ROMO Wind’s iSpin Guardian approach allows wind farm operators to monitor and actively manage the performance of every wind turbine in a wind farm at any time during its lifetime, independent of site complexity. The iSpin Guardian approach, which uses patented spinner anemometer technology, allows operators to compare the performance of individual turbines in a wind farm for the very first time. ECN (Energy research Centre of the Netherlands) has evaluated the approach.
ECN is a globally-renowned renewable energy R&D institute and founding member of the industry-wide acknowledged MEASNET association. In its report, ECN confirms that the iSpin Guardian approach “based on the presented cases is well-suited to monitoring the relative performance of the turbines in a wind farm, which can be used to identify potential performance issues and which needs to be further validated.”
In most cases today, performance measurements on wind farms are limited to one or two nominated turbines with free wind sectors, defined flat areas and using dedicated met masts – which does not allow accurate assessment of performance of all turbines in a wind farm. The systemic advantage of the iSpin Guardian’s spinner anemometer is that it measures the wind where it first hits the turbine – directly at the spinner.
