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Successfully interpret wind plant data to improve your O&M bottom line

A one-day debate & networking forum | November 30, 2010 | The Crowne Plaza Hotel Dallas Downtown, Dallas, TX | www.windpowermonthlyusa.com

Debate & Networking Forum Agenda

8.30am Registration & informal networking

9.15am Chair’s opening remarks

Bruce Hamilton, Director, Energy Practice, Navigant Consulting Inc

9.25am Networking agenda-setting discussion
Use this time to get to know the people who are on your table and build your 5 main objectives for the day. What successes have you had what using data within O&M? What are your main challenges? Do you have any particular questions you want to put to any of the speakers or delegates throughout the day?

Faciliated by the chair

DATA COLLECTION SOLUTIONS & STRATEGIES
9.55am Identify the latest solutions and strategies available for collecting the most useful data
•    What solutions are out there? Look at the abilities of a variety of systems, from SCADA to Condition Monitoring and beyond
•    How can you improve the quality of the data you are collecting? How can you collect it in a more timely manner? What can be done to improve data flow?
•    Explore the tools that are available to build the infrastructure for data acquisition

Tom Richardson, VP of Service, REpower USA

Additional panelists to be announced

10.40am Break & informal networking
Badges will be coloured to highlight which section of the industry you fit into. Use this opportunity to speak to people with different coloured badges and make new contacts.

WHAT DATA?
11.20am Understand exactly what aspects of turbine performance you should be monitoring to get the best data
•    What level and how many different types of data are your peers collecting and assembling on a systematic and on a more ad hoc basis?
•    What are the key performance indicators that you should be looking at beyond availability?
•    Identify what information can you gain about your wind plant from SCADA and what is actionable from that

Paul Haberlein, Director, SCADA Engineering, Clipper Windpower, Inc

Marty Crotty, CEO, UpWind Solutions

Melissa Valgardson, Performance Engineer, Wind Operations, TransAlta

MULTIPLE TURBINES
12.05pm Examine best-practice data collection techniques when reporting on different makes of wind turbine for a consistent approach to O&M
• How do you effectively monitor a fleet of different turbines? Explore the challenges of collating data from more than 1 kind of turbine
• Understand how data from multiple makes of turbine can be used to inform and improve O&M across the fleet

Harm Toren, Managing Director - Head of Operations Services, Iberdrola Renewables United States

12.50pm Lunch & informal networking

STANDARDIZATION
2.00pm Establish what plans are in the pipeline for standardization within the industry and how potential changes to reporting standards would affect your O&M
• Examine the new metrics that have recently been defined by NERC and the IEC to aid standardization
• Explore what data reporting might become mandatory and how this will affect your data collection and interpretation

G. Michael (Mike) Curley, Manager, GADS Services, NERC

Paul Veers, Chief Engineer, NREL's National Wind Technology Center

APPLYING CONDITION MONITORING DATA
2.45pm Explore strategic applications of condition monitoring data to ensure that your investment boosts ROI
•    Look a the latest in Condition Monitoring systems to understand how they could aid your O&M through the monitoring of oil, vibrations, thermography and more
•    Understand how you can apply Condition Monitoring technologies to optimally manage the output and expense of wind plants
•    Assess the cost and benefits of getting these extra systems

Don Roberts, Senior Engineer, DNV

Gerald Curtin, Wind Services Program Manager, GE Wind Services

3.30pm Break & informal networking

USING DATA TO PLAN MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES
4.10pm Examine how operators and owners are using collected data to assess and inform their O&M strategies
•    Identify how your peers have used their SCADA and additional data to minimize asset management costs and maximize revenue
•    How can you successfully manage collected data and apply the results to your wind plants? What maintenance activities can be determined from your data?
•    Explore the business decisions that have been made based on results from SCADA and Condition Monitoring data: What differences have been seen in the efficiency of turbines?

Hear multiple case studies to gain insight into the ways in which different kinds of turbine data can inform your plant’s performance and then have your questions answered by the panel of experts.

Tim Hertel, Senior Manager, Performance Management, Horizon Wind Energy

AnneMarie Graves, Senior Engineer, Operational Services, Garrad Hassan America, Inc

Diarmaid Mulholland, General Manager, GE Wind Services with a senior representative from a wind plant owner

5.30pm Chair’s closing remarks & close of event

End of warranty inspections workshop

Pre-event evening networking workshop | November 29, 2010 | Crowne Plaza Hotel Dallas Downtown, Dallas, TX

5.30pm Registration & evening refreshments

6.00pm Discussion & brainstorming begins

Assess the potential role of wind turbine data within end of warranty inspections
• How can you use data to your advantage when it comes to end of warranty inspections?
• What is the scope of the inspections? How can data reporting on specific components and general performance back up any claims you may want to make?

