Remote control center: VALEMO structures its supervisory activity

To celebrate the new year, the remote centre is getting a makeover! Indeed, it is now two workstations dedicated to this process.

While first one will be focused on wind farms (our historical activity), second one will allow a dedicated supervision on photovoltaic farms, hydro-electric plants and marine renewable sites. Those assets requiring to take a step back to finely analyse situations.

With a third technician hired, remote control center will be operated in 2020 as follow:

Work station (wind assets)	2 technicians in 2x 8-hour shifts from 07:00 am to 10:00 pm	A 24/7 telephone hotline
Work station (solar / hydro / MRE assets)	1 technician from 09:00 am to 05:00 pm	A 24/7 telephone hotline

VALEMO’s remote control center supervise:

600 MW wind farms;
62 MW photovoltaic farms;
300 kW hydro-electric plants;
3 marine renewable sites.

Actualités

VALEMO and RES on Saint-Brieuc substation.

Initiated in 2018 through punctual maintenance missions on the offshore electrical substation of the Arkona wind project (in the Baltic Sea, Germany), completed in 2022 with remote supervision services for the electrical substation of the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project, VALEMO continues to

Blade inspection : Anticipate major problems.

Since 2014, VALEMO has been performing visual inspections of wind turbine blades from the ground. These inspections allow the detection of defects on the blade coatings and structures. About 15 technical staff are trained in on-site data acquisition, using a 600 mm

TRAININGS : VALEMO wants the best for its employees.

This year again, VALEMO has continued its investment in safety training for its employees. All our maintenance technicians and technical support staff are trained to the GWO standard. During the year 2022, 26 employees have been trained to GWO Basic Training (Working