O&M
The Teesside offshore windfarm is one of ROMEO’s project sites.
Photo courtesy of EDF.
New milestones achieved for offshore wind O&M ROMEO PROJECT, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TO REDUCE OFFSHORE WINDFARM’S O&M costs, has entered its fourth year of execution with the achievement of crucial milestones such as the deployment of the data acquisition and analytics ecosystem, and the verification that the ROMEO platform may be effectively applied for O&M optimisation.
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OMEO Project (Reliable O&M decision tools and strategies for high LCoE reduction on Offshore wind) is an initiative funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme. Its main objective is to reduce offshore O&M costs through the development of advanced monitoring systems and strategies, aiming to move from corrective and calendar-based maintenance to condition-based maintenance, by analysing the real behaviour of a wind turbine’s main components (WTGs). The innovations developed within the R&D work packages (WPs) will be tested in three use cases managed by the operators of the East Anglia One (UK), Teesside (UK), and Wikinger (Germany) windfarms. The use cases will
demonstrate the benefits achieved by the project and ensure that the project will be replicated at other wind farms.
Twelve key players
ROMEO is an industry-based consortium made up of twelve recognised and experienced key players from six different EU member states and one associated country, led by Iberdrola. The consortium includes large companies (Adwen, Bachmann, EDF, IBM Research Zurich, Minsait INDRA, Ramboll, Siemens Gamesa), SMEs (Laulagun Bearings, Uptime Engineering, and ZABALA Innovation Consulting) and the Strathclyde University, and will work jointly to benefit decision-
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