Unlocking Wind Turbine Uptime: Pearce Renewables’ Growth, Technician Training, and Service Capabilities

Join hosts Allen Hall and Joel Saxum as they interview Zack Dorfman of Pearce Renewables, the United States' leading independent wind service provider, about their rapid growth and investments in technicians. With over 1,000 GWO-certified wind techs performing services from maintenance to major component exchange, Pearce is committed to recruiting and career development. Technicians can gain insights into joining Pearce's team, while the hosts explore their extensive capabilities enabling wind farm uptime. This episode is essential listening for wind techs interested in growth opportunities with Pearce Renewables. Check out Pearce Renewables Follow Zack Dorfman on LinkedIn Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Pardalote Consulting - https://www.pardaloteconsulting.comWeather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.comIntelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Allen Hall: Welcome to this special edition of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Allen Hall, and I'm here with Joel Saxum. Pearce Renewables is the nation's largest independent service provider for wind, solar, EV charging, and energy storage. Pearce Renewables is rapidly growing with a team of over 1, 000 experienced and certified technicians. They offer a wide range of services, including preventative maintenance, corrective maintenance, and capital improvements. In this podcast, we'll be speaking with Zack Dorfman, Senior Vice President of Wind at Pearce Renewables. I'm interested to hear all the cool things that are happening at Pearce in wind. Zack, welcome to the program. Zack Dorfman: Thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Glad to be here. Allen Hall: The 2023 repair season is just wrapping up at the moment. And from what we're hearing, it's been extremely busy. Can you just touch on some of the projects that Pearce has been involved with over the last couple of months? Zack Dorfman: Yeah, absolutely. It's been an exceptionally busy season for us. I think as many people, the beginning of the year was a little bit slower of a season, which kind of happens, especially on the wind side. We've had a tremendous amount of growth, specifically on major component exchange and blades. We've been doing multi platform major component exchange and heavy lift jobs...