CTC Introduces Services for Inspection and Diagnosis of Wind Turbines and Support to Improve Availability of Wind Turbines

CTC has for some time offered services related to new energy, such as an SaaS^*1 system to forecast wind power generation output, a service to support wind and solar power generation businesses from design to operation, and the E-PLSM^*2 cloud service to provide support from planning of regional energy management to the operation and evaluation stage. In wind power generation, it has been involved in almost 50% of the installed domestic wind power businesses, ranging from technical consulting including wind resource assessment, to wind power forecasts. CTC has worked on total of 30 solar resource assessment over the past three years, both domestically and abroad, and it participates in consigned study projects for potential for the introduction of renewable energyin Japan and the establishment of annual wind variability database in the Tohoku district, commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment. It is also involved in experimental studies on promoting introduction of offshore wind power generation and on smart grids.

The service to be introduced will be provided in collaboration with DEWI, which has over 1,300 clients in 48 countries in wind power services. As a global inspection and research institute, DEWI has over 20 years of experience in technical consulting on wind resource assessment , wind turbine inspection, risk evaluation, measuring equipment and wind generators. In conducting onsite surveys of wind power plants, every component will be inspected and tested, from the foundation to the uppermost part of the wind turbine, together with DEWI's trained specialists for wind turbine inspection. The level of O&M will be determined, the generator's performance evaluated and the wind power plant assets appraised based on the results, and support service to improve the wind turbine availability will be proposed. Moreover, regular inspection of the wind turbine will be offered, and O&M support for improvements in availability of the wind turbine will be made based on results of regular inspection.

CTC will continue to provide integrated solutions to support new energy businesses like wind and solar power, and will further strengthen its new energy business to respond to customers' diverse needs.

UL is one of the leading third-party safety science organizations, with more than 100 years of history. UL has approximately 9,000 specialists in 46 countries. Five business divisions provide services - Product Safety, Environment, Life and Health, Knowledge Services, and Verification Services - responding to the growing needs of its customers, and it deploys its activities toward its mission of public safety.

DEWI is a company established in 1990 by the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). It conducts fundamental research into wind power energy and develops measuring technology for the industry's development and maintenance. It also provides a host of services for wind power plant improvement, not only for the development of wind power plants. In June 2012, the company was acquired by UL and became a member of its group.