{"id":2274,"date":"2017-11-14T10:17:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T09:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2017-11-14T15:51:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:51:13","slug":"data-transforming-way-wind-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/news\/data-transforming-way-wind-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How data is transforming the way wind works"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"inner\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"news-image\" src=\"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/images\/news\/wind-farm-dusk-horizon.jpg\">\r\n<p>The digital revolution is having a seismic effect on  every aspect of life today, and the wind industry is no exception. As digital  technology grows in scope and capability, the wind industry is becoming more  sophisticated, increasingly connected and holistically integrated to the entire  energy system. From materials science and applications that predict failures in  turbine components to big data analyses used to optimise energy yields, the  sector is becoming smarter and more efficient. Digitalisation is opening new  and exciting ways to design, manufacture, operate and maintain wind farms, and will  play a key role in the evolution of wind technology going forward. <\/p>\r\n<p> But with this new  technological capacity come certain challenges. Wind turbines produce a huge amount of  data which can be used for performance assessment, plant optimisation and  health monitoring: this means it is now crucial that operators optimise the use  of high and low frequency turbine data to maximise the values of assets. At the  same time, data security is of ever more importance; cyber-attacks on turbines  are already a very real threat to our sector. <\/p>\r\n<p> New  technology also means new choices: should operating wind turbines have their lifetimes extended or  should sites be repowered with the latest machines? Which modelling techniques are best at helping  turbine operators understand the link between weather conditions and fatigue  damage? And what monitoring techniques are best for assessing overall wind  turbine performance?<\/p>\r\n<p> To  learn more about the questions, challenges and new possibilities unleashed by  the digital revolution in the wind sector, there is no better place to be than  the <a href=\"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/\">WindEurope Conference and Exhibition 2017<\/a>. <\/p>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<section class=\"inner\">\r\n<h2>Christian Jourdain, Topic leader on Supply chain, logistics and O&#038;M on land and at sea:<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"a-center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/v6mCzIV4TDU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p class=\"a-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/conference\/programme\/\" class=\"button\">Check the programme<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/conference\/speakers\/?id=173\">Find out more about Christian<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The digital revolution is having a seismic effect on every aspect of life today, and the wind industry is no exception. As digital technology grows in scope and capability, the wind industry is becoming more sophisticated, increasingly connected and holistically integrated to the entire energy system. From materials science and applications that predict failures in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2274"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2298,"href":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274\/revisions\/2298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windeurope.org\/confex2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}