Windinsider October 2017

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HOW TO CUT THE COST OF WIND ENERGY IN HALF BY 2030 PAGE 12

VALUE CREATION IN THE WIND ENERGY SECTOR PAGE 5

REQUIREMENTS FOR ONSHORE WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: A 2017 PERSPECTIVE PAGE 20-21

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Indian News SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES PLANNING IPO OF ITS INDIA BUSINESS Singapore-based power producer Sembcorp Industries Ltd is preparing to list its Indian unit, according to two people aware of the plan.

“It can be either listed here in India or elsewhere,” said one of the people, requesting anonymity. The other person, who also did not want to be named, confirmed the initial public offering (IPO) plan.

The IPO for Sembcorp India, which has thermal and renewable power assets in the country, is being planned at a time when India’s green energy tariffs have hit a record low. In such a scenario, obtaining finance at the lowest cost has become a key to success.

Sembcorp India has contributed to these aggressive bets, with its Sembcorp Green Infra (SGI) unit bidding a then-record low Rs3.46 per kWh wind power tariff in February to win contracts for 250 megawatt (MW). It was also in the fray for 750MW of solar capacity on offer at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh.

GOVERNMENT PUTS ON HOLD AUCTIONS FOR 1 GIGAWATT OF WIND POWER PROJECTS The government has put on hold auctions for 1gigawatt of wind power projects, which were to be conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) on September 19.

Industry executives termed this as a relief because they would be in a better position to make a bid after the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) decides on a petition filed by Power Grid Corporation of India on availability of bays for grid connectivity for wind or solar projects. Industry sources said most players had sought relief pertaining to grid connectivity before getting into the reverse bidding process.

CERC is through with hearings and is likely to issue an order very soon, government sources said. “CERC will come out with its decision in a few days. Bidders should be clear on the issue before the new date when the bid will be conducted. This is only a temporary deferment..,” said a government official aware of the developments. The auction will now most likely be scheduled for the week starting September 25, the official added.

INDIA TO CONDUCT WIND POWER AUCTION NEXT TUESDAY India will conduct the much-awaited auction to award 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind power contracts next Tuesday.

The auction to be conducted by state-run Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) comes in the backdrop of India’s wind sector transitioning from a feed-in tariff regime to tariff-based competitive auctions.

While feed-in tariffs ensure a fixed price for wind power producers, the February auction conducted by SECI saw wind power tariffs in India following the solar route and hit a record low of Rs3.46 per kilowatt hour (kWh) for another 1GW tender.

This, in turn, caused disruptions with some states looking to renege on their offtake commitments for projects awarded at a comparatively higher tariff.

ENGIE AND ABRAAJ JV EYEING $1 BILLION WIND POWER INVESTMENT IN INDIA A joint venture (JV) of French energy firm Engie SA and Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Group may invest around $1 billion to build a 1,000 megawatt (MW) wind power platform in India.

The strategy ahead for the JV announced last week involves bidding for new contracts and making acquisitions to reach the targeted capacity.

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“That’s the scale of the total investment cost,” said Malcolm Wrigley, country manager, India, for Engie in an interview.

The capital expenditure planned in equity and debt comes in the backdrop of India’s wind sector transitioning from a feed-in tariff regime to tariffbased competitive auctions.

While feed-in tariffs ensure a fixed price for power producers, wind power tariffs in India followed the solar route and hit a record low of Rs3.46 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in a February auction conducted by Solar Energy Corp. of India.

WIND ENERGY: SECTORAL HEADWINDS BLOWING AWAY JOBS The renewable energy sector, one of the big-thrust areas of the government, is witnessing a wave of layoffs. Wind gear supplier Suzlon Energy Ltd and turbine maker ReGen Powertech are learnt to have retrenched over 1,600 employees over the past six months, while equipment maker Inox Wind Ltd has not paid salaries to sections of its staff over the previous two months.

Suzlon is learnt to have laid off around 1,400 employees and ReGen Powertech has reportedly retrenched at least 300. Asked about the numbers, Suzlon did not offer a formal response but a company executive said that “a manpower cost optimisation” exercise is on. The executive did not comment on the number of workers laid off but referred to an analyst call on August 14, when Suzlon’s top brass indicated that the move is part of an “entire value cost optimisation” initiated by the company.

WIND COMPANIES WITHDRAW HIGH COURT PLEA AGAINST TAMIL NADU AUCTION Wind energy developers and equipment manufacturers who moved the Madras High Court to stop Tamil Nadu from holding its wind auction have had second thoughts and withdrawn their petition. The Indian Wind Energy Association had filed the petition after Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Co (Tangedco) invited bids for 500 MW at the end of May. “The petitioner counsel states that he would withdraw the writ petition. The honourable court accepted the withdrawal and passed order accordingly,” SK Rameshuwar, the discom’s lawyer said in a letter to the chief engineer of Tangedco on September 12.

The developers had contested the holding of the auction when a price of Rs 4.16 per unit had already been set by the state regulator and was valid till April next year. IWEA chairman V Subramanian did not respond to queries about why the petition was withdrawn.

VESTAS ANNOUNCES FLURRY OF WIND TURBINE ORDERS TOTALING 463 MEGAWATTS Vestas Wind Systems A/S announced a flurry of wind turbine orders to mark the end of the third quarter last week, with orders from the United States, India, Europe, and Latin America totaling 463 megawatts.

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S announced on September 29, the last business day of the third quarter, eight separate wind turbine orders that amounted to 463 MW (megawatts), including a 174 MW order from MidAmerican Energy for part of its massive 2 GW (gigawatt) Wind XI project being developed in Iowa. In total, the orders will be shipped to the United States, India, Argentina, Mexico, and three projects in Italy.

The largest order was the 174 MW order for the MidAmerican Energy Wind XI project being developed in Iowa. Vestas will manufacture turbines at its Colorado factories and will begin delivery in the second quarter of 2018.

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Value Creation In The Wind Energy Sector The installed capacity of wind energy has risen steadily for nearly two decades, increasing from about 92.5 gigawatts (GW) in 2007 to more than 466.5 GW in 2016, out of which about 452.5 GW is onshore. IRENA estimates that achieving the energy transition in the G20 countries would require cumulative investments in the wind energy sector of about USD 3.3 trillion by 2030 and USD 6.3 trillion by 2050. Such investments can create value, and result in socioeconomic benefits including income generation and job creation.

Worldwide employment (direct and indirect) in onshore and offshore wind energy grew at a steady pace reaching more than 1 million jobs last fiscal.

The wind energy sector employed an estimated 1.2 million in 2016, primarily fuelled by deployment in China, the United States, Germany, India and Brazil. More than half of these jobs were in Asia, where the share of global wind energy employment increased from 54 percent in 2014 to 56 percent in 2016. Over this period, employment in the sector rose by 35 percent in North America, 9 percent in Latin America, and 3 percent in the European Union. Furthermore, wind power could support more than 3.8 million jobs in 2050.

For a country deploying wind energy, the potential to generate income and create jobs will depend on the extent to which the local industry along the different segments of the value chain can leverage existing economic activities, and create new ones. The analysis in this study focuses on the core segments of the value chain: project planning, procurement, manufacturing, transport, installation and grid connection, operation and maintenance (O&M) and decommissioning.

In designing policies to support value creation from the development of a domestic wind industry, a deeper understanding of the requirements in terms of labour, skills, materials and equipment is

THE ANALYSIS IN THIS STUDY FOCUSES ON THE CORE SEGMENTS OF THE VALUE CHAIN: PROJECT PLANNING, PROCUREMENT, MANUFACTURING, TRANSPORT, INSTALLATION AND GRID CONNECTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) AND DECOMMISSIONING.

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Global News IOWA UTILITY ‘REPOWERING’ TO INCREASE PRODUCTION, EFFICIENCY OF WIND TURBINES Iowa, already one of the country’s leading producers of wind energy, will move even further out in front of the industry as MidAmerican Energy “repowers” roughly a quarter of its wind capacity.

Work on the project began last month and is expected to be completed by late 2020. The Des Moines-based company will replace about 1,000 megawatts (MW) of its 4,000 MW portfolio.

company meet client-specific requirements.

CANWEA ADDS O&M AND SAFETY CATEGORIES TO ITS ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) has announced that it will be adding two new awards to its existing line-up of sought after achievements.

MidAmerican has embarked on one of the larger repowering projects in the country, said John Hensley, deputy director for industry data and analysis at the American Wind Energy Association.

According to the organization, the growth and maturation in the operations and maintenance (O&M) sector of the wind industry has produced significant advances in how wind farms are managed. O&M improvements are able to affect revenue, equipment longevity, the health and well-being of employees along with a whole host of other benefits.

