Senvion Training
DWPA provide expert training for Senvion / REpower turbines and systems, designed for technicians, maintenance crews, diagnostics engineers, operations staff, and technical leadership.
Legacy, Background, and Need
Senvion (and its predecessor REpower) was a prominent turbine manufacturer with a wide portfolio of onshore and offshore machines. Although the company has undergone restructuring (not manufacturing new turbines since 2019), many Senvion turbines remain in operation worldwide – particularly MM-series and XM-series models.
Because these units are aging, and often use legacy control systems or custom configurations, properly trained staff are essential to maintain reliable performance, safely conduct maintenance, and accurately perform fault diagnostics. Our training philosophy combines theory, hands-on work, diagnostic thinking, and safety culture, always with context to the Senvion systems you operate.
Supported Senvion Platforms
We support training across many Senvion / REpower models, including (but not limited to):
- MM-series (onshore): e.g. MM70, MM82, MM92, MM100 model variants
- XM-series: 2.XM, 3.XM families (modular designs, rotor sizes, generator variants)
- Offshore / large Senvion platforms: 5M126, 6.2M, 6.3M series
If your turbine variant is not listed, we can build a custom module to reflect its control architecture, components, and lifecycle constraints.
Delivery, Certification, and Flexibility
Hands-on, practical training on real turbines or mock setups is central to learning retention.
Modular and scalable structure – pick only the modules your team needs or construct a full training learning path.
Assessments and certification are built into modules, ensuring participants demonstrate competence before returning to field duties.
Flexible delivery modes (in-person, remote, hybrid) help overcome travel restrictions, site access limits, or budget constraints.
Refresher courses and ongoing support – essential for legacy fleets with turnover, system changes, or long intervals between maintenance.
Modular training structure for Senvion Turbines
At Danish Wind Power Academy, we structure Senvion training into modular levels, each building deeper competence from basic knowledge to advanced diagnostics.
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Description
Who should attend
Format and duration
Introduction and Turbine Fundamentals
General turbine systems: mechanical, electrical, hydraulics, control, safety basics.
New technicians, those new to Senvion
~1–2 days, classroom or virtual
Platform Theory – Senvion / REpower
In-depth study of Senvion systems: Mechanics&hydrauliocs, control logic, converters, protection, signal flows, system architecture.
Field technicians, maintenance engineers, field leads
5 days, theory + hands-on workshops (where available)
Maintenance and Preventive Tasks
Routine inspections, lubrication, component checks, life limits, standard servicing protocols.
Technicians handling scheduled maintenance
Practical sessions in turbines or mock setups (where available)
Troubleshooting and Fault Diagnosis
Diagnosing errors, root cause analysis, reading logs, using software tools, systematic troubleshooting process.
Senior technicians, diagnostic teams
Hands-on with real or representative turbine systems
Quality Inspection and Audit (QIA)
Assessing maintenance work quality, compliance with standards, defect detection.
Supervisors, QA / QC staff
Classroom + inspection walks in turbine
Asset Health and Life Extension
Degradation phenomena, failure modes in legacy systems, condition monitoring, predictive maintenance strategies.
Asset managers, reliability engineers, leadership
Case studies and classroom
Task-Level Specialist Modules
Focused on sub-systems: pitch, yaw, converter, SCADA / communication modules.
Specialist roles
Short, role-specific onsite modules
Training Programs for Senvion Turbines
We take a 360° approach to operational training and have designed a range of programs to support the development of wind turbine technicians as well as off-site supporting resources and operational leadership teams to support a holistic understanding of the issues which drive operational performance.
Competency Assessment
What: Our assessment tool gives an advantage in understanding the level of the participants. This ensures that participants are attending classes and training sessions that are appropriate for their skill level, avoiding wasted time in sessions that may not be beneficial to them. And allows for more effective scheduling of daily operations.
The Assessment will clarify your current knowledge and competency gap and enable you to make informed choices when deciding what training will be needed.
