Windfarm SCADA News Archives

  Entering the Mainstream: How Wind Power is Emerging as a Key Player in Integrated Generation Operations Through Enterprise Level Asset Management
December 2006—What is a Wind Energy Enterprise Management System? A wind generation asset management system that provides portfolio level monitoring, operation, reporting, and statistical process control of a large number of diverse wind facilities, resulting in improved overall financial performance--It's not just a SCADA!...
Second Wind Leading Supplier in 2003 for Windfarm SCADA
22 December 2003—As 2003 ends, Second Wind Inc. has installed windfarm supervisory control systems on wind energy projects representing over half of the USA’s projected 1500 MW of new capacity...
Practical Windfarm Output Regulation Using SCADA (pdf)
June 2003—Curtailment of the output of wind energy facilities is not a new requirement. Operators have long used SCADA to regulate the output of their windfarms. However the increased presence of wind energy on the grid...
Enlarging SCADA to Inlcude Climate and Hence Wind Power Prediction Forecasts
January 2003—Traditionally, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) relates to isolated machine systems, e.g. a windarm of utility scale wind turbine generators connected to a central supervisory computer...
  SCADA Installation and Performance Testing at TVA Wind Project
December 2002—TVA’s Buffalo Mountain wind project is finalizing plans to install a Second Wind SCADA system to support site operations and to facilitate data evaluation conducted under the TVP. The SCADA will allow...
  Second Wind's ADMS to Monitor Cabazon Wind Park in Palm Springs, CA
9 August 2002—Second Wind Inc.'s Advanced Distributed Monitoring System (ADMS) was chosen by Cannon Power Corporation to monitor and control the 62 turbines at the Cabazon Wind Park in southern California...
  Second Wind Inc. Announces Forecasting Interface to Advanced Distributed Monitoring System for Windfarms
4 June 2002—Second Wind Inc., the innovative provider of supervisory monitoring and control solutions to the wind energy industry, has announced today at the Windpower 2002 conference the addendum of a forecasting interface...
Second Wind Inc. Announces Upgrade to Advanced Distributed Monitoring System for Winfarms
27 February 2002—Second Wind Inc., an innovative provider of supervisory monitoring and conotrol solutions to the windpower market, has announced here today at the Distributech 2002 conference, the availability of Version 2 of its ADMS...
Second Wind Inc. Announces New Representative for its Advanced Distributed Monitoring System
17 December 2001—Second Wind Inc., a leader in wind energy monitoring systems since 1980, announced today an agreement with Sartelco Sistemi S.r.l. as its exclusive Italian representative for its Advanced Distributed Monitoring System...
Second Wind Enhances Advanced Distributed Monitoring System for Windfarm Applications
6 August 2001—Second Wind Inc., founded in 1980, a pioneer in the wind energy industry, has announced here today at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition the availability of its CTM/3H...
  Software Upgrade Improves SCADA Operation
October 2000—Second Wind Inc. recently completed a major upgrade of the software for its Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, which is installed at several TVP sites. The new 32–bit software...
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