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Environmental concerns and fluctuating oil prices have caused a paradigm shift in
today’s power generation industry. People are turning to renewable energy sources
such as wind power as viable alternatives. However, wind power installations have
unique challenges –the need for continuous access to real-time from diverse locations
of multiple generating stations is a crucial part for making production decisions and
better manages wind farms assets.
Standardizing data access with OPC provides a better way to manage wind performance
and control assets. OPC products that gather high-resolution, real-time data give the
end user the ability to analyze and improve the operation of the wind farm. Also,
OPC provides secure open connectivity between Wind Turbine Controller and the
decision-making points making it the main building block in Green and Renewable Energy
initiative.
Data delivery is also another important component in the wind industry. The OPC Hub
and Spoke design is instrumental in creating a standards based solution for the
collection and analysis of historical process data. Based on OPC HDA, is the OPC
standard used to exchange archived data, process data can be easily exchanged between
an application and any data-archive in a consistent manner. It also enables
enterprise-wide interoperability as all applications can rely on a single industrial
standard that is supported by all key vendors.
Energy monitoring devices and reporting tools are being adopted as the first step to
ensure compliance to regulations. MatrikonOPC’s Connectivity drivers are enabling our
clients to integrate their existing technology with energy monitoring devices and
reporting tools. This allows them a quick, easy and cost effective solution to access
the data they need.
Take your data sharing to the next level today with OPC:
OPC Hub and Spoke
OPC Server for DNP3
OPC Server for IEC 61850
OPC Server for IEC 61400-25
OPC Server for Mitsubishi Turbine Controller
OPC Server for NEG Micon
OPC Server for SCADA Modbus
OPC Server for Siemens Wind Turbines
OPC Server for Vestas Turbine Controller
For full OPC Servers Suites,
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