The
company’s
NKr22m
($3.8m)
Windsense
project
–
a
joint
effort
with
instrumentation
specialist
NCEI
(Norwegian
Centres
of
Expertise
Instrumentation)
–
aims
to
adapt
equipment
and
maintenance
methods
common
in
the
maritime
and
offshore
oil
and
gas
industries
to
cut
unplanned
shutdowns
at
wind
farms.
As
well
as
improving
reliability
via
remote
control
and
monitoring,
the
system
gives
operators
the
option
to
temporarily
run
the
turbines
at
a
lower
capacity
in
advance
of
required
maintenance,
which
would
further
reduce
downtime.
Kongsberg
Maritime
project
manager
Oddbjørn
Malmo
says:
“This
system
will…
