Campbells of Malton Ltd

B9 Operation & Maintenance

B9 Operation and Maintenance is committed to squeezing maximum performance from renewable energy assets.

We are committed to delivering an excellent service at a great price that never compromises health and safety and always ensures best environmental practice.

As the wind market matures our long experience in the sector gives B9 the edge in offering improved 'through life' asset management because of our deep and long standing relationships with major equipment suppliers. This allows us to offer enhanced support and to improve asset performance. We improve the predictability of the asset's output and offer enhanced performance analysis.

Offshore B9 are well positioned to support emerging developments and are engaged in developing a range of services to support major projects currently underway. 

B9 offers renewable energy asset owners a one-stop shop solution to their O&M needs. We offer full operation and maintenance services for completed plant throughout the UK, Ireland and North America. 

B9 Energy and Belfast Metropolitan College today (21/11/14) officially launched the B9 Energy Training Academy. The first in a series hydraulic training programmes for B9 technicians, designed to enhance skills and competence in the working environment, is being delivered at B9 Headquarters in Larne, Northern Ireland.

The partnership is providing innovative solutions for the the delivery of electrical, mechanical, hydraulics and composites training approved by European wind industry stakeholders.

The B9 Training Academy will be a Centre of Excellence within the industry providing recognised training to B9 employees and others wishing to gain industry recognition.

Capability
B9 Energy O&M provides a complete technical asset management function to its clients. We are uniquely placed to deliver that service. Our in-house capability and experience is unequalled in the market place and if a technical specialist gap does exist we have the robust industry collaborations necessary through the Global Wind Alliance (GWA) to provide a total service.

Safety & Environment

B9 Energy O&M has a long history of delivering the highest standards of safety and environmental management. Working both independently and with our utility clients and industry bodies we raise health and safety standards across all of the operations on our windfarms on a continuous basis. We are one of the few independent service providers (ISP) who can operate (the UK developed) Wind Turbine Safety Rules, across a number of technologies, having Authorising Engineers and technicians capable of working on wind turbines from 300kW up to 2MW.
We also provide wind farm safety and environmental auditing, develop client environmental & safety plans, we deliver safety training with a particular focus on LV safety, (having recently developed a bespoke LV electrical training course for B9 technicians). We also have our own ‘fitness to climb’ standard which all our technicians complete.

Quality

B9 is accredited to the ISO 9001 Quality Standard and we continuously review our processes and procedures to ensure we’re delivering the highest standard to our clients. Our quality auditing process extends to ‘post service’ technical auditing across our sites.

Site Operations and Management

B9 has extensive experience in delivering windfarm Operations and Management across a range of windfarm technologies and capacities. The range of services include; managing the wind turbine Service and Maintenance provider, spares procurement and management, HV switching on the internal grid network, coordination of HV repairs and servicing, building and road repairs, landowner and local community communication, safety and environmental auditing and stakeholder management.

Service and Maintenance

B9 have been supplying a full wind turbine Service and Repair provisions to the onshore wind market since 1994. Our experience is extensive with the ability to provide services across the UK and Ireland and North America. Our capability include: Vestas WD 34’s, V47’s, V52’s and V66’s, Gamesa G52’s and G80’s, Siemens 600kW and Acciona 1.5M. We are currently developing our capability on the Siemens 1.3 and 2.3 wind turbines.

Main Components & Projects

Our ‘Main Components & Projects’ team deliver a number of services to our existing clients and into the market. These include; inspections, exchanges and repairs to gearboxes, generators, blades. They also provide general upgrades and improvements to existing wind turbine systems; i.e., Hydraulic system upgrades, installation of condition monitoring systems, end of warranty inspections.

Blades - B9 has an in-house blade repair capability through our Blade Repair Team, with experience on LM and Vestas blades, on a different range of wind turbine types. Currently this service is provided across the UK and Ireland, and is now being extended to North America.

Gearboxes - Our in-house gearbox inspection and exchange capability covers a range of technologies, with particular experience on Vestas and Siemens type gearboxes. Through our own specialist, we provide both static and dynamic gearbox monitoring and inspections and subsequent operating advice. We also have a collaboration agreement with an industry leading gearbox repair company to provide a gearbox refurbishment capability, supported by a warranty of up to 2 years.

End of warranty Inspections – We have extensive end of warranty experience on a range of wind turbine types such as, GE 1.5’s, Acciona, Siemens 2.3’s, Vestas V52’s and V80’s, etc. All of the findings of the inspection are collated and a detailed client report is produced.

Supply Chain.

Through our own global supply chain contacts and industry collaborations we can offer owners alternative supply solutions, independent of the OEM, for most parts and materials across a range of wind turbines and in a number of cases, with quicker delivery times.

B9 O&M are members of the Spares in Motion buying platform for your convenience. Spares in Motion is a Business to Business platform. The powerful search tool gives you the opportunity to find the correct part, repair capability or wind turbine you are looking for. Conduct business online through specific electronic requests for quotes, precise responses, and easy communication. The Spares in Motion Message Board facilitates all communication plus sending and receiving documents.