ISP’s Produce, Perceptual Robotics, ThayerMahan Sub-Sea Scans, Borealis Wind, Wind Farm of the Week

The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

What's the most profitable way to manage a wind farm? Should you rely on OEM maintenance contracts, Independent Service Providers, or self-perform? Philip Totaro from IntelStor explains the data that show ISPs provide the best returns, and we consider the warranty and insurance implications. Allen, Joel and Rosemary also talk about Perceptual Robotics. The Greek company, flush with new investments, is evolving and heading to the US. Speaking of perceptive, ThayerMahan's sub-sea system incorporates AI algorithms and synthetic aperture sonar to inspect cables on the ocean floor. Joel says it's potentially much better than human monitors, but are there drawbacks? Other new technology we examine in this episode: how do new retrofit blade-heating systems from Borealis work? Longroad's Milford I & II are our wind farms of the week.The Utah farms are expecting AEP improvements of up to 4%, thanks largely to WindESCo's Swarm implementation.And as environmental concerns are impacting companies like SouthCoast Wind, an Uptime bonus episode considers new data on whale deaths. What have we learned? Visit Pardalote Consulting at https://www.pardaloteconsulting.com Wind Power Lab - https://windpowerlab.com Weather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.com Intelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Uptime 153 Allen Hall: Well before we got on the podcast today, I was just looking through the news and noticing that an Irish guy had been attacked by a chicken and killed. So , you think that the only you know animals out there are trying to kill you? A polar bears, especially in the wintertime, but I guess we have to watch out for chickens now. Allen Hall: Joel, did you see that? Joel Saxum: I thought you were gonna open up with MidAmerica pausing wind turbines cuz of the Siemens Gamesa blade coming down. But we went to chickens in Ireland. Does it, is it, was it on, was it on a wind farm or something, or, or why is it? Allen Hall: Well, it, it was near a wind farm, but the thing was that this chicken attacked his legs and like pierced his arteries and he bled out. Allen Hall: So I'm like, seriously thinking about going to Chick-fil-A at night just for a little bit of payback . Joel Saxum: And, and making sure that you, making sure that your life insurance policy's up to date. Allen Hall: Yeah. Right. I mean, there's only so many animals you can deal with at one time, but, and I'm not a big fan of chickens. Allen Hall: As, as our producer will tell you, chickens are not my favorite animal of the animal world. Yeah. So now I'm on red alert today. I don't know why that, that still sticks in my head. Because there's a lot of windows this week, and I was going through it the last couple of days. Like, oh, there's some really good stuff to talk about. Allen Hall: And then, Irish guy and the chicken pops up. So , we'll see how, how this podcast turns out cuz we're gonna have Philip Totaro on and Phil's here right now. Phil, you wanna describe what you talk about this week? Philip Totaro: Thanks. Allen, it's probably not as interesting as chickens, but it's an opportunity for insurance companies though. Philip Totaro: So. Hi, I'm Philip Totaro, we're here to talk about independent service providers. And the cost effectiveness of their maintenance regime on total revenue output for asset owners. Joel Saxum: Cool. And after we talk with Phil, we're gonna jump over to the UK to some of our Greek friends, Kostas, Dimitris and Derek Rutherford over at Perceptual Ro...