Monday and Tuesday this week, we gathered the top directors within operations from Akuo Energy, Boralex, Borusan EnBW, EDPR, Enefit Green, Enel, Enerjisa Uretim, Equinor, Iberdrola, Naturgy, Renantis, RWE, Vattenfall and Ventient at Iberdrola Innovation & Training Campus in Madrid.
Nine new initiatives were shaped, and we shared experiences on the 25 challenges the WTG owners sent in before the meeting.
The nine new initiatives:
Putting the MWs on the table
Each company has one or two turbine platforms they are focusing on to take in-house. We selected five turbine platforms that have good matches within this group. These four smaller groups will put their MWs on the table to develop ISPs, get improved access to SCADA and collaborate on documentation. Doodles has been sent out.
What is the right amount of people (owner's personnel) per MW to supervise a wind farm?
This came up as a spontaneous discussion at the meeting. It created many discussions, and one of the bigger WTG owners has taken the lead on this and will produce an agenda of KPIs they would like to discuss and compare in an additional meeting.
Enabling an exchange of components
We'll make a tool that helps wind turbine owners find others who might have the needed parts. You input your spare parts info, and the tool shows which turbines use that part and a map of matching wind farms. You choose who to contact nearby or everyone. The tool connects you with potential part suppliers, and deals happen directly between turbine owners, with no O2O WIND involvement.
A portal to match WTG owners and ISPs
Turbine owners want more service competition. They're considering offering more MWs to encourage independent service providers. The idea came up at a directors' meeting in Rome hosted by Enel. Our developer is almost done with the tool, and it will soon be available on the O2O WIND app. The map shows Gamesa G52-850 wind farms (green dots) owned by meeting participants in Madrid, and blue dots are independent service providers for that model.
A wind service portal
Turbine owners will share supplier info like names, services, and contacts. We'll make a central list for searching suppliers by category and country. It's open for all turbine owners and suppliers to join, growing it organically with more suppliers and more detailed information from each supplier over time.
The 25 challenges that the WTG owners sent in before the meeting:
At the meeting, we had 25 different challenges sent in before the meeting. These challenges were within the following categories:
Could this be valuable for your company?
Working in collaboration means that we can do things faster, cheaper and with increased leverage. We are open to including additional companies. However, we want to be among net providers and have WTG owners with in-house concepts in their O&M strategy.
To determine if there are mutual benefits to adding your company, I suggest an efficient 15-minute meeting. Please access my calendar using the link below and pick a suitable time slot.
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