
Quantifying the total cost of maintenance
The wind industry spends up to $8 billion on maintenance globally and this figure is set to increase. Learn how to manage your total cost of ownership.
True Cost of maintenanceAs we transition to a lower-carbon future, we ensure wind power is as competitive as possible so that its contribution to the energy mix can increase.
Shell has a diverse portfolio of gear oils, greases and hydraulic oils to meet the challenging needs of Wind Turbine manufacturers and Wind Turbine owners and operators.
Wind turbines operate in some of the most remote locations and extreme conditions in the world. Machinery and engineers need to deliver peak performance in the most challenging environments.
In a highly competitive market, even incremental efficiency gains can make a significant difference to the bottom line and downtime is hugely disruptive and expensive. As an owner of wind farms and the market leader for lubricants, Shell understands the realities of operating in this sector.
We are your trusted partner, providing the expertise, services and training to deploy and maintain the most competitive and effective wind turbines. Together anything is possible.
Choose from a selection of gear oils, greases and hydraulic oils to meet the challenging needs of the wind sector.
Discover how high-performance wind turbine oil cleanliness and filtration can reduce your total cost of ownership.
Efficiency and reduce total cost of ownership.
The wind industry spends up to $8 billion on maintenance globally and this figure is set to increase. Learn how to manage your total cost of ownership.
True Cost of maintenanceExplore how effective lubrication can protect gearboxes, reduce downtime and extend the lifespan of turbines
Getting your wind turbines in gearThe wind industry spends up to $8 billion on maintenance globally and this figure is set to increase. Learn how to manage your total cost of ownership.
True Cost of maintenance
Shell supporting the wind turbine sector
Duration: 2:59 minutes
Description:
A series of interviews with Shell experts regarding lubricants in the wind sector
82421_WIND_SECTOR_v1.12_Approval_180817_ Transcript
[Background music plays]
Rhythmic instrumental music featuring synthesised musical effects.
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Slightly out-of-focus still image of a man in safety gear, holding a radio in his hand. Overlaying this in the bottom right corner, a series of wind turbines, and to the left, a shoreline. Text appearing to the left in the middle of the screen.
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Shell Lubricants
From extending oil life to powering cities
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Wide-angled view of three wind turbines at sea set against a blue sky. To the left of the frame, dune grass blowing in the wind. Sped-up overhead shot taken over the sea towards the shoreline, showing a man in a white lab coat, dunes behind him. Close-up of Richard Tucker speaking to off-screen interviewer, against an out-of-focus background of the sea and some wind turbines. Close-up of Richard speaking freezes, the background turns white and text appears to the right.
Interview with Richard Tucker
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Richard Tucker
General Manager
Shell Global Lubricants & Technology
[Title]
General Manager Shell Global Lubricants & Technology
Richard Tucker
Shell Lubricants has been active in the wind sector for more than a decade. With our network of global technical experts we’ve got hundreds of years of experience.
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Sped-up, 360-degree overhead shot of Richard standing on a beach. Overhead shot of two wind turbines installed high up on a mountain with clouds floating up around them. White dotted background appears, a wind turbine to the left with overlaying text appearing.
Richard Tucker
Shell Lubricant strategy is built on three pillars: innovation, application and partnerships. So we can understand not only today’s challenges but tomorrow’s challenges and build those into our products and services.
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Innovation
Application
Partnerships
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View of the base of a wind turbine installed on-land, fog and clouds forming around it. Zoom upwards to the top of the wind turbine showing a wider view of the mountains and sea.
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White and blue globe set against a white background. A series of circles pinpoint Spain. Text appearing on-screen.
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Spain
Marmellar de Abajo
Interview with Juan Francisco Segura
[Caption]
We developed, designed, formulated, a new synthetic oil: Shell Omala S5 Wind, which addressed all the existing problems in the sector, such as premature foaming, premature oxidation of the bearings.
[Video footage]
Close-up of Juan Francisco Segura speaking to off-screen interviewer, against an out-of-focus background. Close-up and zoom in on a grey canister with a white label reading Shell Omaha S5 Wind 320. Zoom out. Back to close-up of Richard speaking. Close-up of Juan Francisco Segura speaking freezes, the background turns white and text appears to the right.
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Juan Francisco Segura
Key Account Manager
Shell Lubricants
[Caption]
And extending the change interval, which is one of the main problems that the sector wanted addressed.
[Video footage]
Close-up of the side of a small white van, Ingeteam written across the side. The passenger door opens and Juan Francisco Segura steps out of the van wearing a safety helmet. He closes the van door, takes a few steps and stops to look out in front of him. In the distance, an out-of-focus digger and several wind turbines set against grey, cloudy skies. The land looks dry and arid. Juan Francisco Segura starts walking.
