Turbine owners establish globalpeer-to-peer platform to solve O&M issues collaboratively

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Wind farm owners representing 12 % of global turbine assets have founded a new peer-to-peeronline platform called o2o Wind, dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and experience on operation and maintenance issues. The o2o Windforum is the first initiative of the kind aimed at fosteringwind farm O&M best practice through a collaborative approach.

Wind energy giants such as EDPR, Vattenfall, RWE, DONG Energy and AccionaEnergia have already joined this exclusive network, along with numerous otherwind turbine owners. 

Mårten Nilsson, who is headingo2oWind, explained: “When it comes to trouble-shooting the O&M issues they encounter, wind farm owners are not competitors. On the contrary they are in the same boat, and that`s why adopting a collaborative approach to problem-solving makes a lot of sense. Our members recognise that the most valuable information for turbine owners is the hands-on experience held by their peers.”

Members share the common objective of optimising turbine yields, and many specialist discussions revolve aroundissues with main components such as rotor blades, gearboxes or substations. With o2o Wind members owning more than 60% of all offshore turbines in the world, the platformis also strong on offshore O&M. Although the topics treated on the forum are mainly technical, they can also be connected to major investment decisions.

o2o wind takes down the usual barriers to information exchange that get in the way of the performance optimisation of wind assets.SverreTrollnes, Manager Operation & Maintenance at Statoil,pointed out that "Compared to other industries, wind still has some teething issues that are difficult to change when we operate in isolation.”

"Low yields and costly stand-stills have plagued the industry for too long, with no long term gains for anyone. We need to collaborate to reach the goal. It`s that simple”, commented Alan Henderson, Head of Technical Asset Management at RWE Innogy
The very strict member selection criteria are designed to weed out noise, and maintain a very high level of expertise throughout the network: "I consider the o2o Wind group as the best forum to share experiences with other wind farm owners regarding technical problems and their solution from the point of view of the owners", said Cristobal Couret, Director of Production at AccionaEnergia.

The owner`s forum, called o2o WIND International (as in owner to owner) and can be found at http://o2owind.com.

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