Fred. Olsen, Statoil & Kongsberg collaborates to verify the functionality of Kognifai
Fred. Olsen Renewables announced that he has collaborated with Statoil and Kongsberg Digital to verify the functionality provided by Kongsberg’s digital platform Kognifai, at its Lista Vindkraftverk facility.
Kongsberg Digital will provide a secure data acquisition and storage solution based on Kongsberg Digital’s proven core technologies. With Kongsberg Digital’s solutions the wind farm owner will be provided access to wind turbine information with standardized data names and semantics. The owner will have full access to, and ownership and control of all data streams, and will have the opportunity to procure monitoring and control solutions as separate parts.
Fred. Olsen Renewables wind farms, and will test Kongsberg Digital’s solutions to verify the capability to capture and store all vital data streams. This entails storage of and access to such data and thereby gaining full and detailed information about their assets’ performance and condition.
Fred. Olsen Renewables Head of Operation & Maintenance , Anders Falkfjell said that the data from the turbines is at the heart of their work to improve the efficiency and maintenance of their wind farm assets. The information from the sensors and systems in the turbines gives them the opportunity to review turbine performance and assess component integrity. They believe Kognifai will make the data more readily accessible and will thereby enable more advanced analyses and evaluations to be performed in real time.
Statoil Head of Wind Operations, Sverre Trollnes said that detailed knowledge about their own turbine performance and condition is vital for them in order to manage and service their assets in an optimal way. They believe that the system delivered by Kongsberg Digital is the first step towards a digital game changer for optimization of their wind farm operations through the use of data and analytics.
Kongsberg Digital president, Hege Skryseth said that this contract on collaboration with Fred. Olsen Renewables and Statoil represents an important step for wind farm owners and operators. With the capacity for both to optimize operations and to drive predictive maintenance, data is a key asset. Access to all the data from operations will ensure more efficient wind farm operations and reduce operational costs, hence improving the competitiveness of wind as an energy source.
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