Wind farm asset management software provider Clir Renewables has surpassed a total of 6GW of assets on its platform in 2019.
The company said it has seen a three-fold increase from 2GW at the end of 2018.
Clir chief executive Gareth Brown said: “As investors in renewables increasingly focus on asset performance and revenue certainty, we are able to use artificial intelligence to support wind farm owners in developing a complete understanding of their asset necessary to fix faults, maximise asset lifetime, and optimise for both performance and profit.”
“2019 saw our biggest period of growth to date, hitting a new milestone of 6GW, which we see is a clear indicator of the demand for wind investors to better understand their projects as the markets continue to evolve.”
Clir uses artificial intelligence to analyse wind turbine data. The software identifies causes of underperformance, from blade icing to suboptimal derating plans.
Asset owners and operators are provided with strategies to improve performance and increase annual energy production by up to 5%.
He added: “Much of the information that owners need to fully optimise their assets is difficult to parse out from raw wind farm data.
“Typical analysis cannot provide an accurate understanding of whether energy is being lost due to wind resource or whether energy is lost as a result of asset underperformance. But by using AI, Clir can make those distinctions clear to owners, allowing them take informed actions to improve performance.”