Nationwide, about 700 MW of capacity has been repowered, he said. In most of those cases the entire system was dismantled and replaced. Many of those turbines were much smaller and less powerful than the turbines being erected now.

New approaches and novel applications of existing methods are making leaders stand out from their peers. To recognize these innovators CanWEA is calling for nominations of Canada’s best companies in the following categories:

OHIO ENVIRONMENTALISTS, NEIGHBOURS DIVIDED OVER WIND TURBINES From the ground, the narrow aluminum ladder might as well extend to infinity. Actual height: 290 feet.

A videographer straps on a protective harness, hard hat and safety glasses, joined by two employees of the farm’s operator, EDP Renewables. They are about to climb inside one of 55 wind turbines at Timber Road II wind farm in Paulding County. The first steps are easy, even with 10 pounds of cameras and other gear. Just resist the urge to look up — or down.

“The first thing that really hits you (is) the size in general, the gravity of just how much machinery goes into putting these things together,” said Jeremy Chenoweth, an EDP operations manager whose territory includes all of Ohio, and who made the climb.

Wind farms are a big, and growing, business in Ohio. They’re a part of the state’s clean-energy economy that has gone from near zero to more than $1 billion worth of spending in the past 10 years, with the potential to grow fourfold if every announced project is built.

But some neighbours view the turbines as an affront, spoiling the landscape with noise, the flicker of shadows from turbine blades and blinking red lights.

GLOBAL WIND TURBINE GEAR OIL MARKET REPORT 2017-2021 The “Global Wind Turbine Gear Oil Market 2017-2021” report has been added to Research and Markets’ offering.

The global wind turbine gear oil market to grow at a CAGR of 12.51% during the period 2016-2021.

Global Wind Turbine Gear Oil Market 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

The latest trend gaining momentum in the market is Evolution of digital wind farms. General Electric (GE) introduced a novel concept of a dynamic, connected wind energy solution that pairs first-rate wind turbines with big data analytics. This perfect synergy of hardware and software creates a digital infrastructure of wind farms that leverages production and reduces costs. The concept, labeled digital farm, is the combination of GE’s customizable 2 MW and 3 MW wind turbine product range. It includes a suite of applications built on the Predix software platform. This will help the

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DONG ENERGY ESTIMATES WIND INDUSTRY EXPORTS COULD BE WORTH £7BN TO UK ECONOMY Dong Energy has won the contract to build the world’s largest offshore wind project, set for Hornsea, but the firm thinks the UK can also benefit from exporting wind energy.

Dong Energy wins UK contract to build world’s biggest offshore wind farm Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference, Benj Sykes, head of programme asset management at Dong Energy, said wind exports could be worth between £5bn and £7bn to the UK economy by 2050.

He said that the industry had to seize the export opportunities presented

by Brexit. He said: “We need to make sure we can access those markets where the opportunities lie.”

Dong Energy is currently building the first phase of the Hornsea project, which has a capacity for 1.2 GW and was guaranteed a price of £140 per MWh. The firm is now focusing on offshore wind power, and on Friday it received regulatory approval to sell its upstream oil and gas business to Ineos.

ICE & DRONES: THE FUTURE OF WIND ENERGY Parts of the world with incredible wind energy potential have long been inaccessible to wind farms. But with the completion of the first offshore wind farm built to withstand ice-prone conditions, the industry has clearly evolved.

When it comes to cold-weather climates, wind farm designers face a variety of concerns, notably the impact of low temperatures on the turbines and the collection of ice on the turbines and snow.

When the industry first began, developers knew the consequences of ice accumulation. That’s why the very first wind farm was located on Grandpa’s Knob in Rutland, Vermont. They selected this particular mountain despite more elevated ones being available precisely because they wanted to avoid the possibility of structural failure.

Today, things have changed. At the end of the summer 2017, Finland wind power production company Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy took over the country’s Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm.

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In Conversation “WE ARE TOTALLY COMMITTED TO DELIVER PROJECTS FOCUSSED ON QUALITY OF DELIVERY & EFFICIENCY DURING OPERATIONS” WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ORDER BOOK POSITION AND WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY BIDDING FOR? MR. DINESH D JAGDALE Director & Chief Executive Officer Panama Wind Energy

WHAT IS CURRENT INSTALLED CAPACITY OF YOUR COMPANY AND HOW HAS BEEN YOUR JOURNEY SO FAR? Panama Renewable Energy Group is one of the leading Independent Power Producers (IPP) in the Indian renewable energy sector. Panama Renewable Energy Group, through its Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV’s), has commissioned 152 MW of Wind Power Projects along with 10 MW of Solar PV Power Project under Open Access Mechanism and has over 300 GW of wind power projects under various phases of development across major windy states of India.

With a Mission to Transform the Way India Produces Power from Renewable Energy Panama Renewable Energy Group commenced its journey in the Renewable Space in 2012. The First 72 MW Wind Power capacity was commissioned in early 2014 followed by Commissioning of further 80 MW Wind Power capacity in Oct 2014 taking the size of the operational fleet to 152 MW’s. The cumulative portfolio has injected over 1 Billion Units of Clean Renewable Energy in to the State Grid.

In 2017, Panama Renewable Energy Group expanded in to Solar Sector and has just commissioned its first 10 MW Solar Photovoltaic Project built for the Offtake under the Open Access Mechanism. This is the first Wind Solar Hybrid Project Commissioned in the State of Maharashtra wherein 80 MW Wind & 10 MW Solar are Evacuating Power at the Same Pooling Substation and use the same Transmission System. An additional 10 MW Solar PV Project is under construction and will go live during the first Quarter of CY 2018.

The group also has marked its footprint on the Roof Top Solar PV Sector focussing largely on the Commercial & Industrial Sector (C & I) and the work has already commenced for a project capacity in excess of 5 MWp. The journey so far has been quite exciting yet challenging especially on account of regulatory uncertainties along with the challenges you face on ground during construction of these renewable energy projects. We commenced our journey with a small Passionate team to create a land mark in the renewable space by truly adopting to build State of the Art Green Field Projects focussing on Quality of delivery & Efficiencyin operations. During this progress we partnered with Global leading WTG OEMs for our wind projects. With our recent expansion into Solar (PV) Sector, we continue to build our projects using the Same Strategy & utilising the in-house capabilities that are brought by a highly motivated & passionate Team of over 40+ Professionals.

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Just to translate your question in to a relevant metric we are working on 124 MW of Wind Power projects which are shovel ready &are ready for commencement of Constructiononce the next phase of Reverse Bidding Regime is initiated.Few projects

THE JOURNEY SO FAR HAS BEEN QUITE EXCITING YET CHALLENGING ESPECIALLY ON ACCOUNT OF REGULATORY UNCERTAINTIES ALONG WITH THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE ON GROUND DURING

the Bidding process the overall Growth in the Wind Sector in India has dropped considerably leading to huge over supply issues affecting the OEM’s a large way. This also has put pressure on the Employment Growth in the Sector. IPP’s have distanced themselves from the Wind Sector and are closely observing the GOI’s initiatives & unless drastic steps are taken in increasing the overall Electricity Demand the Wind Sector will continue to struggle for its existence.

CONSTRUCTION OF THESE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.

that have secured PPA are also under Due Diligence for acquisition. Further as already explained above we are also working on Solar PV Projects both Ground Mounted & Roof Top Mounted and expect to expand the Solar Portfolio from the Existing 10 MW to 100 MW within a period of one year fully focussing on C & I segment.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF REVERSE BIDDING ON THE WIND ENERGY SECTOR? Competitive bidding in the wind power segment has replaced the earlier feed-in tariffs where a fixed price was ensured for power producers, may put temporary pressure on wind sector players, but will have positive impact in the long term.

The first wind auction conducted in February led to a fall in tariff to Rs3.46 per unit — down 16.8 per cent from the lowest prevailing feed-in tariff of Rs4.16 among the windy States. Hence, the cost of wind power is close to achieving grid parity. Moreover, with wind power tariff dropping, non-wind generating States may be interested in procuring wind power from “windy” States by laying down transmission lines which will overall increase the demand and off-take for wind projects.

Bidding mechanism in the longer term shall create a more transparent and competitive industryas the tariffs are determined based on developers’ analysis of location, counter-party risks, wind conditions and other project-specific factors as well as company’s abilities to do financial engineering.

The pressures on the revenue side are expected to be balanced by the cost benefits accruing from technological improvements, increasing PLF’s, execution efficiencies and enforceable payment security mechanism.

But off course currently due to slow progress in

WHAT ARE YOUR GROWTH PLANS FOR NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS? As explained above we are totally committed to deliver projects focussed on Quality of delivery & Efficiency during operations. We have build a very robust Data Centre “Battlefield” focusing on use of data analytics for improvement in Performance.

