A significant number of wind turbines will reach the end of their planned service life in the
near future. A decision on lifetime extension is complex and experiences to date are limited …

This paper reviews the state of the art in offshore wind farm operations and maintenance
with a focus on decision support models for the scheduling of maintenance. Factors …

The number of wind farms is increasing every year because many countries are turning their
attention to renewable energy sources. Wind turbines are considered one of the best …

Effective short-term wind power forecast is essential for adequate power system stability,
dispatching and cost control. There are various significant renewable energy sources …

Intensive condition monitoring of wind generation plant through analysis of routinely
collected SCADA data is seen as a viable means of forestalling costly plant failure and …

Due to the increasing installation of wind turbines in remote locations, both onshore and
offshore, advanced fault detection and classification strategies have become crucial to …

Operation and maintenance activities, considering condition monitoring systems, are
necessary to ensure the reliability of wind turbines, but provide complex and large amounts …

It is well known that each year the wind sector has profit losses due to wind turbine failures
and operation and maintenance costs. Therefore, operations related to these actions are …

Very short-term forecasts of wind power provide electricity market participants with extremely
valuable information, especially in power systems with high penetration of wind energy. In …

Reduction of wind turbines down times is paramount in wind energy develop-ment and cost
effectiveness. Such reductions require early fault detection and more importantly, a …