Interview with Francisco M. Lopez
[Caption]
Tests and checks are carried out in the wind turbine, which include analytics, video and endoscopies, which let us see the actual condition of the oil. The truth is that, so far, there have been no problems with this product.
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Close-up view panning upwards of Juan Francisco Segura and Francisco M. Lopez, both wearing safety helmets, looking at something in front of them and talking. Close-up of Francisco M. Lopez speaking to off-screen interviewer, against an out-of-focus background. He is wearing a white helmet with red text written across it reading Ingeteam. Close-up of Francisco speaking freezes, the background turns white and text appears to the right.
[Text displays]
Francisco M. Lopez
Spare Parts Coordinator
Ingeteam Service
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Close-up of a computer screen showing a series of data and graphs. Reverse close-up of Francisco and a lady facing three computer screens. One of the screens displays a detailed graphic of a wind turbine. Side view of Francisco and the lady looking at the computer screens.
Interview with Richard Tucker continued
Richard Tucker
We have a range of hydraulic oils under the Shell Tellus brand and a full range of greases under the Shell Gadus brand.
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White dotted background with a turning wind turbine in the center reappears. Two grey and two black canisters appear on-screen. The black ones have a label reading Tellus, the grey ones a label reading Gadus. Back to close-up of Richard speaking.
Richard Tucker
Shell offers services to the wind sector as well. One of these, for example, is Shell lube analyst, a global platform to look at the equipment condition monitoring and oil condition monitoring.
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Close-up of a hand holding up a small glass bottle to a tap, a yellowish liquid pouring into it. To the left of the tap is a yellow label with red text reading Lubricant Sample Point. Side view of a man putting something into a small cardboard box. Wide-angled view of a lady facing a computer. On the desk beside her are several boxes filled with small white-capped bottles. Close-up of the lady’s hands typing on her keyboard. She’s wearing a blue glove on one hand. A white-capped bottle with a dark liquid inside it sits just behind her keyboard. Side view of a lab worker in a blue lab coat and blue gloves holding a small bottle, a numbered label on the side. The lab worker takes a sample from said bottle.
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White and blue globe set against a white background. A series of circles pinpoint China. Text appearing on-screen.
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China Jiangxi province
Interview with Wang Weibing
[Caption]
Our wind turbines are situated high above sea level and are not very accessible. This affects our maintenance work.
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Close-up of Wang Weibing speaking to off-screen interviewer, against an out-of-focus background. Close-up of Wang Weibing speaking freezes, the background turns white and text appears to the right.
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Wang, Weibing
Technical Manager
Goldwind Technology
[Video footage]
Aerial footage of a mountain range, a road and several wind turbines appearing amongst the clouds. Close-up of some grey and blue machinery. Close-up images of some spinning machinery with lubricant around it. Top left text appearing reading high speed photography.
[Caption]
As everyone knows, lubricants are extremely important. So, when choosing a lubricant, we consider its reliability and stability. Out of so many companies, we chose Shell because its lubricants are more stable and reliable.
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Back to close-up of Wang Weibing speaking. Overhead shot of a wind turbine installed atop a mountain. Several roads can be seen.
Interview with Ma Ling Ling
[Caption]
Our specialists and I visit the client’s on-site technical team, to find out the lubrication requirements for their latest projects. We then feedback their requirements to our technical experts, who then develop a specific solution based on their needs.
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Close-up of a lab worker wearing safety goggles inspecting something off-screen. Wide-angled view of Ma Ling Ling and two men dressed in red lab coats. Ma Ling Ling is holding a piece of paper while one of the men is speaking. They are standing in a lab surrounded by various bits of equipment. View of Ma Ling Ling in a darkly-lit room, sitting at a desk with an open laptop in front of her, talking to four individuals sat around the desk with her. Close-up of Ma Ling Ling speaking to off-screen interviewer, against an out-of-focus background. Close-up of Ma Ling Ling speaking freezes, the background turns white and text appears to the left.
[Text displays]
Ma Ling Ling
Business Development Manager
Shell Lubricants
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Side view of a large piece of equipment in a room. To the side, a door opens and an individual walks in wearing gloves and a fluffy hooded parka. Quick shot taken from a security camera showing part of the equipment and a different angle of the individual entering the room. He is wearing a white helmet and safety goggles. Close-up shot of said individual as he closes the door behind him and walks off.
Interview with Wang Weibing continued
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Side shot of Wang Weibing and Ma Ling Ling getting out of a white car. Out-of-focus shot of Wang Weibing and Ma Ling Ling walking and talking, the shot then coming into focus.
Wang Weibing
Manager Ma is very familiar with the products, and is competent in both technical and business areas.