Our growth plans are built around a robust pipeline of projects that will cater to a diversified off take arrangements that include the Classic SECI/State Bids, Open Access/Group Captive offtake as well as the Solar Roof Top avenues across pan India.’

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE WIND SECTOR? Wind Sector is going through a Transformative Stage from a Feed-In-Tariff Regime to a Competitive Reverse Bidding Mechanism. To be competitive and sustain its existence the sector now has to create an optimum value across the entire Supply Chain. While Technology for better CUF’s should not be a constraint the Sector will have to create a robust mechanism for delivery of Wind Power by indulging themselves with the regulators, State Load Operators to increase the penetration of wind energy in to the Grid. Once the SLDC’s are able to manage the variability, both across years and seasonally within a year, Wind will increase its acceptability and the growth forecast of addition of 4000 MW every year over the next five years will be a reality.

WIND SECTOR IS GOING THROUGH A TRANSFORMATIVE STAGE FROM A FEED-IN-TARIFF REGIME TO A COMPETITIVE REVERSE BIDDING MECHANISM.

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In Conversation “DHHI IS PLANNING TO ESTABLISH ITSELF BY SUPPLYING VARIOUS WTG COMPONENTS IN 3MW PLATFORM AT INDIA”

MR. S. SAMUEL RAJKUMAR Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Dalian Huarui Heavy Industry India Company Pvt. Ltd

LET’S BEGIN WITH A GLIMPSE OF YOUR COMPANY’S PRESENCE AND OFFERINGS IN INDIA?

Dalian Huarui Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd.(DHHI), success is based on experience we gained in our history, DHHI German / international team of R&D specialists and state of the art production technology in China, are the main pillars which lead to identifying the best solution for Main Gearbox, Pitch & Yaw drives with maximizing functional and economical parameters related to wind turbine application.

DHHI India Co. Pvt. Ltd., as 100% subsidiary of DHHI Group started its operation in New Delhi, India from 2010, DHHI international business team in China support the DHHI India team and we have so far supplied Main Gearboxes, Pitch & Yaw drives, Hubs, Main Frames, Slew Bearings, to various esteemed

DHHI THROUGH UNIQUE COLLABORATION IN INDIA WILL ESTABLISH A UNIQUE SERVICE FACILITY DEDICATED TO GEARBOX / PITCH & YAW DRIVES REPAIRS AND UPGRADES.

WTG OEM’s in India ranging from 225KW to 2.4MW. DHHI has experienced on-site service team in India; they react rapidly and minimize the down-times of wind turbine gearboxes / Pitch & Yaw drives operating at various sites.

WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT DHHI? DHHI is planning to establish make-shift kind of unique platform in its overseas operating countries including India to supply various WTG components / offer localised service and refurbishment solution to all esteemed customers. DHHI is ensuring to supply reliable WTG components such as Main Gearbox, Pitch & Yaw drives, Main Bearings, Slew Bearings,

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Couplings, Shrink Disc, Generator, Hydraulic Systems, Mechanical Brakes and Electrical cum Electronic systems under one roof to its esteemed customers locally, thereby customer can get the required components with competitive price (once it is packaged as group of component supplies) & it will reduce the lead time of group components

TELL US A BIT ABOUT THE RECENT TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS IN YOUR SECTOR?

DHHI CAN BE THE RIGHT CHOICE “SUPPLIER” FOR SUPPLYING VARIOUS WTG COMPONENTS TO WTG OEM’S, THEREBY TO MEET THE CURRENT & UPCOMING WIND

in India. It has invested in the experienced design / application & service engineers to address the Indian wind market demand for KW & MW gearboxes / Pitch & Yaw drives.

WHAT HAVE BEEN THE LATEST TRENDS IN DEMAND FOR YOUR PRODUCTS & SERVICES IN INDIA? WHERE DO YOU SEE THE NEXT DEMAND GROWTH COMING FROM? As DHHI has good - track record, reliability / price of the delivered components are very competitive, so there are demands for various WTG components by the esteemed customers in India for each platform ranging from 225KW to 3MW. Especially, the WTG OEM’s which has 2MW to 2.5MW Platforms, currently have major demand for our products in India, Since 2010, DHHI has rich experience in supplying 3MW to 6MW WTG products to its esteemed customers. DHHI is very much confident to supply its products to the OEM’s targeting 3MW WTG’s meant for On-Shore / 3MW+ WTG’s meant for Off-Shore wind farms in India.

MARKET DEMANDS IN INDIA. DHHI is offering end to end Wind Turbine Drive Train solutions and Spares right from 225KW to 6MW. DHHI is enhancing the compactness of WTG gearboxes / Pitch & Yaw Drives for each projects with many optimization approaches such as structural components weight optimization with detailed numerical analysis and simulations, modularised design approach to optimize the inventory and variations, integral bearing solutions for planet gears, flange mounted gearbox solution instead of torque arm mounted or foot mounted solutions towards integrated gearbox cum main shaft design concept etc.

The unique technology support is from DHHI R&D Center in Schweinfurt, Germany, DHHI is closely working with the world-famous wind turbine designers / WTG Consultants, ensuring to make our DHHI Gearbox Design Concept and Machining Process to the latest trend, thereby providing world’s renowned technology product to our esteemed customers in India.

WHAT ARE YOUR GROWTH PLANS FOR THE INDIAN MARKET? WHAT ARE THE MILESTONES YOU WISH TO ACHIEVE

BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL? DHHI through unique collaboration in India will establish a unique service facility dedicated to gearbox / Pitch & Yaw drives repairs and upgrades.

Even, Independent Service Providers (meant for various WTG’s) in India are demanding spares and complete product as replacement from DHHI, based on ISP’s demand, we are targeting & developing several types of components meant for 225KW to 660KW WTG’s.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD FOR OUR READERS. The upcoming Wind Market trend in India is for reverse bidding, so the WTG OEM’s / component suppliers have to work closely / hand in hand (winwin situation for WTG OEM & Component OEM) to materialize & execute the wind farm projects at India. So, DHHI can be the right choice “Supplier” for supplying various WTG components to WTG OEM’s, thereby to meet the current & upcoming wind market demands in India.

DHHI HAS EXPERIENCED ONSITE SERVICE TEAM IN INDIA; THEY REACT RAPIDLY AND MINIMIZE THE DOWN-TIMES

DHHI is planning to establish itself by supplying various WTG components in 3MW Platform at India.

OF WIND TURBINE GEARBOXES / PITCH & YAW DRIVES

Fuelled by optimism for the future of the Indian wind-energy market / reverse bidding approach in wind sector at India, DHHI has ramped up its value engineering / R&D and service capabilities

OPERATING AT VARIOUS SITES.

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In Conversation “REPOWERING IS SOMETHING WHICH NEEDS TO BE ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGED”

MR. NARAYAN KUMAR Development Director Acciona Wind Power India

WHAT IS CURRENT INSTALLED CAPACITY OF YOUR COMPANY AND HOW HAS BEEN YOUR JOURNEY SO FAR?

ACCIONA is one of the foremost Spanish business corporations with a global footprint. We are leaders in development and management of infrastructure, renewable energy, water and services.

ACCIONA has been in India for close to a decade, with primary presence in renewable energy. ACCIONA was the first Spanish company to install and operate a wind farm in India. We have operating wind farms with a capacity of around 175 MW.

CURRENTLY WE ARE EVALUATING OPPORTUNITIES AT BOTH THE NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL AS IN DIFFERENT

period for transition from feed-in-tariffs to competitive reverse bidding. Now that the reverse bidding has been introduced, this has created a sense of uncertainty in the industry and is bound to affect capacity addition for 15-18 months. We need to evaluate the sustainability of tariffs of around Rs 3.10 / kWh.

WIND SPACE.

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ORDER BOOK POSITION AND WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY BIDDING FOR?

FOREMOST SPANISH BUSINESS CORPORATIONS WITH A

It’s interesting to see how future bids will play out since we are reading reports about one of the winning bidders from the Feb 2017 auction already backing out from its commitments. We have also witnessed the same trend in the PV space as well.

There is perhaps the need for the industry to think through their bid strategy and evaluate pricing on rational, sustainable, long-term basis.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF REVERSE BIDDING ON THE WIND ENERGY SECTOR?

When India’s first ever auction of wind projects worth 1 GW capacity early this year threw up record low tariffs, none of realised that it would become a flashpoint for the resentment of power distribution companies (discoms) against generators in the days ahead. But that is exactly what we are seeing today.

Discoms have stopped signing power purchase agreements (PPAs) with wind power generators, leaving a big question mark hanging over the future of 3 GW of assets underconstruction. If the logjam is not broken soon, the government’s renewable power capacity addition could get off track, compromising effortsto rein in emissions and fight climate change.

