Wind turbine maintenance: a guide to reducing downtime and costs
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Customer Success Story
Swire Renewable Energy Completed Over 55K+ Docs, Saving Hours Weekly on Reporting
Numbers That Matter
55K
total completed docs
200+
workflows
100+
datasets
“It’s all about standardisation. We were able to prove that when a process is automated, it increases productivity and data accuracy. Additionally, there is a lot of ongoing training required in our industry, and process automation frees up more time for that.”
Maciej Subocz,
Mechanical Engineer,
Swire Renewable Energy.
Project overview
Swire Renewable Energy is an inspection, repair and maintenance service provider for wind turbine manufacturers and wind farm owners, delivering services and expertise to all clients in the renewable energy supply chain.
The company’s comprehensive range of onshore and offshore expertise extends to services in construction, installation, blade services, electrical and HV, and more.
Wind turbine engineers at Swire use Fluix on a daily basis to complete daily progress reports, safety checklists, risk assessments, non-conformity reports (NCR), turbine blade and mechanical inspections, and other project-critical documents. They have completed over 55K documents since implementing Fluix.
Data collected by engineers in the field is analysed by supervisors who use Fluix to track projects, produce progress reports, and distribute work instructions, as well as creating reporting templates, checklists, and task lists. They also track projects based on data recorded in Fluix Datasets.
Results
Real-Time Project Tracking
Fluix has brought greater transparency and project insights to Swire’s internal teams and their clients. Real-time updates fueled by data directly from the field allows Swire to deliver reports and project updates with confidence.
“Efficient document flow and accurate project tracking in Fluix are part of our department’s success. Separately, clients are satisfied with the project status communications that Fluix helps us to provide.”
Maciej Subocz, Mechanical Engineer at Swire Renewable Energy.
Data Accuracy & Granular Insights
When data-influenced decisions are critical to the success of a project, stakeholders need to be able to understand the project’s status at a moment’s notice. Using data visualization tools like PowerBI highlights data points in project lifecycles and transforms them into relatable reports.
“Data accuracy, consistency, and transparency are the most important things for project tracking. We extract data using Fluix Datasets, so that the data can be utilized in the creation of PowerBI reports. Using Datasets has greatly improved the reporting process for us.”
Maciej Subocz, Mechanical Engineer at Swire Renewable Energy.
Several Hours Saved vs. Manual Reporting
Swire’s turbine maintenance field teams often work in challenging, remote locations with zero margin for error. Their work is now supported with forms that use conditional logic and pre-filled fields to save time and bring full transparency to every project, every time.
“For larger projects, Fluix saves us several hours per-week. Technicians provide reports from the field, and after approval from project managers, project progress is automatically tracked using Fluix Datasets. We were previously reporting on that process manually.”
Maciej Subocz, Mechanical Engineer at Swire Renewable Energy.
Looking to the Future with Fluix
“Automating workforce onboarding, standardising field technology, and creating a unified digital backbone for safety, planning, and execution has improved technician readiness, increased visibility across global projects, strengthened security in remote environments, and supported consistent quality and compliance at scale.
As a result, our IT function now directly contributes to safer operations, better planning under uncertainty, and higher customer confidence, positioning digital capability as a key success factor in delivering large, complex wind campaigns efficiently.”
Mieszko Smolira,
Head of Information Technology,
Swire Renewable Energy
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