Renewables: Wind

"We have now successfully integrated OSIsoft’s software solution as a means of effectively managing the enormous amount of wind data that we process, as well as meeting the requirement to have a system with the capability of growing with us.”
Gustavo Moreno Gutierrez, Iberdrola CORE Manager, Iberdrola, S.A.

OSIsoft's PI System is a critical foundation for successful implementation of wind power applications. The PI System is a flexible, powerful and continually growing family of applications and tools that gather, manipulate and make operational information readily available to everyone who needs it—in the proper context for each user and presented in an instantly understandable visual form.

Wind Power Technology

Recent years and a proven track-record are evidence of the great strides being made within today’s wind industry:

• Advancements in turbine technology.
• A competitive footing with conventional energy sources that lessens dependence on fossil fuels and provides a hedge against fuel cost and dependency risks.
• Successful integration of renewable energy into utility portfolios with diverse energy sources.

Yet many of the business challenges faced in the pioneer days still exist today. Owners and operators still pursue optimization of their assets and improvement to their bottom line. They still seek ways to increase the accuracy and timeliness of decisions that effect their operations today and into the future. And they still face hurdles such as utility integration, accurate analysis and collaboration, and forecasting and scheduling their output.

Optimize Wind Farm Assets

A 1% increase in availability or output results in significant improvement to an organization’s bottom line. High resolution data becomes a valuable resource in optimizing wind farm assets and realizing incremental gains critical to improving the bottom line. Operators face the challenge of not only gathering data from various sources into a centralized repository, but to also present the data, that spans from different manufacturers, technological generations and geographical locations, in a consistent format

The OSIsoft PI System empowers operators to do just that. With the PI System, operators can focus on utilizing data for analyses, trending, monitoring, and maintenance practices—all of which contribute to full optimization of their assets. Current wind power customers use the PI System for many solutions including:

• Warranty management
• Availability
• Operating efficiency
• Forecast and sell power