What is the new IEA Wind Task 43 Data User Group?

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.

Why are SCADA events and alarm systems important?

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.

What are we going to talk about?

In this one-hour webinar, we will introduce the new “IEA Wind Task 43 Data User Group” and then jump into the first topic, “SCADA events and alarm systems”:

5’    Introduction to IEA Wind Task 43 (Sarah Barber, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences)

5’    About the new “IEA Wind Task 43 Data User Group” (Aris Dimopoulos, EDF Renewables UK and Ireland)

10’  Introduction to topic “SCADA events and alarm systems” (Yuriy Marykovskiy, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences)

20′  Suggestion of a unified model for sharing SCADA error codes

10′   Q&A and how to join the IEA Wind Task 43 Data User Group

Why should you attend?

• Help identify and address the key challenges that impede the effectiveness of SCADA-based data analytics in the wind industry.
• Contribute 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. 
• Learn about the challenges related to SCADA events and alarm systems, and find solutions together.
• Provide us with your inputs so that we can tailor our activities to your needs.
• Make some new contacts for future collaborations.
• Find out about IEA Wind Task 43 and how to get involved.

Registration

Register using the Google Form at the link here.