Industrial AI company, Ada Mode, has today launched a hardware-free platform for maximising wind turbine health and availability.

Windscope is designed to bring advanced health monitoring technology to asset managers and engineers in the wind energy sector, helping them to minimise downtime, maximise production and extend the operational lifetime of their assets.

The software platform requires no additional hardware, eliminating the downtime and expense involved in installing monitoring equipment, while being capable of applying AI to existing SCADA and CMS systems. Where work order management systems exist, Windscope data can be integrated into existing software systems and interfaces. Ada Mode says the platform can be up and running in two weeks.

“One of the main headaches for operators lies in integrating a wide array of disparate data streams to gain a full oversight of their turbines’ condition and performance,” said Joe Donnelly, CEO, Windscope. “This is particularly challenging in multi-technology portfolios, where physical condition monitoring systems have either been installed as part of a previous campaign or need to be installed to support the deployment of a new software platform.

“Another big hurdle lies in the way key performance data can be siloed between the turbine manufacturer, the independent service provider and the asset manager. Lack of collaboration between stakeholders in the O&M process puts a spanner in the works when it comes to performing preventative maintenance before failures occur, increasing turbine availability, and supporting safe planning of maintenance activities.”

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