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Discoms believe that they were paying very high tariffs to IPPs and are reneging on their signed commitments. Discoms’ refusal to sign PPAs has forced the Centre to intervene and asked for signed commitments to be honoured. Such blatant change of tack has serious repercussions on the country’s renewable energy programme as well as India’s perception with global investors. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has already cautioned discoms that if PPAs are not signed, there would be no further wind capacity addition either in 2017-18 or 2018-19.

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Even if wind auctionsrestart at this stage as is widely envisaged, the projects would be commissioned only over the next 15 to 18 months.

In such a case there would be no wind capacity addition in 2017-18 and a major part of 2018-19.

This would mean that most atates would not be able to meet their non-solar RPO obligations.

This would also throw a spanner in the plans of OEMs who have made large investments in capacity as well as inventory. They will go through a difficult phase on this account, though this is expected to be temporary.

Re-Powering – A Growth Opportunity Repowering is something which needs to be absolutely encouraged. Vintage turbines occupy some of the best wind sites across India. Policies or guidelines may require changes as we have not made a big headway into repowering.

Again it’s perhaps premature to comment as there are issues like existing substation capacity, current PPAs, disposal of old turbines and current owners of land who are reluctant to give up their land etc.

Power being a concurrent subject; it’s possible to have a state repowering policy. The bottom line is, repowering can bring in about a capacity addition on an estimate of 1 GW every year for the next 2-3 years. This can possibly increase if grid connectivity and substation capacity can be augmented.

Acciona India is an Independent Power Producer.

Unlike Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), we don’t maintain an order book. We are focused on development of both solar and wind energy investments in India. Currently we are evaluating opportunities at both the national level as well as in different states to participate in auctions for both PV and wind space.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF REVERSE BIDDING ON THE WIND ENERGY SECTOR? Wind energy sector in India is at cross roads because of introduction of reverse bidding since February 2017. It would have been ideal if the industry had been provided with a 12-15 month

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Industry Insights HOW TO CUT THE COST OF WIND ENERGY IN HALF BY 2030 New energy science and technological breakthroughs could cut the cost of wind energy in half by 2030— making it fully competitive with the fuel cost of natural gas.

This new finding is outlined in a report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) that examines the future of wind power plants—backed by the supercomputing power of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) national laboratories.

maximize power production.

The traditional wind power plant turbines of equal size all face the incoming flow direction, as measured using their own individual sensors, and each tries to maximize its own energy production. There is no plant-level, integrated real-time control or real-time sensing of the wind resource flow into the plant. Data harvested from the wind plant operations are used to support

>> Integrated wind plant design, real-time active control of turbines, and operational strategies to increase reliability and extend turbine lifetimes >> Innovative design of wind turbines and components such as rotors and drivetrains to optimize performance and enhance energy capture, including larger rotors and taller towers to capture higher-potential wind energy in the Earth’s upper atmosphere >> Controllable, dispatchable, and predictable grid support services for grid resilience and stability, including precise forecasting of wind energy production for short-term grid operation and planning.

Enabling the SMART Wind Power Plant Through Advances in Wind Energy Science The wind industry is cognizant of the substantive paradigm shift necessary to enable future deployment of wind energy. Some aspects of next-generation wind power plants are already emerging in the marketplace.

For example, many companies are making significant investments in large computational resources to enable wind power plant digitization, extensive use of sensors, and data collection to create a digital replica of each wind turbine and the entire wind power plant.

However, realizing the full potential of wind power plant innovation relies on A2e’s continued ability to address several core scientific challenges.

The collective effort of the DOE A2e program and industry will realize a future SMART wind power plant: a collection of intelligent and novel technologies that allow wind power plants and the turbines within them not only to respond to the atmosphere as an efficient, integrated system but also to control the flow itself to 12

ii). Extract the maximum amount of energy possible flowing through the rotor with adaptive controls on each turbine within the wind plant

iv). Execute longer-term operational strategies for increased reliability, reduced costs, and extended operational life to Design future wind power plants optimized to specific local wind resource conditions and complex terrain 3. Innovative wind turbine machine design and technology: a). Advance novel turbine designs that enhance energy capture with rotor designs and drivetrain architectures

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>> High-fidelity modeling and state-of-the-art sensors to accurately estimate wind power plant energy production, reducing uncertainty and increasing predictability of electricity production.

i). Entrain (incorporate) additional higher energy atmospheric flow into the wind power plant

iii). Actively steer lower energy turbine wakes (low energy flow behind the turbine rotors) away from the turbines located downstream to increase plant power production and reduce operating loads

It’s part of DOE’s Atmosphere to Electrons initiative, which focuses on maximizing efficiencies at the plant level (i.e., how wind turbines interact with one another and the atmosphere) rather than treating each wind turbine as an individual unit. The next step is for DOE to apply high-performance computing to this grand challenge of better understanding the complex physics that control electricity generation by wind plants.

According to NREL, the wind plant of the future will use a collection of technologies that allow wind power plants and the turbines within them to not only respond to the atmosphere as an efficient, integrated system, but also to control the airflow within the plant to maximize power production. This approach is made possible by recent advances in supercomputing technology, which turns large sets of atmospheric and wind turbine operation data into a high-fidelity model. Industry can then use these government-driven scientific insights to design new wind turbine components, sensors, and controls. Future wind power plants would include:

b). Implement integrated real-time control of all turbines within the wind power plant to actively:

some analysis of trends for performance and reliability, but no largescale efforts around data assimilation and modeling are used to optimize the plant operations. In contrast, the SMART wind power plant of the future contains turbines of various sizes that are each optimized to site-specific plant conditions with advanced technology and significant scaling.

There is extensive realtime data collected from both the turbines and meteorological measurement equipment that are integrated at the control operations center for highly accurate forecasting of the plant energy production and full wind plant control that balances maximization of energy production with plant reliability and grid services.

The collection of innovations that define the SMART wind power plant discussed earlier was identified in a series of workshops held with experts from the DOE national laboratory system and reviewed by wind industry experts. Experts were first asked to identify individual innovations and then to aggregate them into groups.

The resulting SMART wind power plant can be broken down into groups with specific science-based innovations in each category, including: 1. High-fidelity wind power plant energy production estimation: a). Apply validated HFM and state-of-the-art sensing equipment to provide energy production estimates with reduced and well-quantified uncertainty 2. Integrated wind power plant design, control, and operational strategies: a). Actively monitor the wind resource as it enters and passes through the wind power plant utilizing advanced sensing and data analysis methods to estimate the maximum power extraction potential and loading on all turbines and inform strategies for plant control and operation

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b). Evolve design standards to tailor the performance characteristics and requirements of each individual turbine within the plant to optimize the overall wind power plant production and cost performance Wind’s Place in Shaping the Energy Landscape The rise of wind energy over the past decade has been driven largely by technological advances that have made wind turbines more efficient at a lower cost.

Wind was the third most-installed source of U.S. energy capacity in 2016 behind solar and natural gas. Between 2009 and 2016, installed project costs for new wind farms dropped 33 percent, while also generating more electricity per turbine.

Continued cost reductions will become even more important as wind’s main policy incentive, the federal production tax credit, expires in 2019. By leveraging high-performance computing and accelerating energy science R&D efforts for the wind plant of the future, wind energy costs could be cut in half by 2030 or sooner, bringing it below the projected fuel cost for natural gas.

Newly-built wind plants using production tax credits are already cost-competitive with new natural gas plants in some parts of the U.S., especially in the “wind belt” that runs from Texas to North Dakota. New energy science and technology breakthroughs outlined above could drop the unsubsidized cost of wind energy below the projected cost of fuel for existing natural gas plants by 2030. www.windinsider.com

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Product Feature MY TRAH’S GENERATION MANAGEMENT CENTRE (GMC): EQUIPPED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR ASSETS IN REAL TIME, ALL THE TIME One of the major challenges wind energy players face in today’s increasingly competitive, auction-based tariff environment is having datagathered fromassets deployed in multiple locationsrelayed in a consistent form. In traditional markets, end-users are greatly dependent on Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). However, by the time data is gathered from multiple OEMs/service providers, it tends to include multiple parameters in varying formats.

Typically, this entire cache of data is manually stored on various hard disks. Arranging it in a common format for assessment ends up being a herculean task. Considerable manpower is required to extract information from the data thus collected. And there is a high risk throughout this process of errors creeping in as well as data loss occurring due to manual handling.

As a leading Independent Power Producer (IPP) with more than 1000MW of wind energy assets deployed across deserts, mountain passes,hills and shore lines; with various turbine models ranging from 800KW to 2300KWand hub heights between 65m to 120m, Mytrah stands out withits deep expertise in clean power technology know-how. It is this that has helped Mytrah’s engineers from the core software and technology teams build its proprietary product, the Generation Management Centre or GMC, right from scratch.

