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Finally, we managed to identify the 3rd turbine type to be the Vestas V90-3MW. For this turbine type we found sites with suitable met masts and located in different terrain. In May and June 2019 a flat terrain wind farm with this turbine type has been equipped with 8 iSpin systems. All V90-3MW turbines within the PTP will be...

Finally we have the 3rd turbine type on board! EDF and ROMO Wind signed an agreement concerning the participation of one of EDF’s wind farms in the Performance Transparency Project (PTP). 8 iSpin systems will be installed at Vestas V90-3MW turbines in a flat terrain site located in France.

ROMO Wind applied for a time wise project extension to end of Q3/2020 which was accepted by EUDP. The time wise extension was necessary because of late availability of combined reference / iSpin measurements and subsequently late start of data evaluation. Furthermore it was seen beneficial by DTU and the involved 3rd party consultants to extend the evaluation of...

Features and applications of the iSpin technology have been presented to a lot of very interested people. A sneak preview with first results and findings of terrain and seasonal STF robustness was given to the audience! https://www.ispin-ptp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Spreewindtage2018_GanzheitlicheBetrachtungVonWindParksFinalRev2.ppsx

Thanks for listening to our presentation: “Performance Transparency Project (PTP): Enabler for innovation & performance improvement” https://www.ispin-ptp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/181026-Porto-conference-presentation.ppsx

The wind industry suffers from the fact that the performance of wind turbines is difficult to measure and assess. The complexity and variability of the wind resource, which is the input parameter to the energy conversion equation poses such difficulties, that so far it has only be possible to determine the performance of wind turbines by means of power...

The measurement phase of the iSpin Performance Transparency Project (PTP) – one of the largest and most systematic demonstration projects for a wind measurement system – has successfully started. 59 of in total planned 90 iSpin systems have been installed,  covering two different turbine types – each of them located in three wind farms of different terrain complexity. The...

A short presentation can be downloaded which shows the principle steps for calibrating iSpin wind speed against a reference, e.g. a met mast. Comments are welcome! https://www.ispin-ptp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20180911_STF_ExplanationRev1.ppsx

The met mast for the Turbine Type B) complex site started collecting data. Although iSpin measurement started already in autumn 2017 now with the commissioning of the met mast the Spinner Transfer Function evaluation can start for the complex site! Many thanks to all involved parties!