New operations and maintenance (O&M) solutions will be tested at UK and German offshore wind farms as part of a pan-European project to cut costs in the sector.
The €16m research and development project, dubbed ‘Romeo’, will see an industry-based consortium of 12 leading players including Adwen, Iberdrola and Siemens Gamesa collaborate to develop new O&M methods.
The project aims to create an information management and analytics platform system that will allow operators to transition from corrective to condition-based maintenance strategies.
Romeo will also look for new ways to monitor turbine components and structures, project leaders said.
The fruits of the project will be tested at EDF’s 62MW Teesside and Scottish Power Renewable’s 714MW East Anglia 1 offshore wind farms in the North Sea.
Techniques will also be trialed at Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm off Germany.
Romeo will run for five years and has been awarded a €10m grant by the European Commission as part of the Horizon2020 initiative.
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