Alaska’s largest wind farm has incorporated Emerson‘s automated management software. Eva Creek Wind, a nearly 25-MW wind facility came online in Nenana in 2013. Golden Valley Electric Association contracted Emerson’s services to simplify the management of Eva Creek, providing equipment diagnostics and analytics for forecasting and dispatch. It incorporates Emerson’s Ovation automation platform and OSI…
Emerson and Vayu team up to optimize wind farms via machine learning
Manufacturer and engineering company Emerson has formed an alliance with Vayu (a Ystrategies Corp. company) to provide automation technology solutions for wind-farm optimization in the Americas, Caribbean, and Europe. The three-year collaboration combines the advanced power applications and networking capabilities of Emerson’s Ovation automation platform with Vayu’s cloud-computing wind optimization technology. Using this approach, Vayu has…
Emerson launches line of power supply redundancy modules
Emerson has launched a new line of power supply redundancy modules delivering more operational reliability than competitors’ modules and ensuring additional protection against critical power failures in hazardous locations and harsh industrial environments. Emerson SolaHD SDN2X redundancy modules continuously monitor two power supplies connected in parallel. In the event one power supply fails, the SDN2X…
Green LED Luminaire uncovers hidden flaws in steel
Appleton has introduced the lighting industry’s first ordinary location green LED floodlight and high-bay light for inspecting the surface of steel. The Areamaster Green LED luminaires allow seeing otherwise invisible flaws by technicians inspecting steel arriving from mills, such as hairline cracks or blistering that may be undetectable under normal white cool light. “The light…