There are several hundred Vestas wind turbines in the UK. Many of these have been installed in recent years and are operated and maintained by Vestas. However, a significant proportion of Vestas turbines in the UK are several years old and are operated and maintained by independent service providers (ISP). For such sites it is often necessary for the operators to use independent SCADA software for remote monitoring. One example of SCADA software for Vestas turbines is WindSync.

Asset management is a widely used term in the wind industry. At heart it is the acknowledgment that wind sites are not just equipment to be monitored and maintained, but complex financial assets that need managing well. Why use software for wind asset management?

Integrating legacy and post-warranty sites into modern control room monitoring can be a challenge for renewable energy operators. Visualwind's WindSync SCADA software is meeting this challenge.

Most of our wind farm monitoring work is real-time turbine monitoring using our WindSync SCADA software. But when it comes to monitoring the environmental impact of wind farms on surrounding homes, it is necessary to locate equipment outside of the wind farm and at or close to properties. One example is shadow flicker.

There are almost as many types of rent contracts as there are wind turbines. Making accurate and timely rent payments can be a huge headache for owners of large renewable energy portfolios. But is it possible to automate this process?

Adamas Wind have installed Visualwind’s, WindSync SCADA as its chosen remote monitoring system. "The system provides us with invaluable 24/7 access to real-time monitoring, data creation, fault clearance, parameter configuration, performance, and downtime analysis."