Although there are products by other companies comparable in scale to Mytrah’s GMC, most are being developed by software companies that have

expertise in building software tools, but lack, to a large extent, hands-on experience. This gives Mytrah’s GMC a competitive edge and enables the product’s end-users to derive the best results from its ability to extract meaningful patterns from large volumes of data irrespective of what kind of asset it is being generated from.

As a state-of-the-art, web and mobile-based technology solution, the GMC uses and leverages advanced technologies including OPC,IoT, big data and Artificial Intelligence(AI)/ machine learning algorithms. Its digital platform enables consumers to connect to their operational assets (wind/solar) without interruption. And, live tracking of an asset’s status, analysis, and optimisation of its performance, predictive maintenance, reporting, dash boards, and forecasting and scheduling are just a few of the features the GMC is built to deliver.

Among some of its other salient functions are its ability to: a. Fetch data from the SCADA of various manufacturers and display/report in unified manner b. Carry out real-time monitoring of individual wind turbines with the capability to report various statuses including ‘running’, ‘idle’, ‘warning’, ‘stoppage’ etc., as well as the ability to report analogue and digital values at intervals of less than a second

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e. Identify the performance level of a WTG/wind park through interactive analytical tools f. Prescribe clear downtime allocation between OEMs and owners; as well as set off an alarm when the downtime allocated for an owner exceeds a realistic value g. Deliver high-performance on the strength of big data analytics implementation h. Provide on-the-go updates and monitoring from remote locations i. Deliver actionable insights including predictive analysis In effect, what the GMC delivers is not only improved cost efficiency by shifting the emphasis from labour to machine-dependent processes, but also significantly lowered margins of manual errors.But more than anything else, what the GMC enables is optimal analysis of big data. By converting caches of information into useful, meaningful patterns, it enhances availability and reduces downtime. GMCis used internally, but can be made available to third parties through our Mytrah Global Services asset management business.

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c. Deliver alarms and events-reporting at time intervals of less than a second

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d. Enable automated generation of daily reports,

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Company Feature OUR EFFORTS ARE FOCUSSED ON BRINGING IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SEALING TECHNOLOGY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD Triada Technologies, established in 2014, is committed to serve the Indian Hydraulics Industry, offering its expertise in the field of Hydraulic Sealing Systems. Through its wide range of Sealing Elements, Triada is in a position to propose most appropriate Sealing Systems for any application that one may come across, be it from any Segment or Application. Our efforts are focussed on bringing in the latest available Sealing Technology in other parts of the world and make it affordably available to our Customers, ensuring “Value for Money”.

In its short journey of three years, Triada has been fortunate to associate with some of the leading OEM’s in the country, cutting across various segments. One such Segment where we have made a remarkable presence is the Alternate Energy, withWind Power taking the leading role in this segment. Triada, along with our Sealing System partners from Europe, have been quite successful in supporting our Customers providing Sealing Systems for the Transmission, Pitch Control Cylinders, Yaw Brakes, Brake Calipers etc.

Vision Be in the Galaxy of those most valued Professional Organisations in the Country, Triada’s focus being on providing the True Sealing Experience to its Clients, far more satisfying to them than the services from anyone else in the Industry.

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Mission To be the most admired Organisation, in the regions it operates, ensuring Technical Superiority and also “Value for Money”, in all its offerings to the Industry.

Association with Globally acclaimed Manufacturers, coupled with Triada’s experienced personnel, shall offer the Best Technology & Services to its Customers.

Will strongly support a culture of Innovation & Customer Focus which shall help achieve a win-win situation with all its Suppliers & Customers, thereby also ensuring a profitable growth for Triada too. Triada is committed to Corporate Social Responsibility activities, Employees taking a leadership role, accepting responsibility towards the Society.

Quality Policy To provide world-class services, oriented to satisfy and exceed requirements and expectations from our clients regarding product quality, execution time and investment costs, with a highly qualified, trained, motivated human resource, committed with the efficiency and continuous improvement of our processes.

Triada is ISO 9001:2015 Certified and employs Microsoft Dynamics 2016 ERP Software to service our Customers and its business. The state of the art Bangalore based warehouse holds Standard and Customer Specific parts, ensuring a high level of OTD.

Triada, apart from offering a wide range of Products and its expertise in multitude of Segments, also offers an array of Services to its Customers. We believe that selection of the Sealing Elements or System is only the first step towards ensuring best performance of any product, but aspects like optimising the hardware, adhering to a systematic assembly process, Prudent testing process, Storing procedures etc are also as important as the Seal Selection Process. It would be interesting to note that Triada also goes that extra mile to explore what other services could be of interest to their Customers, effectively bringing down their hidden costs, which includes Kitting, Co-Branding, Training, Product redesigning, On Call Deliveries etc.

We do handhold our Customers, supporting them in every step of their product validation/approval process, as a true Partner.

Our website (www.triada.co.in) as well as our Product Brochures & Flyers would of course give you a brief idea about our Products & Services, but it is highly recommended to bring up your Application Details directly to our Engineering Team, who would be more than happy to work with You and Your Team.

Sure that you shall find us truly rewarding to work with, for all your Hydraulic & Pneumatic Sealing Applications. www.windinsider.com

In Conversation “BCT HAS BUILT A SUITE OF RENEWABLE SOLUTIONS, BASED ON OUR PATENT PENDING PLATFORM CALLED RETINA”

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WE ARE LOOKING TO HELP MAXIMIZE RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS FOR OUR CLIENTS WITH FINANCIAL

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& OPERATIONAL SCENARIO SIMULATIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. LET’S BEGIN WITH A GLIMPSE OF YOUR COMPANY’S PRESENCE AND OFFERINGS IN INDIA? For over a decade now, Bahwan CyberTek (BCT) has been in the forefront of creating innovative solutions in analytics for the Energy & utilities sector. BCT has also been actively building solutions for the renewable vertical, working closely with Wind & Solar IPPs and OEMs over the last couple of years.

BCT has built a suite of renewable solutions, based on our patent pending platform called RETINA, to cater to specific needs for the renewable industry.

OUR PRODUCTS HELP IDENTIFY UNDERPERFORMING ASSETS BY USING DATA SCIENCE ALGORITHMS AND COMPARING OUTPUTS WITH EXPECTED PERFORMANCE OR

Our products help identify underperforming assets by using data science algorithms and comparing outputs with expected performance or average park performance. We also provide failure predictions at component level and assign performance index scores that helps Power producers understand asset behaviour and take proactive corrective actions.

Our product suite has been well received in India, and we have recently launched in the US. We have also expanded our focus to Australia, Middle East and other markets that are keen on using a data science approach to increase returns on renewable investments.

TELL US A BIT ABOUT THE RECENT TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS IN YOUR SECTOR? Power producers in India are looking to increase plant efficiencies to sustain continuous price pressures and regulatory challenges.

Technologies such as Cloud computing, Big data, machine learning & predictive analytics are becoming a part of day to day operations of power producers.

AVERAGE PARK PERFORMANCE.

Our portfolio of offerings includes: • RETINA Enhance: An OEM agnostic real time monitoring solution for monitoring and efficient management of your renewable assets and operations.

This solution is designed to acquire information in real-time from sensors, devices, SCADA / Historian giving a 360ᴼ view and real-time insights that enables Smart operations of your renewable fleet.

Data analysis will improve the communication between Power producers, Manufacturers and O&M players as they will be able to gain insight into real- world issues during operations.

With the right data analytics, Power producers will gain more control over their renewable asset operations and better track & fix revenue losses.

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FOR THE INDIAN MARKET? WHAT ARE THE MILESTONES YOU WISH TO ACHIEVE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL? We see the Indian market evolving towards greater harnessing of the data streams in renewable energy.

While there is a lot of focus on operational efficiency today, we are looking to help maximize returns on investments for our clients with financial & operational scenario simulations in the near future.

WHAT ARE YOUR GROWTH PLANS FOR THE INDIAN MARKET? WHAT ARE THE MILESTONES YOU WISH TO ACHIEVE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL? The renewable energy industry, in India and elsewhere, is witnessing a slowdown due to larger market factors. We are now seeing increased focus on making existing assets operate better and improve returns on investment.

There has been a lot of interest in analytics as a means to do ‘more with less’: improve operational efficiency of wind and solar parks, and improve asset health and working life. Analytics based solutions that help cut preventable losses are also seeing a lot of interest.

Customers are increasingly using recommendations from our analytics systems to have conversations on specific issues with OEMs and to find quick resolutions.

We also see customers looking at integration of Balance of Plant (BOP) into existing systems to help trace energy generated and various energy losses.

We see customers moving beyond simple central monitoring systems (CMS) & visualization solutions. Customers are realizing that data science can offer more pointed insights into their operations that help resolve potential issues before they occur. Data science also helps them plan their maintenance schedules better and improve returns.

