David Clark, Condition Monitoring Specialist, Bachmann Electronics, www.bachmann.info Of the traditional vibration condition-monitoring approaches and techniques from industry (paper mills, refineries, power plants), less than 20% are applicable to wind for various reasons. Condition monitoring approaches used in test and measurement are also largely not feasible. So if these approaches are largely not useful, then…

The demands placed on state-of-the-art wind farms to respond to the power grid as if a single conventional power station requires use of a central wind-farm controller and high-speed communications. For that, Bachmann electronic presents bluecom – a communication solution developed for smart grids. ‘bluecom’ is based on conventional Ethernet technology and provides affordable and…