Services to Wind Farm Operators

We help operators maximize the technical and economic performance of their assets, combining advanced CFD-based modelling tools with SCADA analytics and lifetime assessment methods.

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Long-term Energy Yield & Performance Assessment

• Combination of long-term wind measurements and re-analysis databases with CFD-based micrositing and SCADA data
  
• Wind farm long-term power performance assessment and identification of under-performance drivers
  

Lifetime Assessment & Re-powering Studies

• Application of DNV-GL and relevant guidelines (theoretical part) for lifetime extension analysis
• Combined use of our in-house aero-elastic solver and CFD-based micrositing toolkit
• Neural networks-based regression for DELs estimation
• Evaluation of re-powering scenarios and optimal strategies for asset upgrade or replacement
• Evaluation & proposal of sector management schemes

Performance & Downtime Assessment

• SCADA-based power curve and availability analysis, including directional and seasonal effects
  
• Assessment and optimization of sector management schemes
• Alarm log analysis, actual downtime calculation, identification of sub-optimal operating conditions and defective components
  

Failure Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

• Tailor-made investigations of failure events combining aero-elastic simulations and SCADA data
  
• Use of properly tuned generic turbine models with our in-house aero-elastic solver to reproduce and understand failure mechanisms