Spearheading the digital revolution in the offshore wind, wave and tidal sectors by implementing big data, machine learning and AI technology.
The Catapult is launching the Wind Digital Innovations Forum to enable a step-change in the use of data and digital technology in the wind industry.
Visit the Wind Digital Innovations Forum page to find out more and play your part.
The Catapult has established a multi-disciplinary Data and Digitalisation team, comprising experts in computer science, data management, information systems, mechanical engineering and marine technology. Its focus is on addressing the main challenges in wind, wave and tidal data management, and investigating and spearheading new ways of processing and handling data to convert it into useful insight.
We offer data and digitalisation services to customers operating in, or wishing to enter, the renewable energy sector.
Our mission is to support the renewables industry to become data-led, and to extract the full potential from data and digital technology.
The Data and Digitalisation Team sits within the Catapult’s Operation & Performance directorate and can draw on vast experience across the business.
We are experts in the handling and analysing of data. Independent and trusted, we have the knowledge, skills and industry connections to develop new and innovative ways to process and manage data.
We offer a number of data-driven services in several key areas:
POD (Platform For Operational Data)
Our Platform for Operational Data enables users to access and request data sets collected by the Catapult from the 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine.
Better access to quality data leads to better analysis and insight and thus better decision-making – this, in turn, leads to reduced risk for investors and greater return on investment. We aim to support innovative research projects and product development through data provision to academics, researchers, and the wider community pursuing growth opportunities in renewables.
The System Performance, Availability and Reliability Trend Analysis (SPARTA) platform is a database for sharing anonymised offshore wind farm performance and maintenance data. It supports improvements in the availability, reliability and performance of offshore wind assets, which will drive efficiency improvements, cost reduction, sector innovation, investment and development.
The Wind Energy Benchmarking Service (WEBS) is an independent performance benchmarking company. It applies a suite of web-based tools to assist global onshore and offshore wind farms owner/operators to improve performance and reliability whilst driving down the cost of asset operations and maintenance.
WEBS provides a secure, anonymised, industry-level, independent web-based benchmarking service for wind farms across several key performance indicators.
We offer a pilot analytics investigation as a first step in revealing how a data owner can get value from operational data.
Here are some of the digital concepts and techniques that the ORE Catapult are exploring. To find out more or to discuss your data and digitalisation needs, contact us.
Business Intelligence Tools And Dashboards
Exploring The Potential Of Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Process and Workflow Automation
Exploring New Data Structures
Optimisation
Advanced Wind And Tidal Turbine Performance Analysis
