Operation Thor’s Hammer: Choose the right protection for your wind turbines

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Introducing Thor Boomington

Thor Boomington - God of Thunder and Investigative Reporter - has arrived. Less noise, more know‑how.

In this campaign, the old Viking God of Thunder has turned into an investigative reporter. Using a microphone instead of his hammer 'Mjølner' he challenges old excuses in the wind industry. Please be invited to do something simple and smart: protect your turbines from lightning strikes and leading edge erosion. No finger‑wagging, just practical tools and expert insights.

Why Boomington?

Because when lightning hits an unprotected blade, it doesn’t whisper. It booms. And Thor Boomington is here to make sure that doesn’t happen. He’s swapped Mjølner - the legendary hammer - for something even more powerful in today’s world: a reporter’s microphone. Still heavy. Still blunt. Just used for interviews instead of impact.

Not only does he care about your windfarm and turbines, but he also wants to make sure, that you use the right protection.

The goal? More uptime, longer blade life, and better performance, storm after storm.

Choose the right protection

The most important aspect of investing in, building and managing wind turbines and sites globally is reducing down-time and keeping the blades rotating as continuously as possible.

Amongst other the greatest enemy of keeping the blades in motion is leading edge erosion caused by rain, hail, sand and damages from lightning strikes - all of which are increasing in strength and frequency due to climate change, ironically.

But as you know, there is no such thing as bad weather –only bad clothing. Or bad protection.

You might think, your blades are well protected from the elements, erosion and frequent maintenance service, repairs and downtime. But if you are not using Leading Edge Protection, Lightning Protection and our Blade Monitoring solutions your blades are not safe. Not safe at all.

Polytech has been supporting the wind industry since 1994.

Our solutions decrease service, maintenance and downtime substantially, all the while increasing operational time and lifetime of turbine blades. And we have the data to prove it - lots of it! With a track record of <180.000 blades protected from either lightning or leading edge damages, +5000 annual laboratory tests and more than 300 patents registered or filed.

Aside from lightning and leading edge protection, Polytech also offers blade load monitoring and optimization, transport componenent protection and tracking, as well as accredited lab tests, blade upgrades and more.

With a minor increase in CAPEX building the turbines, but a major decrease in OPEX, it is really a no-brainer to implement our solutions in the construction fase of the blades. A true win-win-wind situation. Most of the industry know this already.

If you don’t, your competition is already quite a few steps ahead of you.

Our mission is to protect all future blades while in production, and through our new initiative, Operation Thor’s Hammer, we’ll be coming to you, asking; “Why are you not using the right protection, already?”

And don’t worry, we’re not divine nor here to play heroes. But we are enabling you to monitor, forecast and extend the lifespan of your blades like no other, if you choose to believe in us and our solutions.

But don't wait for us to find you.

Look for Polytech - Wind for life.

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Thor Boomington Approves: Our solutions

With more than 30+ years of experience in the wind industry, Polytech's expertise lies in extending the operational lifespan, maximizing yield, ensuring high uptime, and, in the end, boosting the return on investment on your wind parks.