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Back to close-up of Wang Weibing speaking.
Wang Weibing
As for the company’s products, they are very stable, so we have no worries about the quality.
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Reverse shot of Wang Weibing and Ma Ling Ling walking towards the edge of a mountainous terrain. In front of them, a mountain ridge enclosed in clouds. They are both wearing helmets. Wang Weibing is dressed in a red jacket with white text on the back reading Goldwind and a small logo. Shot taken from the base of a wind turbine looking upwards, showing the whole turbine in frame set against a somewhat cloudy sky. Aerial shot of a wind turbine installed upon a mountain top with clouds coming in. Wide-angled view of a wind turbine park on-land.
Interview with Richard Tucker continued
[Video footage]
Shot of Juan Francisco Segura and Francisco M. Lopez walking away from a small white van and walking off out of shot. Close-up of a lab worker at work testing a sample. Shot of Wang Weibing and Ma Ling Ling talking, two wind turbines and a mountain ridge in front of them. Side shot of Wang Weibing and Ma Ling Ling walking and talking. Back to close-up shot of Richard Tucker speaking. Aerial shot panning across the sea towards a wind turbine park.
Richard Tucker
Shell’s ambition is to be the trusted partner for our customers worldwide in the wind sector, bringing them innovative products and services to help drive down the cost of ownership and to drive down the cost of wind power. We believe this is vital to the future of the wind sector.
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Centered text appearing against a white background.
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Shell Lubricants
Together Anything is Possible
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Shell Pecten centred on a white background with text displaying below.
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© Shell International Limited 2017
Shell Omala S5 Wind - Outstanding low temperature performance
Duration: 00:03:01
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Music, dramatic opening chord, then dips down to steady, background, held throughout
[Video]
Close up of a wind turbine turning, it slows down
Text:
Shell Omala S5 Wind
A new generation gearbox oil
Warren Cates in vision, captioned
Warren Cates Shell Project & Technology Lead, Lubricants: If it was easy to develop a product like this, everybody would have one.
Offshore wind turbine farm, wind turbines in long rows, turbines moving, a couple of boats move around them
[Audio – voice over]
Warren Cates: Some of these wind turbines are 100m up in the air. The specifications change whether they're over land or over water. They're 300 to 600 litres of product. It's never at rest, and it's never allowed to release the air or release the foam. The application has gone from being something that's been complex to something that's even more complex. We had to develop a product…
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A wind turbine from above, overlaid moving graphic outline, with text: 100m
Three wind turbines in the distance, in on shore farm, middle distance two engineers stand next to the open back hatch of a car mid foreground, one engineer is looking through binoculars
Four wind turbines spaced over a section of dusty plane
Upward view of a wind turbine, cables in foreground, turbine is moving then slowed down, overlaid moving graphic outline, with text: 300L-600L
Close up of front of moving turbine
Another front close up, Shell logo on head of turbine
Two wind turbines in a section of a dusty plane, against a darkly cloudy sky
The two engineers next to the open back hatch of a car, as above, turbines in the distance, medium wide, one engineer closes the hatch
Single turbine on the flat plane against the dark cloudy sky
Wind turbine at sea, moving blades, medium close, Shell logo visible on turbine head
Same turbine, medium close, from a different angle
Warren Cates in vision
Warren Cates: …that was specially built for a wind turbine application.
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Warren Cates: I've been doing this work for 25 years, and this has been the most difficult and the most challenging development that we've had. There's been a lot of hard work by many, many different groups across the globe to ensure proper performance for the customer. The product development that went into this was game-changing for us. There's over 300 lines of testing, and many of the tests are specialised tests. One of the biggest characteristics is low temperature property. We wanted to make sure that the equipment was able to function at low temperature.
[Video]
Warren Cates walks across a laboratory to a colleague who points to and touches a piece of equipment in a glassed in area
Same activity from a different angle, Warren Cates and his colleague look closely at the equipment
Camera moves behind them and above their heads to a diagram on a monitor mounted on the wall
Track past laboratory work stations, two engineers at work
One engineer slowly slides out a piece of equipment from a glassed in area as another engineer looks on
Two engineers at a white board, one drawing a diagram
Engineer walks towards equipment in a glassed in area, she goes to open the glass door
Pan past laboratory work stations, many long pipes leading down into testing equipment
Warren Cates and a colleague look at equipment in a glassed in area, bending forward to examine more closely
Close up of an engineer’s index finger as he probes a piece of equipment
Quick zoom in to close up of the head of an engineer in low temperature protective clothing, eye mask and fur lined hood, face covered
Burst of cold steam comes from a low temperature testing rig
Wider shot as an engineer in low temperature protective clothing emerges from testing rig
Wide of same as engineer has emerged
Medium close of engineer as he/she walks off out of shot
[Audio – voice over]
Pieter-Jan Jordaens: This is a cold start up test rig…
[Video]
Two engineers walk towards large climatic test chamber
Pieter-Jan Jordaens in vision, captioned
Pieter-Jan Jordaens Senior Engineer, OWI LAB: …so-called ‘no-load’ test rig for gearboxes.
