Leading Power Company Case Study

 
With over 7,500 megawatts of renewable energy being generated from 9,000 wind turbines located at 75 sites across the United States and Canada, a leading North American Power Company required  more optimal networking communications to improve wind farm operations and avoid costly downtime. Its current SCADA system was utilizing a serial multi‐drop string network that not only had data limitations, but was also experiencing reliability issues during temperature fluctuations.
 

Challenges

  • Improved network reliability
  • Harsh environment
  • Improved operations with less downtime
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