Managing the lightning risk throughout the lifecycle of the wind farm

Lightning is a serious meteorological hazard for the wind energy industry. From downtime to crew security and income loss, lightning damages can reach up to 1.5 million euros per lightning event for a wind turbine. Today, lightning strikes results in 80% of all insurance claims involving wind turbines.

Lightning is an inevitable event. If thunderstorms cannot be avoided, professional solutions exist to prevent and reduce their negative effects. This is the main objective of lightning risk mitigation.

During this webinar, Meteorage experts, well aware of the challenges of lightning for the Wind Energy industry, will provide you with the best tips on how to deal with it.

• Stakes of lightning risk prevention
• Standards and recommendations - IEC 61400-24: A focus will be made by our experts in standardisation committees, on the latest recommendations of IEC 61400-24 and IEC 62793 applying with lightning prevention in the wind energy industry
• Compliant Solutions: Lightning alarm services for managers or mobile friendly users, weather alarm (thunderstorms, strong winds, temperatures…), lightning statistics, lightning reports and Real-time tracking of thunderstorms, among others. This comprehensive range of solutions enables a precise answer to the needs of wind farm stakeholders.

At the end of this webinar, our experts will answer your questions.

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