Morten Handberg Answers the Big RCA Questions

Morten Handberg Answers the Big RCA Questions

August 27, 2026 · 21 min

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Morten Handberg discusses root cause analysis in the wind energy industry and when it is appropriate to conduct one.

Blade specialist Morten Handberg on when an RCA pays off, what SCADA data can and cannot tell you, and why erosion gets written off as wear and tear. The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast is brought to you by Weather Guard Lightning Tech, creators of the StrikeTape Ultra LPS retrofit. Subscribe to Uptime’s Substack newsletter . And check out Rosemary’s “Engineering with Rosie” Youtube channel. Have a question we can answer on the show?  Email us! Welcome to Uptime Spotlight, shining light on wind energy’s brightest innovators. This is the progress powering tomorrow Allen Hall:  Morten, welcome back to the program.  Morten Handberg:  Thanks, Allen. It’s so– It’s, it’s so such a great, great pleasure to be back again.  Allen Hall:  We have a lot to talk about today because of root cause analysis and the number of operators that are really struggling with RCAs, of when to do them or when not to go down the RCA pathway. It, it– There’s a, a ton of confusion in the industry about it, and we thought, well, this would be a great time for Morten to come back and explain when is the right time for an…

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