Task 43 Events
Upcoming events
IEA Wind Task 43 Webinar Series – Launch of the new “IEA Wind Task 43 data user group”: a new framework for SCADA events and alarm systems
December 6th, 2024: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm CET
The new “IEA Wind Task 43 Data User Group” aims to serve as a catalyst in streamlining data analytics within the wind industry. We want to foster innovation and efficiency by refining and enhancing the processes involved in analysing data generated from wind energy assets. By leading advancements in this field, we strive to optimise the performance and reliability of wind energy systems, contributing to the broader goal of sustainable energy production.
Our mission is to identify and address the key challenges that impede the effectiveness of SCADA-based data analytics in the wind industry. We are committed to providing clear, actionable guidelines and recommendations that will improve the efficiency, accuracy, and overall value of data analytics activities related to the operation of wind energy assets. By doing so, we aim to empower industry stakeholders to make informed decisions that enhance the performance and longevity of wind turbines and associated infrastructure.
The topic of this first webinar focuses on identifying ways SCADA alarm codes/events can be effectively used for fault diagnosis, predictive maintenance, root cause analysis and performance optimisation. Resent literature estimates that operations and maintenance costs for wind turbines can account for 18–30% of the cost of generation of wind power so this indicates a significant motive to investigate modern ways to improve common practices related to reducing this cost. SCADA alarm codes/events offer useful information that can be used to enhance maintenance and root cause analysis of wind turbines but it is observed that they are often underutilised.
If you work with SCADA error codes, you will know that it can be time-consuming to obtain, understand and make them machine-readable. We suggest a unified model for sharing SCADA error codes. But how should this model be built and how should it work? That’s up to the users to define! We will start off this discussion today.
Find out more and register here.
Past events
IEA Wind Task 43 Webinar Series – Ontology creation and publishing workshop for the wind energy sector
November 6th, 2024: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm CET
Ontologies are structured frameworks that represent knowledge as a set of concepts within a domain and the relationships between those concepts. They are important in wind energy because they provide a standardised framework for representing and communicating complex information, enhancing interoperability among diverse systems and stakeholders. In this one-hour webinar, we introduced the concept of ontologies, gave an update on our new ontology hosting portal TechnoPortal, and then ran through the process for creating and publishing your own ontology on the TechnoPortal.
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IEA Wind Task 43 Webinar Series – Why does the wind energy sector need to start talking about digital twin architecture?
September 20th: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm CET
Digital twins are a key technology for the wind energy sector due to their ability to provide virtual replicas of physical wind turbines and wind farms. Understanding the architecture of digital twins is important as it ensures seamless integration, interoperability, and scalability of the digital twins. In this one-hour webinar, we first heard two examples of digital twin “use cases” from the sector, followed by two architecture design example projects, and ending with a discussion and Mentimeter quiz where the participants discussed their thoughts, needs and other inputs on the topic!
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Annual General Meeting 2024
June 17th-19th 2024, Rapperswil, Switzerland
Our Annual General Meeting 2024 took place at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil (OST), Switzerland. The three days involved a “Task progress day”, a “Digital skills day” and a “WeDoWind day”. You can read the report of the event here.
Culture and coopetition for driving digitalisation
Feb. 29th 2024, 16:00 CET
In this webinar, we discussed some inspiring examples of how culture and coopetition can help drive digitalisation. After hearing IEA Wind Task 43’s vision for an holistic people-centred collaboration framework, we heard three examples of culture and coopetition, followed by a Q&A session.
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Thriving in an increasingly digital ecosystem: Knowledge engineering and knowledge representation
Nov. 7th 2023, 16:00 CET with Yuriy Marykovskiy
In this webinar, we explored key insights from a new paper “Knowledge Engineering in Wind Energy” lead by the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and ETH Zurich, which addresses the pressing need for effective data management and knowledge representation in the industry.
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Metadata Challenge Webinar Series
Between December 2022 and July 2023 we hosted a total of seven webinars about data and metadata. The recordings are available on our Youtube channel here.
Since November 2023, this webinar series has been replaced with the IEA Wind Task 43 Webinar Series (see above).
WG4 (Use case demonstration) task extension launch workshop
Jan. 24th 2024, 16:00 CET
In this webinar, we launched the new WG4 (Use Case Demonstration)! We started by giving an overview of the planned tasks of the group and then introduced the current participants and activities. After that, participants had the opportunity to make suggestions and give their inputs regarding the implementation and prioritisation of the activities. At the end, we defined next steps.
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WG1 (Data) task extension launch workshop
September 12th, 2023, 15:00-16:30 CEST
In this webinar, we launched the new WG1 (Data)! We started by giving an overview of the planned tasks of the group and then introduced the current participants and activities. After that, participants all had the opportunity to make suggestions and give your inputs regarding the implementation and prioritisation of the activities. At the end, we defined next steps.
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WG2 (Culture) and WG3 (Coopetition) task extension launch workshop
September 14th, 2023, 15:00-16:30 CEST
In this webinar, we will launched the new WG2 (Culture) and WG3 (Coopetition) in a joint webinar. We started by giving an overview of the planned tasks of the group. After that, the participants made suggestions and give your inputs regarding the implementation and prioritisation of the activities. At the end, we defined next steps.
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