To estimate the energy production of a wind power plant, it is essential to have exceptional knowledge of the wind resource. With our extensive experience, we are able to optimise the layout of even the most complex sites using our SiteHunt® tool.

SiteHunt® is an advanced analytical tool that examines a broad spectrum of wind and weather data to evaluate potential sites and establish which of them can provide the optimum conditions for your project.

Vestas’ SiteHunt® puts at your disposal a proven and well-documented method of assessing the financial feasibility of a future wind power plant, lowering the cost of energy and maximising the return on your investment.

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SiteDesign® optimises the layout of your wind power plant through a sophisticated analysis of lifetime energy costs for each turbine. This is achieved by striking the most effective balance between a layout that maximises expected revenue, and one that reduces estimated operating and maintenance costs based upon Vestas’ deep knowledge into turbine components and operating data from global wind power plants. Put simply, SiteDesign® finds the balance between the estimated ratio of annual revenue to operating costs.

Vestas’ SiteDesign® enables you to assess the production and operating costs of a complex wind energy site over the long term, and configure the optimal location and operational strategy of individual turbines accordingly.

SiteDesign® is a crucial step in determining a project’s true potential, and provides a much firmer basis for investment decisions.

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The complexity and specific requirements of grid connections vary considerably across the globe, making the optimal design of electrical components for your wind power plant essential.

By identifying grid codes early in the project phase and simulating extreme operating conditions, Electrical PreDesign provides you with an ideal way to build a grid compliant, productive and highly profitable wind power plant. It allows customised collector network cabling, substation protection and reactive power compensation, which boost the cost efficiency of your business.

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The Vestas turbines can be equipped with a system of smoke sensors as a first line of defense against the development of a fire. If one of the sensors is activated, the turbine will shut down. As a second line of defense, a temperature-activated Fire Suppression System can be optionally installed to automatically extinguish a fire.

The Fire Suppression System’s layout targets the main risk areas and is optimised to fit the respective turbine types.

The Fire Suppression System operates independently from the turbine and does not require a source of power.

The Fire Suppression System is available for all variants of the 3 MW platform.

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Intelligent use of aviation lights

Wind farm owners worldwide are required to conform to national regulations and recommendations for marking the wind turbines as air traffic obstacles.

Vestas InteliLight™ delivers reliable activation of the aviation lights when needed while avoiding unnecessary continuous lighting. It is a proven safe solution, designed specifically for wind turbine parks and integrated into the Vestas portfolio of products, systems, and siting tools. The result is an industry-leading, safe, and effective solution.

The system continuously and autonomously scans the wind park’s surrounding area. Each radar has a minimum range of eight kilometers. If an approaching
airplane is detected, its distance, speed, and heading are tracked and an assessment is made on whether or not to activate the aviation lights.

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Shadow flicker is the effect caused by the sun shining through the rotating blades of a turbine. Shadow flicker is one of the drawbacks of locating a wind farm near houses. In fact, shadow flicker can sometimes dictate whether planning permission is granted or not.

You can avoid shadow flicker by equipping your turbines with the Vestas Shadow Detection System. The system is integrated with the control system of the turbine. If the unit registers shadow flicker beyond a certain threshold, it pauses the blades to avoid the strobing effect on nearby properties.

Shadow controllers are uniquely configured for each turbine. They are programmed with the locations of neighbouring properties, as well as timetables indicating when shadow flicker must be avoided.

The Vestas Shadow Detection System is compatible with all Vestas turbine models.

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Increased Cut-In Wind Speed is a system intended to prevent bat and bird blade strikes. The system controls the turbine operational cut-in wind speed based on predefined parameters around the turbine, which includes bat and bird migration patterns.

Increased Cut-In Wind Speed is compatible with all Vestas turbine models.

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Wind sites are classified according to certain climactic characteristics (e.g. IEC IA, IEC IIA and IEC IIIA) but in the real world few sites fit these definitions perfectly. To extract the maximum potential wind power from a site, turbines must be configured for uneven wind conditions, turbulence levels, varied topography and air density.

Vestas Load and Power Modes is an advanced wind sector management system. It adjusts turbine operation to extract the maximum potential energy from a given site according to the conditions forecasted during the siting process.

Vestas Load and Power Modes is designed to increase the flexibility of individual turbines, exploit optimum power curves of each turbine within your site, maximise energy production and protect your return on investment (ROI).

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This condition monitoring system analyses how your wind turbine is performing via a series of sensors. You’ll know early on if something isn’t performing as expected, and you can service and maintain the wind turbine before a problem becomes crucial and causes prolonged down time. That way you’ll reduce unscheduled maintenance, improve availability, reduce repair costs, plan repair logistics more efficiently, and add value over the long-term.

