Avrasya Rüzgar, offering repair and maintenance services for wind turbines, blade, tower and tower interior equipments, finds solutions for the companies which are the leaders in global scale. Avrasya Rüzgar General Manager Buğra Akbıyık , with whom we made an interview on the services and the targets of the company which is the solution partner of the wind energy industry with experience and expert team,  shares the details with Rüzgar Enerjisi Magazine.

Could you please inform us about your experience in the Wind Energy market in Türkiye?

Eawind (Avrasya Ruzgar) was established in 2010 as the successor of KompoTek, Composite Technologies which had many years of experience on composite blade and mould production and also composite boat building. With this experience , Eawind started serving her international customers for their turbines in Türkiye in 2010 for blade service , being one of the first in the market.

What services do you offer to your customers?

The main services we offer are “blade repair” and “blade retrofitting”. As a windturbine gets older like a human being, the components such as blades , which are open to enviromental changes, are aging and this leads to the need for repairs. We also do tower repairs and coatings and tower internal works, such as servicing service hoists, winches and ladder systems.

How are your technicians trained?

We have our own training center and we are licensed to make GWO (Global Wind Organisation) trainings. We train and license our technicians in “Blade Repair” and “Basic Safety Training”. Also we have other extra internal trainings that the technicians get. Depending on our customers’ requests , there are also external trainings for our technicians.

Are these trainings open to other companies?

Yes, we offer GWO Blade Repair and GWO BST modules to other companies and also to freelance technicians. Our Training center is in Izmir, Türkiye which is a perfect location on the seaside with direct flights to many European cities. We welcome many trainees from Germany and Greece as well as countries from Middle East and North Africa.

Who are your main customers and partners in your region and in Europa?

We are approved ISP(International Service Provider) for Enercon and NordexAcciona and also SiemensGamesa Renewable Energy. Our technicians are trained to best standarts by these companies. We also service Vestas, GE, Suzlon and Sinovel turbines mostly on the customer side. Windsourcing of Hamburg is one of our partners in Europe from where we supply materials for servicing and also we offer our customers their product range. With our storage abilities we can keep composite raw materials for our customers. We also work with Mankiewicz Coatings of Hamburg which has a location and storage abilities in Türkiye. This is extremely helpful while transporting chemical materials to Turkey is sometimes not that easy.

What were the important steps your company had in the past for service quality?

For service, starting from 2014 we were the first company to use Temporary Suspended Platforms(TSP’s) for working on the blades and the towers of the Wind turbines. Understanding the importance of platforms we joint-ventured with a German company and produced these platforms in our production line in Izmir. We are already working on a new platform design which is planned to increase the effectiveness of servicing time. Also we were one of the first companies to establish own Training facility for her own technicians, including GWO accreditation and othe ISO accreditations. I think these were the most important steps to increase the service quality

Are you also planning service operations in Europe?

As an ISP for major turbine producers like Enercon, NordexAcciona, we are willing to serve customers in Europe and hope to meet them in the Hamburg fair.

What do you think about this “Energy crisis” and its effects on Wind Energy and your business?

We all understand the need for increasing the share of Renewable Energy and being indepent. Of course our market will grow. But this growth must be healthy. In the past many companies dismissed their experienced technicians  because the market growth was slower than expected and they couldn’t keep this experienced people. This Energy Crisis teaches us how valuable the experience is. Here we offer our customers this much valued experience of ours. We see this as a chance to help our communities  and grow our business in Europe.

Thank you and wish you a nice fair.