Moxa has announced a new data-acquisition solution that brings greater versatility for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The new ioLogik 2542-WL1 and ioLogik 2512-WL1 feature 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi connectivity, which will serve the growing number of devices and M2M applications that require wireless communication. The ioLogik 2542-WL1 supports analog I/O connections over Wi-Fi, whereas the…
Gamesa to supply turbines for 100-MW Amazon Wind Farm U.S. Central
Gamesa, a provider of global technology in wind energy, will supply EDP Renewables (EDPR) with wind turbines for its 100-MW Amazon Wind Farm U.S. Central. Under the terms of the agreement, Gamesa will handle the transport, installation, and commissioning of 48 of its G114-2.1 MW turbines for the project, located in Paulding County, Ohio. Turbine…
Video: How to create a Continuum wind-flow model
Continuum is an innovative, patent-pending approach to wind-flow modeling that produces highly accurate wind speed and energy estimates. The software has recently been updated and is designed to help wind-flow model developers eliminate guesswork with quick and accurate results. The company has released a demo where in the Continuum model is created and analyzed in less…
Wind-measurement buoy advances offshore wind energy
Editor’s note: The Energy Department (DOE) recently deployed the AXYS WindSentinel buoy off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The buoy is intended to help researchers gather data for planning future offshore wind projects in the U.S. Here’s the release from the DOE. The United States is one step closer to harnessing the vast amount of…
EDF Renewable Energy to supply Google with 201 MW of wind power
Google, Inc. has signed a deal with EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) to purchase renewable energy for its data center. The Power Purchase Agreement will provide Google with the full output of the 201-MW Great Western Wind Project, located in Woodward and Ellis counties near the base of the Oklahoma panhandle. The project will commence…
So, who owns your energy-use data?
By Joe Hall, Bob Cattanach, and Brad Hammer Dorsey & Whitney LLP Energy, Cyber Security, and Privacy Practice The integration of renewable energy and environmental policy has meant the power industry has had to rethink core assumptions about fuel sources, costs, reliability, and centralized planning. It has also had to reconsider the traditional utility-customer relationship.…
Evaluating wind-turbine generators through electrical signature analysis
By Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP President | MotorDoc LLC Properly assessing an operating turbine’s electrical and mechanical systems is no easy task. An electrical signature analysis or ESA is independent of load or speed, so the test is often applied to analyze generators and electric equipment. Still, a challenge is to ensure loading stays constant…
SeaRoc successfully completes met-mast maintenance visit at Dogger Bank offshore wind site
The SeaRoc Group, experts in offshore renewable energy since 2002, has successfully completed a maintenance visit to the two Forewind meteorological masts installed at the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm site in 2013. SeaRoc team of nine personnel included an operations manager, rope-access riggers, and engineers to undertake inspections and scheduled maintenance on Dogger Bank’s…
MSC Software’s MaterialCenter 2015 release delivers material data integration
MSC Software Corporation announced the new release of MaterialCenter 2015. MaterialCenter 2015 is a truly out-of-the-box Material Process and Data Lifecycle Management solution with direct integration into CAE applications that engineers regularly use. Highlights of this release include: CAE material model support Generate CAE models for the most popular CAE solver directly from MaterialCenter. Support…
Vaisala’s Nomad 3 allows worry-free wind-tower data management
Vaisala has launched the Nomad 3 Data Logger, a flexible and highly portable data management device that makes wind measurement easier and more economical for developers and operators around the globe. Early siting and ongoing investment and operational decisions, based largely on the quality of wind resource data, have a direct impact on the long-term…
SKF Insight intelligent bearing trialed in wind turbines and rail cars
SKF has begun to apply SKF Insight, its bearing health management technology, in several high-end industry applications. The technology uses self-powered, intelligent, wireless sensors in the SKF bearing to provide instant condition-monitoring data via the Internet and is undergoing trials in challenging projects in the wind turbine and railway industries. SKF Insight monitors dynamic parameters…
How big-data tools can lower O&M costs
Amar Pradhan, COO, Fluitec Wind, www.fluitecwind.com Every day, people create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data — so much that IBM estimates that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. This data comes from everywhere: sensors that gather climate information, posts to social media sites, digital pictures…
Wind Turbine Blade Repair Monitored by Data Logger
Repairing composite wind turbine blades, which are often made of layers of wood, fiberglass, and epoxy, involves first heating the epoxy so it seeps into all crevices created by the damage. The material must be heated slowly so as not to damage its effectiveness, then it must be cured by a slow reduction in the…