Wind turbine failures — what we see across 3,500 monitored turbines
A working reference of the failure modes Turbit detects in production. Each entry combines peer-reviewed root-cause research, the SCADA signature our AI looks for, and — where we have customer permission — anonymized evidence from the Turbit fleet.
By component: Generator
Generator winding fault
Stator-winding temperature anomalies are one of the clearest SCADA signatures of an electrical fault in the generator — typically a frequency-converter failure, insulation degradation, cooling system problem, or developing inter-turn short. Early detection turns a costly emergency rewind into a planned converter swap.
Generator bearing temperature rise
Sharp temperature steps on the generator bearings — typically the drive-end or non-drive-end bearing — are one of the cleanest SCADA-detectable signatures in the entire turbine. The typical pattern is a 10–25°C jump above expected, against a calm power profile. The right action is usually a fast intervention (sensor / thermocouple / lubrication check) before the rise becomes thermal damage to the bearing itself.
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