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EDF Renewables North America and Onyx InSight partnering to deliver lower LCOE for American wind turbines

EDF Renewables North America and Onyx InSight are to partner in order to deliver increased accuracy in predicting mechanical issues with wind turbines and fewer false positives when forecasting failures.
EDF Renewables North America and Onyx InSight partnering to deliver lower LCOE for American wind turbines

The aim is to reduce turbine operational expenditure for EDFR and increase asset availability. EDFR integrates siloed data streams from multiple turbine technologies, fitted with different condition monitoring system (CMS) hardware and other relevant data stream inputs. Onyx will combine these data streams into one CMS hardware agnostic platform – ‘fleetMONITOR’ - cloud-based solution that allows stakeholders in the business to monitor the health of wind turbines on a series of dashboards, enabling transparency and more streamlined processes.

As part of the technology rollout, several large wind farms will be fitted with ecoCMS, Onyx InSight’s advanced sensing technology. This is a disruptive technology which collects triaxial acceleration and temperature data via Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) sensors for expanded coverage of the turbine drivetrain. Given this enhanced sensor capability, these wind farms will also have rotor balance monitoring.

“This adds a new area to the return of investment equation as we are getting more out of the same CMS installation” said Qing Fang, VP Operations at EDF Renewable. “We are very pleased with the cost effectiveness of Onyx InSight’s solutions as well as their track record of performance.  Stretching past the drive train to the rotor side is one example. Their experience with reliability centred maintenance will be especially useful this season as we cope with COVID-19 related labour restrictions and the need to optimise our scheduled maintenance approach.” 

In a recent industry COVID-19 response survey of 50 global companies, Onyx InSight found overwhelming support for digital technology. 

In parallel with the predictive maintenance implementation, the companies have entered into an engineering services agreement whereby Onyx InSight will provide additional resources for improving turbine operations. 

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Onyx InSight

EDF Renewables

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