Let me introduce you to the blog Head2Wind.com to provide owners & operators and any other interested party with comprehensive information on methods, tools, applications, use and business cases in the field of performance optimisation, measurements and monitoring, as well as load and component life time assessments. This shall provide the reader on how these tools and methods have been applied and which effect they had on performance, loads, component lifetime. Most of all the business case of such applications is key as the tangible return of investment needs to be demonstrated for any of these tools before they will be applied in the fleets.
The blog Head2Wind.com starts with an article providing an overview on rotor-based performance improvements. In subsequent blog posts (at least on a weekly basis) we will go a bit more into details on the methods and tools available showing real applications and their effects on wind turbine operations. But Head2Wind.com will also provide information in other fields of interest:
- Wind turbine performance optimisation
- Rotor base
- Mechanical improvements
- Controller improvements
- Improvements in maintenance & repairs
- Wind turbine performance measurements & monitoring
- Validation of performance improvement
- Power curve verifications
- Continuous monitoring of performance changes
- Through life management & lifetime extension
- Condition Monitoring (wind site conditions as well as turbine condition)
- Load calculations – expected component lifetime
- Inspection & maintenance to support through life management
- Storage applications for Renewable Energy Projects
- Inertia and fast frequency regulation
- Demand side management and peak shaving
The author of these lines is very much looking forward to share and discuss this with a wider audience. Everybody is invited to provide posts of different domain knowledge as outlined above. All blog posts will be open for comments, challenging arguments and discussion in order to provide a maximum value for the subscribers.
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