Siemens Gamesa turbines at troubled Odal wind farm set to resume work

The 160-MW Odal wind farm in Norway is set to see 16 of its turbines back to normal operation by the beginning of July after the recent blade incident and the repair of previously identified manufacturing defects, the project company announced on Thursday.

The first machines are set to start spinning within days after thorough examinations by both turbine maker Siemens Gamesa and an independent expert. The whole site is expected to resume normal operation by the end of 2024, Odal Vindkraftverk AS said in a statement.

A 22-tonne blade from one of the turbines at the wind farm fell off in April. The incident led to the temporary shutdown of the site. The cause of the collapse has not been determined yet and the investigation is still underway.

At the time of the collapse, 15 out of the 34 machines at the facility were already turned off to undergo repairs due to manufacturing defects.

Operational since September 2022, the Odal wind farm is located in Engerfjellet and Songkjolen in Innlandet county, Nord-Odal municipality. The facility is owned by Cloudberry Clean Energy ASA, Akershus Energi and Norway’s pension fund KLP.

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