Borealis Wind Heats Blades to Fight Ice

In this bonus episode, Allen and Joel sit with Daniela Roeper, CEO and Founder of Borealis Wind, in Copenhagen to discuss the importance of anti-icing solutions for wind turbine blades. Borealis Wind is a leading company in the wind turbine blade anti-icing sector, and Roeper's innovative technology has helped to increase the efficiency and reliability of wind turbines, making them more viable in colder climates. Daniela explains that icing is a significant challenge for wind turbine operators, as it can reduce energy production by up to 40%. Most turbines are sensitive to ice buildup, and the turbine will stop automatically when ice buildup is detected. Ice can cause fatigue and early life fatigue to the blades and also cause ice throw, which can be hazardous. Borealis Wind offers a solution to the icing problem with blade heating, which is more effective than the solutions offered by some OEMs. Borealis Wind - https://www.borealiswind.com/ Pardalote Consulting at https://www.pardaloteconsulting.com Wind Power Lab - https://windpowerlab.com Weather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.com Intelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!  Borealis Wind Allen Hall: Welcome to the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast, where we feature the latest advancements in wind energy technology. I'm your host, Allen Hall, president of Weather Guard Lightning Tech, along with my co-host Joel Saxum, Vice President of North American Sales for Wind Power Lab. We are at Windy Europe 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark, so celebrating all the new technology and industries in wind energy. Today we have a very special guest joining us. Daniela Roeper, founder and CEO of Borealis Wind a leading company in the wind turbine blade anti-icing sector, Borealis Wind has been in the forefront of developing cutting edge anti icing tech solutions for wind turbine blades. Their innovative technology has helped to increase the efficiency and reliability of wind turbines, making them more viable in colder climates. In this episode, Daniela will be sharing her expertise on the importance of anti icing solutions in the wind power industry. The challenge is faced in developing these solutions and how Borealis Wind has been able to overcome them and become a leader in the field. So join us as we learn more about the exciting work being done by Borealis Wind and gain valuable insights from Daniela. So Daniela, and welcome to the Uptime podcast.  Daniela Roeper: Thank you very much.  Allen Hall: So it's been a, it's already been a busy week in Copenhagen and. We're in a place obviously where it's cold. Yeah. Yesterday though, weather it was mi miserable  Joel Saxum: this morning too. Yeah. The wind was blowing and it was people head headdresses on and Right. Hats and jackets and  Allen Hall: everything. So we see a lot of icing, I assume up here in Denmark and Sweden and Norway we're just in Sweden. A lot of icing, lot of problems. It seems like the not coming from an extremely cold climate where you are from in Canada. Icing is a regular occurrence.  Daniela Roeper: Yeah, I think when Canadians are particularly, we work in Quebec, when we look at icing in the rest of the world, it doesn't look that bad. But yeah, it definitely, in these colder climates, there are icing problems.  Allen Hall: So the, the operators are losing somewhere upwards. I've seen numbers at, at times of 20, 30, 40% in a particular month in terms of energy production because it just shut down. Yeah. Once ice accumulates, that's it.