Hear feedback throughout the evening to find out the different ideas other groups have come up with for maximum learning.

Don Roberts, Senior Engineer, DNV

8.30pm Close of workshop & start of drinks reception

09.15 Chair’s opening remarks
Chairing position available

09.25 Networking agenda-setting discussion
Use this time to get to know the people who are on your table and build your 5 main objectives for the day. What successes have you had what using data within O&M? What are your main challenges? Do you have any particular questions you want to put to any of the speakers or delegates throughout the day?

DATA COLLECTION SOLUTIONS & STRATEGIES
09.55 Identify the latest solutions and strategies available for collecting the most useful data
•   What solutions are out there? Look at the abilities of a variety of systems, from SCADA to Condition Monitoring and beyond
•   How can you improve the quality of the data you are collecting? How can you collect it in a more timely manner? What can be done to improve data flow?
•   Explore the tools that are available to build the infrastructure for data acquisition

Panellists to be announced

10.40 Break & informal networking
Badges will be coloured to highlight which section of the industry you fit into. Use this opportunity to speak to people with different coloured badges and make new contacts.

WHAT DATA?
11.20 Understand exactly what aspects of turbine performance you should be monitoring to get the best data
•   What level and how many different types of data are your peers collecting and assembling on a systematic and on a more ad hoc basis?
•   What are the key performance indicators that you should be looking at beyond availability?
•   Identify what information can you gain about your wind plant from SCADA and what is actionable from that

Panellists to be announced

MULTIPLE TURBINES
12.05 Examine best-practice data collection techniques when reporting on different makes of wind turbine for a consistent approach to O&M
•   How do you effectively monitor a fleet of different turbines? Explore the challenges of collating data from more than 1 kind of turbine
•   Understand how data from multiple makes of turbine can be used to inform and improve O&M across the fleet

Case study speaker to be announced

12.50 Lunch & informal networking

STANDARDIZATION
14.00 Establish what plans are in the pipeline for standardization within the industry and how potential changes to reporting standards would affect your O&M
•   Examine the new metrics that have recently been defined by NERC and the IEC to aid standardization
•   Explore what data reporting might become mandatory and how this will affect your data collection and interpretation

Guest speaker to be announced

APPLYING CONDITION MONITORING DATA
14.45 Explore strategic applications of condition monitoring data to ensure that your investment boosts ROI
•   Look a the latest in Condition Monitoring systems to understand how they could aid your O&M through the monitoring of oil, vibrations, thermography and more
•   Understand how you can apply Condition Monitoring technologies to optimally manage the output and expense of wind plants
•   Assess the cost and benefits of getting these extra systems

Panellists to be announced

15.30 Break & informal networking

USING DATA TO PLAN MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES
16.10 Examine how operators and owners are using collected data to assess and inform their O&M strategies
•   Identify how your peers have used their SCADA and additional data to minimize asset management costs and maximize revenue
•   How can you successfully manage collected data and apply the results to your wind plants? What maintenance activities can be determined from your data?
•   Explore the business decisions that have been made based on results from SCADA and Condition Monitoring data: What differences have been seen in the efficiency of turbines?

Hear multiple case studies to gain insight into the ways in which different kinds of turbine data can inform your plant’s performance and then have your questions answered by the panel of experts.

Multiple case study speakers to be announced to be followed by Q&A panel

17.30 Chair’s closing remarks & close of event

End of warranty inspections

Pre-event networking workshop | November 29, 2010 | Crowne Plaza Hotel Dallas Downtown, Dallas, TX | www.windpowermonthlyusa.com

17.30 Registration & evening refreshments

18.00 Discussion & brainstorming begins

Assess the potential role of wind turbine data within end of warranty inspections
•   How can you use data to your advantage when it comes to end of warranty inspections?
•   What is the scope of the inspections? How can data reporting on specific components and general performance back up any claims you may want to make?

Hear feedback throughout the evening to find out the different ideas other groups have come up with for maximum learning.

20.30 Close of workshop & start of drinks reception