• RETINA Empower: Built on our patent pending predictive analytics platform, this solution helps you visualize, analyze & optimize power generation and minimize downtime.

WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT BAHWAN CYBERTEK? We have considerably refined our product suite over the last year. Our products use Machine and Deep learning techniques such as Neural Networks, Fuzzy logic and rule based algorithms to add business value to users.

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Global Outlook GLOBAL WIND ENERGY MARKETS: 2017 grid connections, lack of transmission infrastructure, slower-than-expected demand growth and grid managers’ preference for coal-fired generation.

Overall, an estimated 49.7 TWh of potential wind energy was curtailed, or a national average of 17% for the year, with far higher rates in some provinces.

Even with curtailment, wind power’s share of China’s total generation has increased steadily in recent years, reaching 4% in 2016 (up from 3.3% in 2015), or 241 TWh. Elsewhere in Asia, India installed 3.6 GW to end 2016 with 28.7 GW, firming up its fourth-place position for total capacity. India’s record installations were due largely to a rush to take advantage of incentives that were set to decline or expire in early 2017. Turkey had a record year, adding nearly 1.4 GW in 2016 to rank again among the top 10 for new capacity, for a total of 6.1 GW. Pakistan (0.3 GW), the Republic of Korea and Japan (both around 0.2 GW) also added capacity, helping to push Asia’s total above 203 GW. By late 2016, significant additional capacity was under construction in the region, including Indonesia’s first utility-scale wind farm, and Vietnam had just contracted another 940 MW.

Global Wind Energy Markets: 2017 Almost 55 GW of wind power capacity was added during 2016, increasing the global total about 12% to nearly 487 GW.1 Gross additions were 14% below the record high in 2015, but they represented the second largest annual market to date. By the end of 2016, over 90 countries had seen commercial wind power activity, and 29 countries – representing every region – had more than 1 GW in operation.

A significant decline in the Chinese market (following a very strong 2015) was responsible for most of the market contraction. Even so, China retained its lead for new installations, followed distantly by the United States and Germany, with India passing Brazil to rank fourth. Others in the top 10 for additions were France, Turkey, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Canada. New markets continued to open elsewhere in Asia and across Africa, Latin America and the Middle East; and Bolivia and Georgia installed their first wind plants of scale in 2016. At year’s end, the leading countries for total wind power capacity per inhabitant were Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Ireland and Portugal.

Note: Germany’s additions are net of decommissioning and repowering. “~0” denotes capacity additions of less than 50 MW. For the eighth consecutive year, Asia was the largest regional market, representing about half of added capacity, with Europe and North America accounting for most of the rest. Growth in some of the largest markets was affected by uncertainty about future policy changes, and cyclical or policy-related slowdowns affected some markets; however, wind deployment also was driven by cost-competitiveness and by environmental and other factors. Wind has become the least-cost option for new power generating capacity in an increasing number of markets.

China added 23.4 GW in 2016, for total installed capacity approaching 169 GW, and accounted for one-third of total global capacity by year’s end. New installations were down 24% relative to 2015, when a record annual market was driven by looming reductions in China’s FIT. The drop was

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due in part to weak electricity demand growth and to grid integration challenges. About 19.3 GW was integrated into the national grid and started receiving the FIT premium in 2016, with approximately 149 GW considered officially gridconnected by year’s end.

FIVE OTHER EU COUNTRIES HAD A RECORD YEAR FOR NEW INSTALLATIONS, INCLUDING FRANCE (ADDING 1.6 GW), THE NETHERLANDS (0.9 GW, MOSTLY

The top provinces for capacity additions were Yunnan (3.3 GW), Hebei (1.7 GW) and Jiangsu (1.5 GW), with the latter two relatively close to demand centres. Although the northern and western provinces were still home to a significant portion of China’s wind power capacity at year’s end, for the first time new installations increased substantially in the southern and eastern regions, in response

ALMOST 55 GW OF WIND POWER CAPACITY WAS ADDED DURING 2016, INCREASING THE GLOBAL TOTAL ABOUT 12% TO NEARLY 487 GW.1 GROSS ADDITIONS WERE 14% BELOW THE RECORD HIGH IN 2015, BUT THEY REPRESENTED THE SECOND LARGEST ANNUAL MARKET TO DATE.

OFFSHORE), FINLAND (0.6 GW), IRELAND (0.4 GW) AND LITHUANIA (0.2 GW).

The United States ranked second for additions (8.2 GW), for cumulative capacity at year’s end (82.1 GW) and for wind power generation (226.5 TWh; only 6% below China) during 2016. Wind power accounted for one-fourth of newly installed US power generating capacity, ranking third after solar PV and natural gas for gross capacity additions, and second for net additions.

Texas led for capacity added (2.6 GW), and at year’s end the state was home to one-quarter of US capacity; it was followed by Oklahoma (added 1.5 GW), Iowa (0.7 GW), Kansas and North Dakota. Nebraska became the 18th US state to exceed 1 GW of cumulative wind power capacity.

US utilities continued to invest strongly in wind power, with some going beyond state mandates based on favourable economics. The cost-competitiveness

to new regulations to steer investment away from high-curtailment areas.

Despite the central government’s introduction of new regulations to ensure guaranteed annual full load hours for wind (and solar) energy, curtailment remained a major challenge (even for nuclear power) in China in 2016 due to poor

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Global Outlook THE EU INSTALLED NEARLY 12.5 GW OF GROSS CAPACITY (12 GW NET, ACCOUNTING FOR DECOMMISSIONING), DOWN 3% FROM THE REGION’S 2015 RECORD HIGH; ADDITIONS WERE UP 11% ONSHORE AND DOWN ALMOST 50% OFFSHORE. of wind power also drove corporate and other purchasers, with a diverse range of new companies entering the market. Non-utilities accounted for 39% of more than 4 GW contracted in 2016, down from 2015 (52%) but up significantly over the previous two years (23% in 2014 and 5% in 2013). By the end of 2016, an additional 10.4 GW of wind power capacity was under construction.

To the north, Canada added 0.7 GW, about half the 2015 level, for a total of 11.9 GW. Although growth slowed relative to 2014 and 2015, wind energy has represented Canada’s largest source of new electricity generation for 11 years. The province of Ontario continued to lead for cumulative capacity, adding 0.4 GW (for a total of 4.8 GW), followed by Québec (added 0.2 GW for a total of 3.5 GW), while Prince Edward Island had the country’s highest penetration rate (25%).

The EU installed nearly 12.5 GW of gross capacity (12 GW net, accounting for decommissioning), down 3% from the region’s 2015 record high; additions were up 11% onshore and down almost 50% offshore. Total capacity at year’s end reached 153.7 GW (92% onshore and 8% offshore). Wind represented the largest percentage of new power capacity in the region (51% of gross additions), followed by solar PV; new fossil fuel power capacity (less than 14% of additions) was far exceeded by retirements. By the end of 2016, 16 EU member states had more than 1 GW each.

However, ongoing economic crises and austerity measures, combined with the transition from regulated prices (under FITs) to tenders has affected growth. In response to abrupt and, in some cases, retroactive policy changes, annual installations have contracted significantly in several well-established markets, including Italy and Spain. As of early 2017, only seven EU member states had renewable energy targets in place for beyond 2020. Consequently, installations were concentrated in a handful of countries: the top five markets in 2016 (Germany, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Poland) accounted for 75% of the region’s newly added capacity. Despite ranking among the top five, installations in Poland and the United Kingdom were down significantly relative to 2015.

increasing operating wind power capacity by almost 5 GW for a total of 49.5 GW (45.4 GW onshore and 4.2 GW offshore). Germany’s boom was driven largely by the looming shift from guaranteed FITs to competitive auctions for most renewables installations as of January 2017. Five other EU countries had a record year for new installations, including France (adding 1.6 GW), the Netherlands (0.9 GW, mostly offshore), Finland (0.6 GW), Ireland (0.4 GW) and Lithuania (0.2 GW). Finland and Lithuania both saw their total wind power capacity increase by over 56%, and the Netherlands joined the global top 10 for annual additions for the first time in decades. Total EU generation from wind power in 2016 was around 300 TWh, up only slightly over 2015 due to a relatively poor wind year following an unusually strong one. Elsewhere in Europe, the Russian Federation ended the year with little capacity but awarded about 700 MW of projects in its first wind power auction in 2016.

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Latin America and the Caribbean was the next largest installer by region. Eight countries added more than 3.5 GW and, by end-2016, the region had over 18.8 GW in at least 16 countries. Additions were significantly below 2015, due largely to reductions in Brazil and Mexico. Brazil continued to lead the region and to rank among the global top 10, despite the ongoing economic recession and weak electricity demand growth. Approximately 2 GW was commissioned for a total exceeding 10.7 GW, although not all was grid-connected by year’s end, due to a lack of transmission lines and to the slow pace of construction. Brazil met 5.7% of its electricity demand with wind power in 2016. The cancellation of December’s auction made this the first year since 2009 that Brazil did not procure renewable power; as a result, wind equipment manufacturers were seeing idled capacity in early 2017.