[Audio – voice over]
Pieter-Jan Jordaens: We have been testing at low temperatures ranging from zero degrees to minus 40 degrees. We have used it to measure the time to grit with this new oil which is being developed by Shell.
[Video]
Engineer in low temperature protecting clothing as above emerging from low temperature test rig
Engineer seated at monitors talks on walkie-talkie, monitor at top centre is a large video screen showing exterior of test rig, engineer in low temperature protective clothing in vision on that screen, he walks off
Pick up the shot seen on video monitor of engineer outside the rig itself, he/she walks off out of shot
Close up as engineer’s fur hood passes two monitors showing diagrams
Tight close up Cold/Warm Chamber data, including temperature, on monitor
Tight close up on walkie-talkie held to ear of engineer at monitors, slight pull out to reveal engineer’s profile
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Inaudible talk across walkie-talkie
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Engineer in low temperature protective clothing pulls hood off as he walks past camera to reveal safety helmet beneath, he talks on walkie-talkie
[Audio – voice over]
Bastiaan Reymer: We look towards extreme climates…
[Video]
Wide of engineer seated at monitors talking to engineer in low temperature protective clothing outside low temperature testing rig, engineer seen on monitor screen, he too is on walkie-talkie
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Inaudible talk across walkie-talkies
[Video]
Bastiaan Reymer in vision, captioned
Bastiaan Reymer Test & Validation Engineer: …because when there's a grid failure all the components cool off…
[Audio – voice over]
Bastiaan Reymer: …and then when they heat up again, that's when the possible failures might happen. We drive a 315 kilowatt motor which drives the high-speed shaft of the wind turbine gearbox. That way, we have a ‘no-load’ set up on which we can go until full speed and full torque in cold climates. The images that we have taken during the project looked impressive. There was definitely a difference between the standard oil that was used, and the Shell Omala S5.
[Video]
Engineer in low temperature protective gear climbs onto a test rig motor
Same engineer in close up looks inside the unit
Medium close of the motor, pull out to a wider view of the whole set up
Close up of wind turbine gearbox, camera goes in tighter onto the open cross section
Interior of turbine engine as it spins, covered in lubricant, speeds up
Close up of lubricant going across teeth of turbine
Side by side images of lubricant on a turbine head, one labelled: Shell Omala S5, the other labelled Conventional Synthetic Gear Oil
Overlay of text writing onto the screen as image desaturates
Text:
Reduced Time To Grid
Enhanced Equipment Protection
[Audio – voice over]
Warren Cates: Well, this new product is going to be a game-changer out in the wind turbine industry.
Warren Cates in vision
Warren Cates: The benefit that Shell Omala S5 Wind gives to the customer…
[Audio – voice over]
Warren Cates: …is that it's able to help the wind turbine get to temperature faster which allows the customer to get the electricity - their end product…
[Video]
Same comparative image as above, begins in full saturation, quickly desaturates, overlay text writes onto screen
Text:
Excellent Filtration Performance
- Continued to be filtered even at the lowest temperature unlike the conventional synthetic gear oil
Warren Cates in vision
Warren Cates: …to the grid faster.
[Audio – voice over]
Warren Cates: We've been field testing this product for almost two years now, and to see this finally come to fruition is just...
[Video]
Time lapse of electrical pylons at night, camera moves slightly across frame as night turns to day
Two engineers seen from rear as they walk towards the base of a wind turbine
Same engineers seen from side on as the approach the steps to the turbine door
Looking up towards cables and pylons at dusk or dawn, red light behind the clouds, speeded up shots as camera moves quickly along the path of the cables
Warren Cates in vision
Warren Cates: …it's...it's gratifying.
[Audio – voice over]
Warren Cates: …We truly feel like we have built and developed the best wind turbine gearbox…
[Video]
Composite shot, container of Shell Omala S5 against desaturated background of interior of turbine engine, move in on label of container as line of white light swipes across screen left to right
Warren Cates in vision
Warren Cates: …lubricant out there.
[Audio – voice over]
Warren Cates: We've done it. We've really done this.
[Video]
Wind turbines on dusty white plain against dark, cloudy background
Single turbine standing out against the others in a lighter, sunnier shot
White slate
Text:
SHELL LUBRICANTS
TOGETHER ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
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Closing sting
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Pecten
© SHELL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2016
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