Efficient turbine foundation monitoring in Dutch offshore wind farm
Efficient turbine foundation monitoring in Dutch offshore wind farm
2 Pages| worldwide | belgium PC Control 03 | 2016 CX2020 Embedded PC ensures high availability of wind turbines Following a two-year construction period, the Dutch energy company Eneco opened the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm in September 2015. The order for monitoring the foundations of the wind turbines, situated 23 kilometers off the North Sea coast between Zandvoort and Noordwijk, was placed with Zensor, a specialist for intelligent monitoring solutions. A Beckhoff CX2020 Embedded PC processes the data acquired from sensors distributed in the wind turbine foundations and enables the transmission of measured data into the cloud. Efficient turbine foundation monitoring in Dutch offshore wind farm Offshore wind energy is a booming business; however, specific requirements must be
