Global designer and producer of WTs of 250KW to 900KW, EWT has over 600 turbines spinning based on its technology across North America, Europe and Asia.
Will lead the initial phase of the action providing end user requirements and steering the project towards their needs (WP1), will provide wind turbines for system installation, testing and validation to TRL9 (WP1, WP2 and WP3).
For more company details: https://ewtdirectwind.com
Specialist in Software development, Cloud Computing technology, management of big data and remote system optimisation and administration, with a successful track record in delivering commercial and industrial-grade IoT hardware and firmware services.
ASSIST will develop the communication system and the pre-processing of data to perform system’s trials (WP1) and lead the system finalisation supporting Renewable Advice in the software fine-tuning (WP2); will support Renewable Advice for the system demonstrations (WP3), will develop the project website and the dissemination and promotional materials and support Renewable Advice for the market uptake (WP5).
For more company details: https://assist-software.net
TWI’s is a world leading research organisation with and extensive industry network (over 50 members with ties to the wind power industry, located in Europe, USA and Far East), an international renowned ability in researching and developing NDT and SHM solutions for a broad range of applications, currently operating from 54,000 square metres of manufacturing, testing and training space.
Will lead the management of technical WPs, bring key technical IP regarding the statistical algorithms and its test-rig with blades to perform parallel system trials and tests and validate the performance and durability of BladeSave (WP1 and WP2), will support Renewable Advice with its large members base for the purposes of system demonstrations (WP3) and market uptake (WP5), will lead the system quality attainment (WP4).
For more company details: https://www.twi-innovation-network.com
Original developers of WindManager software, Renewable Advice is UK’s leading expert in WT blade inspection and maintenance, specialist in software development, data capture of blade defects and riskbased analysis.
Coordinator of the Project, will lead the system software integration for on-site trials (WP1); will be responsible for the software fine-tuning and user-interface development (WP2); will lead the the business development and market uptake of the complete BladeSave system (WP5) and the Product Management (WP6).
For more company details:http://www.renewableadvice.com
Original developers of the Smartscan system, Smart Fibres has been pioneering the development of FBG sensor and interrogation technologies since 1998, serving a range of markets including aerospace, energy, oil & gas, nuclear, renewables, medical and civil engineering.
Will be responsible for installing the system on EWT wind turbines to perform the on-site trials (WP1) and will collect and analyse the data in collaboration with Renewable Advice and Assist; will perform the hardware optimisation and the packaging enhancement of the final system (WP2) and lead the system demonstrations (WP3); will support Renewable Advice and Assist in the business development with its large client base (WP5).
For more company details: https://www.smartfibres.com
