Why the digital revolution will make wind more profitable

What if you own a wind turbine that could self-diagnose a gearbox vibration it detected and “call home” to a remote monitoring operations centre to ask for an oil change? The industry is only a few years away from the digital industrial revolution having a major impact on the way the industry operates and generates revenue.

The push towards data creation and the ability to leverage it has resulted in some of the Tier-1 wind turbine OEMs pioneering new digital technologies and hiring or reassigning huge numbers of personnel to work in their new internal digital technology lab.

But many companies still need to consider the adoption of digital technology along with the new business models necessary to take full advantage of this push towards digitalisation.

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Why the digital revolution will make wind more profitable