These days, you can’t avoid the hype touting all the ways advanced analytics (AA) optimizes the performance of solar and wind power assets. “Advanced analytics” is a broad term for a range of techniques and tools that takes data and uses it to generate valuable business insights, and make predictions and recommendations. For the purposes of this article, the umbrella term “advanced analytics” refers to a range of techniques and tools, i....
Wind turbine gearboxes face severe operating conditions. In comparison to similarly-sized industrial gearboxes, wind turbine gearboxes have higher power densities, more variable loading, and experience wider operating temperature ranges. These conditions make selecting the right gear oil critical to maintaining wind farm availability and profitability. The primary purpose of a gear oil is to protect against tooth wear. Without lubrication, the....
Rhode Island is currently in the process of creating an inventory of every brownfield, landfill, and parking lot in the state in their search for new locations to harness solar power. Even here, in America’s smallest state, the intersection of favorable economics and demand for carbon reducing solutions to address climate change makes scaling the number of solar installations in the U.S. inevitable. Meanwhile, finding suitable sites f....
Our industry is pretty risk-averse. Some of us like to take things very slowly when it comes to embracing change in the wind farm development sector. For others, it’s all about change and innovation. Bigger and more efficient wind turbines added to our landscape every day harvest about 40 percent of the renewable energy used to create electricity in the U.S. However, when it comes to using remote sensors (e.g., lidar, which stands for light det....
