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Ørsted goes automatic

4C Offshore | Matthew White
By: Matthew White 18/07/2018 SkySpecs
SkySpecs, a provider of robotics solutions for the wind energy industry, in collaboration with Ørsted, announce an automated inspection of the offshore wind turbines at Burbo Bank Extension, in the Irish Sea.

"Providing consistent image quality across the largest turbines offshore is challenging and requires consistency from the drone," David-Lee Jones, Ørsted's Senior Technical Project Lead, said.

"This was the purpose of our work with SkySpecs. We really wanted to validate that their technology could provide the type of precise and robust inspection capabilities that Ørsted expects.  We are pleased to announce that the inspection was a success."


The data that SkySpecs collected will be used to evaluate the condition of the 80-meter turbine blades as well. SkySpecs' solution includes:

Fully automated robotic inspections of wind turbine blades that take less than 15 minutes from start to finish;
Automatic data upload to their software product, Horizon, that classifies images by damage type and severity;
An advanced feature set in Horizon that includes repair planning workflows, analytics dashboards and insights that enable users to spot trends, project repair costs and determine ROI.

"We are pleased that we've helped Ørsted move ahead with their goals. As an organization, we are committed to applying robotic solutions to solve challenges faced by the renewable energy," said SkySpecs' CTO Tom Brady. "We're helping owners craft their predictive maintenance strategies with a mountain of blade data and analytics tools that help them understand the health of their fleet."

With a capacity of 254.2MW, the
Burbo Bank Extension wind farm is expected to be capable of meeting the electricity demand of 230,000 homes. It is the first offshore wind farm in the world to make commercial use of the MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW wind turbines.

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