“…Acquiring an early indication of structural or mechanical problems allows operators to better plan for maintenance, possibly operate the machine in a de-rated condition rather than taking the unit off-line, or in the case of an emergency, shut the machine down to avoid further damage. To build an accurate Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system in the wind turbine, photonic sensors based on fiber technology installed on/in the blades are essential [ 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 ]. Even though several fiber optic transducer technologies are being employed to constitute the “nerve” part of the smart fiber optic sensor system, here, we will only briefly mention one based on FBGs ( Figure 8 ).…”