Webinar
Fighting ice on wind turbines with precision
Winter ice reduces power, causes shutdowns, and creates safety risks for wind farms. Learn from experts at Capstone Infrastructure, EOLOGIX-PING, Siemens Gamesa, and Weather Guard Lightning Tech how advanced heating solutions prevent ice and boost turbine performance.
What you will learn in our on-demand webinar
In this 60 minutes on-demand webinar, you will gain practical insights into how operators can prepare for and manage winter icing challenges with blade heating.
Understand & assess icing impacts
Learn how icing affects safety, compliance, and profitability, and how to evaluate losses
Compare heating solutions
Explore hot-air vs. electro-thermal approaches and smarter wireless sensor systems
Optimize operations & costs
Reduce heating expenses, prevent overheating, and extend turbine lifetime
Actionable strategies
Gain practical guidance for new installations and retrofits to improve efficiency and uptime
Schedule
Learn from industry experts in this 1-hour on-demand webinar, designed for wind turbine operators in Canada, Scandinavia, and other cold-weather regions worldwide. Discover strategies to reduce downtime, enhance safety, and optimize winter turbine performance.
Webinar speakers
Hannes Friedrich is Technology Lead for Cold Climate and Icing Solutions at Siemens Gamesa, with over a decade of experience in wind energy. His career spans system development, operation control, and international technical project management, with a focus on cold climate and icing technologies. Prior to joining Siemens Gamesa in 2020, Hannes held engineering and leadership roles at Repower Systems AG and Senvion Deutschland, where he was responsible for developing and integrating ice detection and blade de-/anti-icing systems, as well as leading international project teams.
Keerthi Nagothu is a Performance & Analytics Manager at Capstone Infrastructure. Capstone Infrastructure is an owner-operator who builds and operates renewable energy assets across Canada and across different energy technologies. At Capstone, she is responsible for performance monitoring of the 1 GW portfolio and implementing energy optimization projects. She has 13 years of experience in renewable energy asset management spanning across multiple functions with focus on energy optimization. In her experience, she worked closely with projects which experience light to severe icing and various solutions to ensure safe and reliable operations during icing events.
Allen Hall is a lightning protection engineer with over 20 years of experience in aerospace and wind energy. He worked for 10 years at Lightning Technologies, a world-leading lightning test facility, and serves as an FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER). As the current President and CEO of Weather Guard Lightning Tech, he designed the StrikeTape lightning diverter system to protect wind turbines and aircraft worldwide. Allen co-hosts the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast alongside Rosemary Barnes, Joel Saxum, and Phil Totaro.
Joel Saxum is Chief Commercial Officer at Weather Guard Lightning Tech and Co-host of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. With over 15 years of experience in the energy sector, Joel specializes in optimizing operations, driving innovation, and supporting strategic business growth. His background includes more than a decade of hands-on work developing tailored, results-oriented solutions to industry challenges.
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