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In order to achieve sustainably affordable offshore wind power, improvements in the O&M phase will be needed. Crew transfer is the process by which maintenance technicians are transferred by work boat (crew transfer vessel, CTV) to the turbine and vice versa. The pressure to achieve increased access to turbines implies a greater number of marginal-weather transfers. In order to achieve this while maintaining very high levels of safety, the ORACLES project seeks to develop a new crew transfer access forecasting capability.

ORACLES Project presented at WindEurope 2019

ORACLES Team present at Futurewind 2019

ORACLES researcher Ciaran Gilbert gave an overview of his work on forecasting including a segment on our methodology. To access slides see https://www.strath.ac.uk/engineering/electronicelectricalengineering/windmarineenergysystemsstructures/futurewindmarine/

ORACLES Q3 Meeting Held at Siemens Cobalt Park O&M Control Centre

ORACLES Interim findings presented at SuperGen Wind General Assembly

Our first major dissemination event was a presentation at the SuperGen Wind General Assembly hosted by University of Dundee. The audience was a diverse mix of engineering professionals, academics and research staff.

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Key to maximising performance is understanding the KPIs, information flows and interfaces in operation. These interfaces are summarised in the diagram below. See the slidepack to understand how we translate the raw data streams into improved decision support on ORACLES.

 

Strathclyde Wind Energy R&D Team to Work with Robin Rigg