The Condition Monitoring System is is compatible with all Vestas turbine models.

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Keep your wind turbines operating smoothly in challenging weather conditions with Vestas Cold Climate Solutions. Building on years of engineering expertise, our Vestas Low Temperature Option, Vestas Ice Detection™ and Vestas De-Icing™ systems ensure consistent and compliant output during icing and in cold climates.

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Aviation markings on the blades

We offer contrasting colour stripes on blades, which are colour-coded by country, in order to make our turbines more visible for aircraft.

Aviation lights

Vestas offers a variety of aviation light solutions and related products to meet both international and national requirements for aviation marking of wind turbines.

The aviation lights on both the nacelle and tower are visible 360° around the turbine. By adding visibility sensors, light intensity can be reduced in clear weather conditions. In case further reduction is needed the OCAS™ radar based solution only activates the lights when an aircraft is operating in the immediate vicinity of the wind farm. This reduces the visual impact to a minimum.

The aviation lights are available in different configuration with variable colours (red or white), flash rates and intensities. As a standard, two lights are located on the top of the nacelle and, when required, four lights around the same radius on the tower to ensure 360° visibility.

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The powerful energy discharge during lightning strikes can cause severe damage to blades, and in worst cases lead to structural destruction. Such damage results in expensive repairs or replacement and lost energy production while damaged blades are being repaired.

Vestas' improved lightning protection will significantly reduce this risk of damage due to lightning strikes. The improvement consists of a copper cap for each blade tip. The copper cap is made of a thin plate, which makes the entire tip surface conductive and at the same time shields the tip to control the electrical field enhancement.

Benefits

• Eliminated or significantly reduced costs for blade replacement or maintenance
• Reduced turbine downtime caused by damaged blades and replacement or repair
• Reduced insurance costs

The Yaw Power Backup system is a combination of sensors and software to control the turbine above standard cut-out speeds. It ensures that the nacelle and blade assembly can continue to yaw accurately in winds of up to 70 m/s.

The functionality consists of a special operational mode to ensure continuous yawing for turbines in areas where the risk of extreme wind events exists.  Connection of an external power back up system to power the yaw system during grid outage is optional.

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Vestas Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) leverages extensive project management experience and deep product knowledge to deliver customised solutions for each unique wind power project. Depending on project needs, Vestas EPC can be structured as a comprehensive turnkey solution or selected Balance of Plant support.

Extensive project management experience combined with product expertise has resulted in more than 100 successfully executed EPC projects totalling more than 4 GW capacity around the world.

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Effectively managing your project’s scope of supply is an important factor in minimising the risk. We have designed a number of flexible solutions for optimising scope of supply to meet every customer requirement.

We generally offer the following scopes of supply:

Supply and supervision: As well as supplying the turbines, we supervise their installation and commissioning on site.

Supply and commission: We provide manpower to help get the turbines up and running. We may also provide transport if you need it.

Supply and installation: In addition to the above, we procure and supervise the cranes for installing your wind turbines, provide the manpower to install and commission the turbines, and, if required, we can also transport them from the factory to the site.

Power plant owners who are taking on maintenance tasks themselves can benefit from Vestas' substantial knowledge of maintenance optimisation. A range of solutions created by Vestas are available for power plant operators who are interested in improving their maintenance operations and reducing costs.

To learn more about our portfolio within product optimisation please contact your local Vestas representative.

Working with wind turbines is not without risks. Heavy components in production, dizzying heights and unpredictable weather conditions during construction and service, all add up to a challenging work environment. But we refuse to accept that accidents are inevitable. Safety is paramount at Vestas, starting at the top with senior management. Individual employees also shoulder responsibility for their own well-being and the well-being of others. At a minimum we operate to the safety standards of OHSAS 18001 certification.

In terms of environment, Vestas has set two ambitious targets for 2015 – to enable the highest possible MWh output per turbine weight and to use materials which have the lowest embedded greenhouse gas emissions, ensuring that our turbines are constructed from the most easily-accessible and renewable resources.

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Vestas PowerPlus™ is a range of upgrades dedicated to improving the performance of existing wind power plants. By optimising turbine control parameters and aerodynamic performance the power production of your wind turbines can be enhanced by up to 5%*. Vestas PowerPlus™ consists of three product offerings:

Power Uprate increases the nominal power output by optimising turbine control parameters

Extended Cut Out captures the full potential of high wind by extending cut out and re-cut in wind speeds

Aerodynamic Upgrades are specifically designed for Vestas blades to improve aerodynamic performance

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