Emerson and Vayu Form Alliance to Optimize Wind Energy Farms with Machine Learning
May 08 2019 - 09:00AM
Business Wire
Integrated technology solution minimizes energy
loss, maximizes clean energy output and revenue for wind farm
operators
Emerson (NYSE: EMR) has formed an alliance with Vayu, a
Ystrategies Corp. (OTC:YSTR) company, to provide automation
technology solutions for wind farm energy optimization in the
Americas, Caribbean and Europe. The three-year collaboration
combines the advanced power applications and networking
capabilities of Emerson’s Ovation™ automation platform with Vayu’s
cloud-computing wind energy optimization technology. Using this
approach, Vayu has identified more than $500 million in revenue
opportunities from just a fraction of the approximately 450 wind
farms in the United States.
“Combining the respective strengths of Emerson and Vayu creates
a first-of-its-kind, intelligent solution for wind farm
optimization,” said Bob Yeager, president of Emerson’s power and
water business. “This initiative will help wind energy producers
maximize their aggregate power output, achieve their financial
objectives and deliver more clean power to their communities.”
The wind power market continues to grow: 53.9 gigawatts were
added in 2018, bringing the overall capacity of all wind turbines
installed worldwide to 600 gigawatts, according to the World Wind
Energy Association. The United States—the second-largest wind power
market—added 7.6 gigawatts of capacity last year.
Beyond the additional revenue from megawatt production, the
advanced solution from Vayu and Emerson can also help U.S. wind
farm owners take advantage of federal production tax credits
awarded for increasing electricity output of existing wind
turbines.
“Instead of embarking on full-scale repowering projects that can
cost millions, wind farm owners can make a small investment in this
integrated solution to boost power production and qualify for the
tax credit,” said Vayu CEO Jim Kiles.
In traditional wind farms, each turbine is individually
optimized. Each creates its own turbulence, or wake, which prevents
downwind turbines from receiving full energy from the wind stream,
significantly reducing wind energy production. Vayu estimates
two-thirds of U.S. wind farms experience reduced capacity due to
wind wake. Emerson and Vayu’s solution leverages key data and
machine learning to enable turbines to work cooperatively,
adjusting the side-to-side movement of each turbine based on wind
speed, wind direction and other parameters to extract the optimum
energy from wind.
Emerson’s Ovation compact controller will communicate data from
each turbine’s wind sensor to the Vayu system every 1-2
seconds—much faster than the 10 minutes typically required to
perform this function when using traditional equipment. This
near-real-time data enables a more accurate calculation of the
optimum setting for each turbine.
Ovation compact control technology was designed specifically for
renewables and other highly distributed energy applications and can
easily interface with any turbine controller—regardless of
manufacturer—eliminating the significant time and expense
associated with removing and replacing existing turbine
controls.
About EmersonEmerson (NYSE: EMR), headquartered in St.
Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global technology and engineering
company providing innovative solutions for customers in industrial,
commercial and residential markets. Our Emerson Automation
Solutions business helps process, hybrid and discrete manufacturers
maximize production, protect personnel and the environment while
optimizing their energy and operating costs. Our Emerson Commercial
& Residential Solutions business helps ensure human comfort and
health, protect food quality and safety, advance energy efficiency
and create sustainable infrastructure. For more information visit
Emerson.com.
About Vayu Corp.Vayu is a cloud computing optimization
service that can significantly increase wind farm energy production
using machine learning principles. Vayu applies physics-based
algorithms against unpredictable wind data, locally and globally,
to identify cooperative action among multiple wind turbines,
diminishing risk from turbulence while increasing power production.
Vayu, a Ystrategies Corporation (OTC: YSTR) company is based in San
Francisco with offices in Pittsburgh and Houston. Learn more
at www.vayuai.com
This news release and a high-resolution photo are also available
online. Visit:
https://www.emerson.com/en-us/news/automation/1905-vayu-wind-farm-optimization
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