Canadian renewable energy company, Clir Renewables, has successfully closed an investment round, securing C$1.9 million. The service-as-a-software (SaaS) company has developed a renewable energy AI platform that helps wind-farm owners and operators to maximize production and provides clarity on performance risk for all interested stakeholders. “It’s exciting times here at Clir,” said Gareth Brown, Clir…

The estimated market potential for wind farms in cold climates is more than 200 GW, according to Clir Renewables, a renewable energy AI software company. However, cold-weather climates present unique challenges to wind operators and O&M technicians. For example, icing events on wind-turbine blades may lead to increased loads and reduced aerodynamics, increasing the risk…

Canadian optimization software company, Clir Renewables, has released its latest artificial intelligence (AI) feature. The Clir AI platform has evolved to learn how to identify anomalies in component temperatures to detect failure at an earlier stage. Maintenance budgets for wind farms account for the majority of associated OPEX. These planned budgets can be shattered if…

The basis of advancing machine learning or artificial intelligence (AI) is feeding the cognitive program data. Through the information it consumes, an AI parses inputs and provides more accurate data and guidance to the end user. In a 2018 digital trends survey, approximately 15% of enterprises used AI, and a third of respondents planned to…

A wind turbine will never generate its expected output 100% of the time, and its performance can and almost certainly will change over time. There are various reasons for this. Some are known but cannot be controlled or managed, such as fluctuating inflow conditions. However, occasionally the opposite is the case, the fault is unknown but can be…

In 2017, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) introduced GADS-W reporting. It was only in 2018 that the NERC made the GADS reporting mandatory for wind farms with 200 MW or greater total installed capacity. This year there are new requirements. With less than a month to submit the Q4 2018 GADS report, analysts across…

As wind turbine design advances and existing fleets age, there is a case to be made for implementing system upgrades, but how does one know if it is worth the initial investment? Clir Renewables has released a new software feature to support the validation of turbine upgrades. As the design of wind-turbines advances, reviewing the performance…

Clir Renewables has developed renewable optimization and reporting software to quantify the impacts of forested terrain on wind farms. The impact of project location, and trees in particular, on inflow conditions is often poorly accounted for when developing wind farms, and once a project is operating, there can be a significant physical effect on the life…

Clir Renewables has released a new software feature, which detects icing on turbine blades and measures its impact on performance. Weather is uncontrollable but assessable, and that’s what is required when mitigating icing impacts, according to the company. There are thousands of wind turbines located in cold and icing climates around the world and the estimated market…

With installed wind energy capacity now over 539 GW, many turbines are reaching the mid to late stage of their operational life expectancy. Typically wind turbines have a life of about 20 years, but many only operate for the duration of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) under which they were constructed — which may only…

Renewable energy company Clir Renewables has developed software that uses leading wind industry expertise, data science, and machine learning to quantify and provide actionable insights to help mitigate the lost energy production caused by both static and dynamic yaw misalignment. The concept of yaw misalignment is unique to the wind industry; if the wind always blew in…