Remote Diagnostics and Digital Twins for Offshore Wind

The Innovation Exchange programme is working alongside Scottish & Southern Electricity Renewables (SSER), with ownership in both Beatrice and Greater Gabbard offshore wind sites. SSER wishes to engage innovators to find solutions providing smart diagnostic tools for condition-based maintenance of offshore wind assets.

Opportunity

Challenge opens

17/06/2022

Challenge closes

02/08/2022

Benefit

Successful applicants will be given an opportunity to pitch their innovation to SSER. Selected solution(s) may be trialled at SSER sites, with the possibility of further adoption if trials are successful.

Background

SSER is a leading developer and operator of renewable energy across the UK and Ireland, with a portfolio of around 4GW of onshore wind, offshore wind and hydro. SSER has the largest offshore wind development pipeline in the UK and Ireland at over 6GW and has an onshore wind pipeline across both markets in excess of 1GW.

Industries such as automotive and aerospace have paved the way for effective use of digital twins and AI-enabled modelling and in doing so have adapted their operating and maintenance model to allow more informed and progressive decision making. The offshore wind sector is yet to widely utilise digital twin technology, however doing so offers opportunities to increase safety, reliability and optimal efficiency of turbines by enabling pre-emptive monitoring and maintenance. 

SSER has significant individual system analysis data and modelling for their assets and now require a solution for integrated data management and an innovative digital approach for whole-system structural analysis and modelling as well as WTG major component diagnostics.

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