Despite impressive efforts and rapid strides in recent years to improve the economics of wind energy, costs remain high compared with rival sectors.

While many look to continued technological innovation to drive progress, better access to data and its smarter application in O&M will do more to reduce costs and enable the industry to realise its full potential longer-term. However, restrictions on turbine performance data access by equipment suppliers at key points of the data value chain mean this opportunity isn’t open to all owner/operators.