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Advanced Component Theory
What: This class is designed to provide you with critical knowledge of generic wind turbine systems and sub-systems to component level, including an introduction to technical documentation such as electrical schematic diagrams and hydraulic diagrams. It is delivered over 5 days with both individual and group interactive exercises with a formal assessment at the end of the class.
Who should attend: Any who have requirements to understand the technical aspects of wind turbine technology
Delivery Options: This class can be delivered either in-person or via the distance learning online method.
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Technical Sprints
What: Technical Sprints are designed to enhance your theoretical knowledge within one of the following topics: Controls, Hydraulics, Mechanicals, Gearbox and Electrics.
Who should attend: Technical sprints have been developed following our assessment, where we test in five different subjects: Controls, Electrics, Gearbox, Hydraulics, and Mechanicals. Suppose the assessment indicates a lack of knowledge in one or more of these subjects but high scores in others. In that case, we suggest our technical sprints instead of undergoing an entire Advanced Component Theory Training.
Delivery Options: This class is delivered via the distance learning online method.
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Advanced Platform Theory
What: This is an advanced wind turbine type-specific theory class designed to provide a deep awareness of all turbine systems and sub-systems and provides a solid foundation to support core maintenance activities and the development towards advanced troubleshooting technician status. The class is an intensive theory based class delivered over 5 days with many individual and group exercises built in to ensure that participants emerge with a deep understanding of the technology and associated systems that they are required to support.
Actual performance and fault data is used to provide real life examples and each class is tailored to participant group and any specific aspects associated with their company to enhance the learning experience.
Who Should Attend: Existing Technicians or experienced technical support staff with a requirement to fully understand the key turbine systems and sub-systems and modes of failure.
Delivery Options: this course can be delivered in-person or via the online Distance Learning method.
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Wind Turbine Maintenance Training
What: This turbine-specific course is designed to ensure that participants understand not only WHAT scheduled (preventative) maintenance tasks to undertake but WHY they need to be undertaken. It is recommended that this course is undertaken after the Wind Turbine Theory (Advanced) course to ensure sufficient underpinning knowledge
Who should attend: Technicians engaged in the delivery of scheduled (preventative) maintenance activities and any other resources involvement in the supervision of maintenance activities or the technical support of maintenance activities
Delivery Options: This course is delivered in-person within a wind turbine type that your participants will be maintaining
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Wind Turbine Troubleshooting Training
What: This class builds on the turbine specific theory delivered during the Wind Turbine Theory class and is focused on developing a deep understanding of Troubleshooting methodologies and allowing the participants to develop sustainable techniques to support troubleshooting in all scenarios.
Who Should attend: Technicians who will be involved in Advanced troubleshooting activities and any off-site technical support resources directly involved in providing technical support for field-based technicians
Delivery Options: This course is delivered in-person within the specific turbine type that your troubleshooting activity will be carried out on.
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Maintenance Quality Inspection Training (MQI)
What: This class is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the importance of preventative maintenance activities, and to allow your staff to assess the quality of preventative maintenance being undertaken on your assets. This class focusses on providing a deep understanding of ‘Why’ each preventative maintenance activity is undertaken, and the implications of these activities not being undertaken to the correct level of quality
Who should attend: Any resources involved in the management or supervision of wind turbine maintenance activities. Off-site technical support resources would also benefit from attending this class to gain a firm understanding of the importance of field-based preventative maintenance.
Delivery Method: This class is delivered in-person via a combination of classroom theory and in-turbine practical methods.
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Installation Quality Inspection Training (IQI)
What: Platform Specific Installation Quality Inspection Training is mixed classroom and onsite practical training. Focus is on Installation activities, safety aspects, common mistakes, and important checkpoints during the Installation procedures.
Evaluating the condition of the completed installation, analyzing the work quality, and ending with a snag list that includes missing points, deviations and improvements to future practices will ensure dynamic and effective installation works.
