Remote monitoring in real time Deutsche Windtechnik has been monitoring a wind farm in Havøygavlen, around 50 kilometres from Norway’s North Cape, via their modern remote control centre since May 2014. Where wind speeds of 35 to 40 metres per second are not uncommon and wind directions change quickly, the wind farm is among the most challenging in the world, especially in the winter months. Huge potential Boasting an average wind speed of nine metres per second, the location has a huge potential, which - coupled with the extreme climatic conditions - requires a correspondingly high level of service: the North Cape is located on an island, and the wind turbines are exposed to wind and weather from all directions without any protection. The winter lasts seven months and there is a constant t

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