ONYX InSight to Monitor Iberwind’s Portugal-Based Vestas V90 3MW Turbine Fleet

Necessary turbine upgrades will include the installation of ONYX InSight’s ecoCMS hardware, which monitors the condition of a turbine’s drive train and their cloud-based fleetMONITOR software, which maps turbine health and provides early failure detection across all assets.

Iberwind has installed 323 wind turbines under management in Portugal, with capacity of 730MW, which equates to around 15% of wind energy in the country. As Iberwind aims to reduce the costs of operating and maintaining these turbines it has looked to leading predictive maintenance technologies to bring efficiencies to the process. Supported by a programme of training and technology transfer from ONYX InSight, Iberwind will build their in-house capacity to monitor the condition of their wind turbines achieving a balanced management of their health through early failure detection.

“Iberwind consistently outperforms for availability and is a forward-thinking adopter of technology for managing assets and driving down the cost of operations and maintenance.” says Ashley Crowther, Global Vice-President, ONYX InSight, “Adopting the right technologies that will enable them to operate in an increasingly digital world will allow Iberwind to better manage operational budgets and improve turbine performance.”