First meeting on GBX, Drivetrain & Oil
23 Oct in Berlin: in relation to the Owners Roundtable – WIND 2018
On the 23rd of October we will arrange the first physical gathering for owners who wants to share experiences and benchmark data over time to come in better control of Gearbox, Drivetrain and Oil issues in wind farm operations.
Background
Based on the huge success with our report on Gearbox, Drivetrain and Oil produced with input from 85 persons working for 47 different energy companies, owning wind farms, from 27 different companies, we now arrange our first physical meeting as a kick off to gather owners who wants to come in better control of Gearbox, Drivetrain and Oil issues in wind farm operations.
Competent leadership
This end-user group will be led by Thomas Stalin, Senior Wind Technology Expert at Vattenfall and Strange Skriver, Technical Chief at The Danish Wind Turbine Owners’ Association. Then again, this is not a traing and you are expected to contribute just as much as they. Their role is more to make sure that we are focusing on relevant from an owner’s perspective. The one who will do all the boring stuff, preparations etc is me.
Register
If you have an interest to join a group of wind turbine owners to come in better control of Gearbox, Drivetrain and Oil issues in wind farm operations please register this below and we will keep you in the loop.
How the experts in this end-user group will collaborate
The activities of this group will be mainly virtual and for the physical meetings we will produce a well written summary for those who couldn't make it. This means that the experts on Gearbox, Drivetrain and Oil working for wind turbine owners all over the world can participate.
The ambition is share data, knowledge and experience on gearbox, drive train and oil in wind farm operations among end-users/wind turbine owners to build a common platform of best practice.
Efficient quarterly meetings
We will gather the group once every quarter to catch up and share most recent experiences and progress. These meetings will be held in a video format except one that will be held in relation to the annual meeting of O2O WIND's Owners Roundtable
Collaborate on O2O WIND's digital collaboration platform
Inbetween our quarterly meetings the members of this end-user group will have access to O2O WIND's digital collaboration platform. On this platform we can communicate efficiently, hold common files, create Wikis, create competence profiles for each member. This platform also holds very high IT security standards to protect our information. For our end-user group we will create a sub-forum to share data, knowledge and experience on Gearbox, Drivetrain and Oil.
Fast and daily communications on the O2O WIND Messaging app.
On the O2O WIND Messaging app we have created a specific channel for our end-user group on Gearbox, Drivetrain and Oil. The messaging app helps us to create a fast and mobile friendly communication. You will only receive notifications from this specific channel and not from the others. Then you know that every time your mobile will go "Pling" it will be from another peer having the same responsibilities as you. Our messaging app: O2O WIND - Daily Chit Chat, is available for both iPhone and Android users.
Physical annual meeting
In relation to the annual meeting of O2O WIND we will arrange the annual meeting for this end-user group. The first one will be held on the 23rd of October 2018 in Berlin. Agenda for this day will be produced by Mr Strange Skriver, reviewed by Mr Thomas Stalin and then published below under "Agenda" after summer vacations.
Regional meetings and supplier study visits
We will also want to arrange regional meetings and also arrange ad hoc gatherings to visit various suppliers.
Agenda
Strange Skriver will look through the heavy outcome from the survey and turn this into an agenda to choose certain focus areas and interesting data for us to benchmark over time. Thomas Stalin will then further filter this to make sure that we have the right industrial owner’s perspective on what we want to do.
Pricing
For O2O WIND members this is included in their membership. For energy companies that are not members but want their experts in Gearbox, Drivetrain and/or Oil to benefit from this group the price is 1790 € for an individual annual membership in this end-user group and if they would also like to include the Owners Roundtable in the package the price is 2640 €. Simply sign-up in the form above and if your company is not a member we will contact you.
The Owners Roundtable – WIND 2018
The day after, on the 24 and 25 of October we are arranging our owner exclusive gathering or as Nenad Keseric at Statoil puts it ”The Davos of Wind”. Quote from the Global Head of O&M at Enel Green Power who visited the event in 2017: "It has been a very productive and transparent dialog among all of us". Wish to know more about this event please click here.