Who should attend: Any resources involved in the management or supervision of wind turbine maintenance activities. Off-site technical support resources would also benefit from attending this class to gain a firm understanding of the importance of field-based preventative maintenance.
Delivery Method: This class is delivered in-person.
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End Of Warranty Inspection Training (EOW)
What: Platform Specific End of Warranty Training is mixed classroom and onsite practical training designed for technicians, engineers, and quality inspectors.
This course is designed to focus on evaluating the current condition of the Wind Turbine to create a deviation/claim list and uncover what needs to be undertaken to ensure continued production. Moreover, we test the performance and the quality of the executed activities and logged data during the Warranty time.
Who should attend: Any resources involved in the management or supervision of wind turbine maintenance activities. Off-site technical support resources would also benefit from attending this class to gain a firm understanding of the importance of field-based preventative maintenance.
Delivery Method: This class is delivered in-person via a combination of classroom theory and in-turbine practical methods
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Gearbox Maintenance & Inspection (GMI)
What: This class covers the fundamental design and operational aspects associated with wind turbine Gearboxes. It also allows for a deep dive into gearbox maintenance considerations (including common failure modes) and includes detailed instruction on how to conduct wind turbine gearbox inspections
Who Should Attend: Anyone directly involved in conducting Wind Turbine gearbox inspections, or anyone responsible for analysing gearbox inspection reports and making gearbox related asset management decisions
Method of Delivery: In person at a specifically designed facility to support direct practical experience of inspecting wind turbine gearboxes
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Remote Operation Center
What: Provides a deep understanding of operations of turbine systems, specifically associated with, and affected by remote operation and control.
The purpose of the training is to provide an overview of wind turbine technology and wind
turbine systems and sub systems associated with (and affected by) remote operation and control.
Who should attend: anyone involved in directly in remote operations activities
Method of Delivery: this class can be delivered in-person or via the remote Distance Learning model
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Operation & Maintenance Awareness
What: A comprehensive overview of current Operation & Maintenance best practice, encompassing all elements which affect the safe and efficient operation of wind turbine assets.
Who Should Attend: Anyone who is directly involved with the delivery of windfarm operation and maintenance or who supports the activities of those directly involved in windfarm operation and maintenance
Delivery Method: In-person or Distance Learning
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Each module can run onsite, in specialized labs (where available), or via remote / live-virtual delivery, depending on logistics and client constraints.
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Our training programs combine global best practices with local turbine specific insights and expert trainers with more than 20 years of hands-on experience.
Why choose our Senvion Training
Legacy-system expertise – Our instructors have experience working with Senvion / REpower machines.
Contextual fault cases – We base exercises and diagnostics on real-world issues seen in Senvion fleets.
Competency mindset – We emphasize understanding “why” – not just rote procedures.
Scalable for teams – Adapt to small groups, full departmental training, regional rollouts.
Post-training support and refreshers – Remote consulting, troubleshooting help, and follow-up sessions as your fleet evolves.
Participant feedback
We would highly recommend the DWPA training course to any new technicians to the industry, with guaranteed immediate positive results for any employer within the industry”
I will forever be grateful for the experience gained and relationships formed with this organization.
Training by job role
We have carefully created our Vestas training programs to support various roles associated with the operation and maintenance of wind turbines, beyond those designed specifically for field-based technicians.
Wind Turbine Technicians
We have programs to support the technical competency development of technicians from those new to industry through to experienced troubleshoot technicians with many years of operational experience
Off-site Support Resources
We have used our extensive operation and maintenance related ‘core knowledge’ to develop programs to support off-site technical resources and ensure that they have a sufficient understanding and awareness of operational wind turbines to fully to enable them to support field-based teams. These programmes have been designed to capture management and supervisory resources
Remote Operations staff
Remote operations are an essential part of achieving optimal performance from wind turbine assets and we have developed specific programs to ensure that the operational awareness of staff involved with remote operations is sufficient to support safe and efficient operations
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