China accounted for most of the remainder (adding 0.6 GW), driven in part by limited potential for further onshore deployment in the country’s northern and western regions. Even so, development is proceeding

There was little activity in the Oceania region during the year. Australia added only 140 MW for a total of 4.3 GW. In the Middle East, Kuwait was constructing a 10 MW wind farm during 2016, and, in early 2017, Saudi Arabia commissioned its first utility-scale turbine and announced a 400 MW tender.

Offshore, about 2.2 GW of capacity was connected to grids (and 9 MW decommissioned) in 2016, for a world total approaching 14.4 GW. As in previous years, Europe was home to the majority of capacity brought online (1.6 GW; 70% of global additions) and total operating offshore (12.6 GW; almost 88%). Germany (0.9 GW), the Netherlands (0.7 GW) and the United Kingdom (56 MW) were the only European countries to add capacity offshore, although several gigawatts of projects were under construction in European waters at year’s end, driven by rapidly falling costs.

GERMANY’S BOOM WAS DRIVEN LARGELY BY THE LOOMING SHIFT FROM GUARANTEED FITS TO COMPETITIVE AUCTIONS FOR MOST RENEWABLES INSTALLATIONS AS OF JANUARY 2017.

Other countries in the region to add capacity included Chile (0.5 GW), which had a record year; Mexico (0.5 GW), which held its first auction in 2016; Uruguay (0.4 GW); and Peru (0.1 GW). Both Chile and Uruguay passed the 1 GW mark for total capacity.

Argentina brought no capacity online but built up a solid pipeline of more than 1.4 GW over the year in response to tenders.

relatively slowly, and China remains far short of its original target of 5 GW by 2015 (pushed to 2020 in 2016). The Republic of Korea and the United States both completed their first commercial offshore wind farms (30 MW each), and Japan connected a single (7 MW) floating turbine. The US offshore industry has advanced relatively slowly for several reasons, including a complex regulatory environment and higher relative costs; however, as of late 2016, several The African market was smaller than in 2014 and gigawatts of additional capacity were in various stages 2015, with South Africa adding only 0.4 GW for a of development. total approaching 1.5 GW. Morocco auctioned 850 MW of wind projects at record-low prices, and In terms of total offshore capacity, the United Kingdom construction continued on Kenya’s Lake Turkana maintained its lead, with almost 5.2 GW at year’s end, project. The Lake Turkana project (310 MW) is followed by Germany (4.15 GW), China (1.9 GW), which the single largest private investment in Kenya’s overtook Denmark (1.3 GW), and the Netherlands (1.1 history to date and, upon commissioning in 2017, GW), which passed Belgium (0.7 GW). will represent approximately 15% of the country’s generating capacity and will be Africa’s largest wind

Germany again was the largest European market,

THE US OFFSHORE INDUSTRY HAS ADVANCED RELATIVELY SLOWLY FOR SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING A COMPLEX REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND HIGHER RELATIVE COSTS; HOWEVER, AS OF LATE 2016, SEVERAL GIGAWATTS OF ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WERE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.

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Global Outlook PROJECT PLANNING REQUIRES EQUIPMENT TO MEASURE WIND RESOURCES AT THE SITE SELECTED, SUCH AS ANEMOMETERS AND WIND VANES, ALONG WITH PREDICT WIND BEHAVIOUR. Offshore and on land, independent power producers (IPPs) and energy utilities remained the most important clients in terms of capacity under construction and in operation, but interest increased in other sectors. Corporations continued to purchase wind power from utilities, signing PPAs or buying their own turbines to power operations to obtain access to reliable low-cost power. By end-2016, US cumulative corporate PPA capacity exceeded 5.6 GW, and Europe’s had reached 1 GW. Sweden and Norway, for example, have seen a surge in demand for wind generation from insurance companies and large corporations.

Community Ownerships Community and citizen ownership of wind generation also expanded during 2016, but only slowly. Spain’s first community-owned wind project was under development; a project was completed in Australia; and Ontario (Canada’s) first community-owned project achieved commercial operation. Japan had an estimated 37 MW of communityi wind power capacity at end-2016. However, there is concern that policy changes – particularly transitions from FITs to tenders – are slowing the pace of development.

Small-Scale Turbines Policies also have affected the market for small-scaleii turbines, which are used for a variety of applications, including defence, rural electrification, water

pumping, battery charging and telecommunications, and increasingly to displace diesel in remote locations.

The global market grew 5-7% in 2015 (the latest data available), and total capacity was up an estimated 1215%. By year’s end, more than 995,000 small-scale turbines, or over 935 MW, were operating worldwide (up from 830 MW at end-2014).

While most countries have some small-scale turbines in use, the majority of units and capacity operating at the end of 2015 was in China (415 MW), the United States (230 MW) and the United Kingdom.

Other leaders included Italy (59 MW) and Germany (26 MW), with Italy seeing a significant increase in 2016. In response to obstacles such as policy changes and competition with solar PV, the top markets have contracted in recent years. China has seen a steady decline since its 2009-2011 high, the UK market was down significantly in 2015, and the US market increased slightly in 2015 but was down substantially relative to 2013. However, other markets such as Japan are starting to emerge.

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States, Finland, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sweden and Japan. In the United States, the extension of federal tax credits has incentivised repowering (and retrofitting) of existing assets, which enables owners to quality for another decade of credits.

Wind power is playing a greater role in power supply in a growing number of countries. In 2016, wind energy covered an estimated 10.4% of EU demand and equal or higher shares in at least 11 EU member states, as well as in Uruguay and Costa Rica. At least 24 countries around the world met 5% or more of their annual electricity demand with wind power. In the United States, utility-scale wind power represented over 5.5% of total electricity generation and accounted for more than 15% of generation in nine states, including Iowa (36.6%). Two German states had enough wind capacity at year’s end to meet over 86% of their electricity needs, and four had enough capacity to meet over 60% of their needs.

Globally, wind power capacity in place by the end of 2016 was enough to meet an estimated 4% of total electricity consumption.

WIND POWER IS PLAYING A GREATER ROLE IN POWER SUPPLY IN A GROWING NUMBER OF COUNTRIES. IN 2016, WIND ENERGY COVERED AN ESTIMATED 10.4% OF EU DEMAND AND EQUAL OR HIGHER SHARES IN AT LEAST 11 EU MEMBER STATES.

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Repowering has become a billion-dollar market, particularly in Europe. While most repowering involves the replacement of old turbines with fewer, larger, taller, and more-efficient and reliable machines, some operators are switching even relatively new machines for upgraded turbines (including software improvements). During 2016, at least 721 turbines (totalling around 533 MW) were decommissioned, representing a significant increase in numbers and capacity over 2015. Germany dismantled 242 turbines (262 MW), followed by Denmark, the United

SWEDEN AND NORWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE SEEN A SURGE IN DEMAND FOR WIND GENERATION FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES AND LARGE CORPORATIONS.

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Industry Insights Requirements For Onshore Wind Energy Development: A 2017 Perspective The manufacturing and installation of wind turbines are the main cost components in developing wind projects, accounting for 64–84 percent of an onshore wind project’s total installed costs. These activities offer considerable opportunities for value creation.

With a total of 144,420 person-days needed to develop a wind farm of 50 megawatt (MW), labour requirements vary across the value chain. As illustrated in the figure, there is a heavy concentration in operation and maintenance (43 percent of the total), installation and grid connection (30 percent) as well as equipment manufacturing (17 percent).

As the Figure illustrates the quantities of materials needed to develop a 50 MW wind farm with 2 MW turbines. Table 1 shows the distribution of the materials needed along the main components of a wind farm. It covers the labour, materials, equipment and information required for each segment of the value chain. Almost 23,000 tonnes of concrete are needed for the foundations, and nearly 6,000 tonnes of steel and iron go into the turbines and the foundations, constituting the bulk of the material needed. More

systems; the civil engineering work and infrastructure; the construction plan; and the O&M model. Project development consists of administrative tasks, such as obtaining land rights, permits, licenses and approvals from different authorities; managing regulatory issues; negotiating and securing financing and insurance contracts; contracting engineering companies; negotiating the rent or purchase of the land; and managing the procurement processes.

Planning a 50 MW wind farm with 2 MW turbines requires an estimated 2,580 person-days of labour.

Project development activities account for about 70 percent of this labour (1,780 person-days), followed by engineering design (12%), site selection (11%) and feasibility analysis (8%). Table 2 presents a breakdown of the total labour force needed in project planning by activity.

