windPRO: PERFORMANCE CHECK (English) 2 sessions

Who should attend? 

The course is aimed at experienced windPRO users who want to gain advanced expertise in analyzing SCADA and operational data from wind turbines. 

Prerequisites: 

BASIS and EYA courses, or experienced users with a good understanding of the: BASIS module (UI, object details, object layers, etc.), importing wind data in the Meteo object, and time-varying energy calculations in windPRO. 

 
What you will learn: 

• Import and analyse wind turbine SCADA data in windPRO 

• Evaluate lost production 

• Calculate the expected future yield through a post-construction energy yield assessment (PCYA) 

• Calibrate wind models with the purpose of repowering or developing new neighbouring projects 

What NOT to expect: 
The following are not addressed in this course: monitoring of wind turbines, power-curve verification, impact of performance upgrades, and guidance on loss and uncertainty values to use specifically for your projects/geographies.  

What you will learn (details): 

• Analyse SCADA data: import production data, error codes, and wind data to analyze and understand the performance of the wind turbines. 

• Substitute missing/erroneous data using the TR10 methodology to create as complete a time series as possible for the assessment. 

• Evaluate losses using error codes: Quantify how much energy has been lost by using error codes and compare the actual and potential production.  

• Calculate the expected future yield: Project the actual production and losses into the future (PCYA) with lower uncertainty estimates than in pre-construction EYAs. 

• Calibrate wind models: Lowering the uncertainty for repowering projects or developing new neighbouring projects by using actual production data to calibrate the wind model.