took to make a constant disinfection of common areas. To prevent the circulation of contractors through the village of Villalonga, they were provided daily food viands. Taking maximum precautions, replacement of the transformer was completed in 14 days and since 17 June, the aero no. 12 adds again to the power supply that makes the park more than 84,000 Argentine homes. Congratulations to the whole team!