For Gamesa, the systems developed by NEM will use the 15.5 billion data inputs generated and sent daily by the more than 14,500 turbines under its maintenance (20,600 MW) to the company’s remote control center in Navarre, Spain.

Wind operators must squeeze out every watt they can when the wind is blowing. To do so, wind projects must be reliable and maintained with minimum cost. With variable winds, high costs, and slim margins, everything has to work right to make sure that wind is attractive alternative power and a sound economic investment. So…