As for the skills needed, almost 40 percent of the labour (1,200 person-days) falls in the ‘legal, energy regulation, real estate and taxation experts’ category, indicating the importance of knowledge of the local context. While some of these needs can be fulfilled by foreign experts, they offer considerable opportunities for domestic employment.

About 16 percent of the total labour (420 person-days) requires specialised engineers, and environmental and geotechnical experts with knowledge of the wind sector (see Figure 5). These professionals can

be hired from abroad on a temporary basis or skills can be developed domestically through education and training policies designed to meet future skills needs in the sector.

Project planning requires equipment to measure wind resources at the site selected, such as anemometers and wind vanes, along with wind energy simulators and programmes to measure wind speeds and direction and predict wind behaviour.

Computers and software to run simulations and produce feasibility analyses are also required.

Technical information is necessary to identify soil characteristics and climatic features at the site (such as snow or sand storms) that might affect a project’s structural and operational requirements or place limitations on the wind turbines. Information about policies and regulations related to support schemes for renewable energy, grid connection and land use is crucial for determining whether to proceed with the development of a wind farm.

In the project development stage, planners decide whether to procure domestically manufactured components (if available) or from foreign suppliers.

The cost of technology and enabling conditions created by policies that support manufacturing, such as taxes on imports or local content requirements, affect this decision.

Manufacturing and Procurement The main components of a wind turbine that decision makers may consider manufacturing domestically are the nacelle (along with its subcomponents), the blades, the tower and the monitoring and control system.

Decisions concerning the local manufacturing of wind components are mainly driven by the expected local/regional demand for wind energy and will depend on: 1) the existence of government policies incentivising local value creation; 2) the availability of raw materials and presence of related domestic industries; and 3) the high costs and logistical challenges related to transporting bulky equipment.

Manufacturing the main components of 50 MW wind farm requires 19,000 person days.

The nacelle, along with its subcomponents, is the part that needs the most work (almost half of the total). The blades and tower each require another 24 percent of the total person-day requirements.

Much of the labour and skill requirements to

than 360 tonnes of fiberglass go into the turbines and almost 700 tonnes of polymers are needed for the turbines and cables.

While not very significant in terms of weight (low density), these materials remain essential for the production of components locally.

Project planning Activities at the project planning phase include site selection, technical and financial feasibility studies, engineering design and project development. In the first two activities, the resource potential of a site is measured and the environmental and social impacts of the project are assessed. Engineering design covers the technical aspects of the mechanical and electrical

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produce the main components is low to medium skill jobs. Indeed, 66 percent of the labour required (12,500 person-days) to manufacture turbines is factory labour, with medium to low skills related to wind energy. This may constitute a valuable proposition for governments to offer incentives for local manufacturing. The production of the technologically advanced subcomponents, such as the gearbox, the generator and the electronics requires highly specialised skills, which may not always be easy to source locally. Figure below shows the distribution of human resources required to manufacture the main components of a 50 MW wind farm by occupation.

Although building a domestic manufacturing capacity for wind turbines has the potential to create employment and income, this phase is very capital-intensive.

Moreover, in some countries where wind energy growth was slower than anticipated, capacity may have exceeded demand. In 2014, for example, global demand for wind turbines was estimated at less than 47 GW while manufacturing capacity exceeded 71 GW (Navigant Research, 2014). Some manufacturers in China, the United States and Europe were running below capacity and struggling for survival, leading them to consider moving factories overseas where wind development was picking up at a faster rate (AAE, 2014). Value creation from domestic manufacturing therefore requires the existence of a long-term market with growing demand for wind energy, which relies on support for locally produced equipment, access to finance and skills, competitiveness in the regional and global market and access to subcomponents (some highly specialised) and raw materials.

PROJECT PLANNING REQUIRES EQUIPMENT TO MEASURE WIND RESOURCES AT THE SITE SELECTED, SUCH AS ANEMOMETERS AND WIND VANES, ALONG WITH WIND ENERGY SIMULATORS AND PROGRAMMES TO MEASURE WIND SPEEDS AND DIRECTION AND PREDICT WIND BEHAVIOUR. Maximising value creation from the development of a domestic wind industry relies on leveraging existing capacities used in other industries, such as aeronautics and construction, that can provide expertise, raw materials and intermediary products such as steel, concrete, aluminium, copper, fiberglass and glass-reinforced plastic. Table 4 shows the quantities of materials needed to manufacture the main components of a 2 MW turbine.

In terms of weight composition of each of the main components, the nacelle, including the gearbox and frame, is mostly made of steel and iron and casting material (around 56% and 35% of total weight respectively).

The rotor including the blades is mostly composed of fiberglass, casting material, and steel and iron (almost 40%, 30% and 22% of total weight respectively). As for the tower, it is mostly made of steel and iron.

Manufacturing the main components of wind turbines requires specialised equipment. It also requires welding, lifting and painting machines that are used in other industries, such as construction or the aeronautics industry.

One of the biggest challenges facing the industry is transporting bulky parts, sometimes over long distances. Issues faced can include traffic congestion, road damage, the need for complex coordination and high costs. A single turbine can have blades 80 meters long weighing 33 tonnes each; it can require up to eight truckloads to transport it by land (one for the nacelle, one for the hub, three for the blades and three for the tower sections). For instance, one 150 MW wind farm in the United States required 689 truckloads, 140 railcars and 8 vessels. Transport costs increase with the size of the turbines and the wind farm as well as with the distance travelled.

To reduce these costs, large turbine manufacturers are shifting parts of their supply chains to markets with high expected demand, such as Latin America. Domestic manufacturers in new markets produce bulky parts such as blades and towers (leveraging local steel and fiberglass industries if existent), following specifications and standards imposed by the main manufacturing company. The manufacturer generally produces the generator, gearbox and bearings, all of which require specialised knowledge.

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Product Feature THE REDUCTION OF THE ENERGY COSTS IS IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO COMPETITION BETWEEN ENERGY PRODUCERS

Bachmann electronic was founded in 1970 by Gerhard Bachmann as a one-man operation in the basement cellar of his private home in Austria.

It grew to an internationally operating hightech company, which provides complete system solutions in the field of automation technology. The company has 459 employees worldwide and is the market leader in the automation of wind turbines, with 100,000 installed systems of which are 9,000 condition monitoring systems and a market share of over 50 per cent. Link: http://bachmann. pa g e f l o w. i o / a u to m a te d 1 0 0 k

of wind turbines. A team of specialist data analysts monitors the condition of the turbines and detects complex fault patterns at an early stage.

Internal measurement signals provide information on the pressure and temperature of the generator and the drive. If they are too high, the operation must be regulated in order to avoid damage.

Units such as the drive train send data about their maintenance status. Affected systems can be operated gently up to the planned service. Turbine modifications – particularly with regard to software and the behavior of the turbine – must be carried out swiftly and transparently.

Bachmann’s »Wind Turbine Template« (WTT) provides a basis for creating the software architecture of this kind of wind turbine. The components of the turbine can be created as modules, based on IEC 61400-25 structures. The openness of the system and the use of different programming languages (IEC 61131, C/ C++, MATLAB®/Simulink®) enable these software modules or turbine components to be depicted as required. Proprietary simulation programs, which run simultaneously on the turbine controller, not only provide a model the turbine, but can be included in order to optimize the turbine parameters.

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Benefits at a glance: • Predictive control for pitch and turbine • Drive train CMS with operational control • Electrical CMS, temperature monitoring of the IGBTs in the inverter • Tower vibration sensor with power regulation • Calculation of component lifespan based on load cases • Intelligent wind farm control – smart grid Targetted Customer Segment Customers include operational management companies, energy producers and turbine manufacturers. Holger Fritsch, managing director of Bachmann Monitoring believes the time has come for the sector to maximise the technical possibilities: “There is no longer any way around standardisation and digitalisation. It is an essential issue for any company in the wind energy sector. We support this transition with such things as novel algorithms for efficient fleet management.”

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Product Information “Nowadays wind turbines must be seen as part of a wind farm and an entire energy system”, says Gabriel Schwanzer, business unit director at Bachmann Electronic. The individual technical components already exist and many manufacturers are offering them on the Indian market. The edge that Bachmann Electronic has is the one-source alliance it creates between controller, SCADA, farm control, condition monitoring system, data portal and grid control.

Bachmann’s »Smart Turbine Automation«, however, not only covers the wind turbine itself. Modelbased park control algorithms and predefined open structures (IEC-based), as well as a host of configurable energy protocols are available to create an intelligent wind farm. Highly resolved grid measuring and monitoring modules from Bachmann for the turbine and the wind farm round off the Bachmann solution for the »Smart Turbine Automation«.

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