Blade Monitoring: 3 Proven Reasons To Stop Guessing

Warum EOLOGIX-PING?

We help wind turbine operators put their attention only where it is needed: continuous, retrofit-friendly blade monitoring that turns raw sensor data into decisions you can act on, for every blade, on every turbine, in every fleet.

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Flat illustration of a wind farm in rolling green hills under a sky with clouds. Three turbines stand in the landscape, each with an EOLOGIX-PING sensor module on the tower. The two outer turbines are turning, shown by motion arcs and trailing blades, while the turbine in the middle stands still. A red warning sign and a navy notification read that turbine 7 needs support. Three technicians in hard hats and hi-vis vests, carrying harnesses and coiled climbing rope, are walking toward the stopped turbine.

The problem

By the time you see the damage, it has already gotten worse

Blade damage, lightning strikes, and ice all start small: a hairline crack, an unconfirmed strike, a thin layer of ice. Left unnoticed between scheduled inspections, each one has time to escalate into a bigger repair, an unplanned stop, or lost production. Most monitoring only catches the problem once it is already visible, already costly, or already too late to act on cheaply. With EOLOGIX-PING, it is different.

A wind turbine with no sensor and a hairline crack marked on one blade, with nothing reporting it

How the EOLOGIX-PING solution is different

What you will learn

We keep it simple, so you can focus on running your fleet, not on managing your monitoring.

Easy

Our systems are easy to install, easy to run, and easy to trust. ON-TOWER units go up in under 10 minutes per turbine on steel towers, with no special data feeds and no waiting for the right wind conditions. Fit it and it works, on any turbine, any age, any OEM.

One supplier for everything

No more juggling separate vendors for different blade issues. We cover the range, with one team behind the hardware, the software, and the support. Cubico Sustainable Investments and Tucson Electric Power both run multiple EOLOGIX-PING products side by side, on one dashboard, from one supplier.

Clear answers, not more data

You do not need more numbers, you need to know what to do next. That is why Tucson Electric Power no longer inspects its full 62-turbine fleet after a storm. The dashboard tells them exactly which turbines need a look. And for the moments that do not need a person at all, such as restarting a turbine once ice has cleared, the system handles it.

Dashboard

Imagine your entire fleet's blade health, in one view

Stop relying on scheduled inspections and disconnected point sensors. EOLOGIX-PING consolidates continuous monitoring across every blade risk into one dashboard, so your team knows exactly which turbines need attention, and which do not.

Three monitored wind turbines sending data through cloud transfer to a dashboard showing one flagged turbine

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In comparison

Our technology portfolio

Two mounting positions, one dashboard.

	ON-TOWER (OT)	ON-BLADE (OB)
Detects	Surface damage, lightning strikes	Ice formation, blade temperature
Technology	Acoustic sensors and a magnetic field detector	Capacitive, temperature, and inertial sensors
Mounted	At the base of the tower, with magnets or adhesive	On the outer blade surface
Products	:SURFACE HEALTH :EVENT LIGHTNING :EVENT LIGHTNING FLEET :EVENT LIGHTNING FLEET – Satellite version :LITE ICE	:STANDARD ICE :SAFE ICE :RESTART ICE :HEAT

	ON-TOWER (OT)	ON-BLADE (OB)
Detects Detects	Detects Surface damage, lightning strikes	Detects Ice formation, blade temperature
Technology Technology	Technology Acoustic sensors and a magnetic field detector	Technology Capacitive, temperature, and inertial sensors
Mounted Mounted	Mounted At the base of the tower, with magnets or adhesive	Mounted On the outer blade surface
Products Products	Products :SURFACE HEALTH :EVENT LIGHTNING :EVENT LIGHTNING FLEET :EVENT LIGHTNING FLEET – Satellite version :LITE ICE	Products :STANDARD ICE :SAFE ICE :RESTART ICE :HEAT

Outpace ice, damage, and downtime with real results

PROOF

59 lightning strikes detected

across 16 EOLOGIX-PING devices in the first year at Kiyu wind farm, letting the operator skip inspecting unaffected turbines after a storm.

62 turbines down to only the ones that need a look. After adopting ON-TOWER monitoring, Tucson Electric Power focuses only on turbines with confirmed damage or new lightning strikes.

Michael Bryan

Asset Manager, Tucson Electric Power

Early acoustic damage detection

caught seam seal issues on two Scandinavian turbines before they escalated into major structural issues, letting the operator schedule repairs proactively instead of reactively.

2.5 times fewer standstill periods

than other blade-based ice detection systems, with 100% availability independent of SCADA data.

Up to 80% reduction

in annual icing-related downtime compared with gondola-based systems.

Rated the most sensitive ice detection status of all four systems tested.

Why choose us as a partner

No one wants to wait endlessly for feedback or feel alone with their problem. That is why we work closely with our customers as partners, not just as a vendor. With deep experience in the wind industry, we know the market and the operational pressure you are under, so we can offer solutions that actually fit, and results you can act on.

Partnership

“After a storm, we were immediately informed that something was wrong with our turbine.”

Michael Bryan

Asset Manager, Tucson Electric Power

“The system has proven to be very useful for us, particularly making it possible to skip inspecting wind turbines after a storm unless we see new damage from the system.”

Richards Pereira

Technical Asset Manager, Cubico Sustainable Investments, Uruguay

Founded from the merger of Austria's eologix (2014) and Australia's Ping Services (2018)

EOLOGIX-PING operates as one unified team, with decades of combined wind industry expertise and a track record across 2,200+ turbines in 25+ countries.

Monitored wind turbines in a storm, with a notification naming the turbine that was struck by lightning.

Wind turbines in icing conditions, restarting once the ice has cleared from the blades.

Applications

Blade Damage Monitoring

Surface and structural damage detection empowers operators to take proactive maintenance action, avoiding safety risks and costly repairs.

Applications

Lightning Monitoring

Stay informed during storms with confirmed lightning strike detection: avoid guesswork, minimize personnel resources, prioritize repairs, and protect your assets.

Applications

Blade Operation Monitoring

Minimize downtime due to icing, reduce power losses and additional fatigue from pitch angle misalignment, and extend service life by ensuring turbines operate safely in all conditions.

Applications

Service subscription

Service subscriptions add cost efficiency and predictability, year-round support, and continuous updates: a comprehensive all-in-one solution for peace of mind.

FAQs

Common questions about choosing EOLOGIX-PING

If your question is not answered here, please get in touch. Our customer support team is happy to help you.

Results vary by site and application, but our ice detection customers have seen downtime reductions of up to 50% in independent case studies. Calculate your ROI with our ROI calculator or read a full case study.

Our ON-TOWER devices install in under 10 minutes per turbine on steel towers. The installation approach varies by product line, so get in touch for a project-specific timeline.

Yes. Our systems are designed for retrofittability and operate independently of OEM and SCADA systems, with global certification for safe deployment across regions and turbine types.

EOLOGIX-PING is the only provider offering continuous, sensor-based monitoring across damage, lightning, and ice in a single unified platform. Our ON-BLADE technology is the only system on the market that measures ice thickness directly on the outer blade surface, and our solutions are retrofit-friendly and OEM-independent, so you are not locked into a single turbine manufacturer’s ecosystem.

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