Registration And Refreshments 

Chair's Opening Remarks 

Opening keynote: Benchmarking US Fleets Against other Global Wind Farms to Drive Strategic Growth

• Identifying key cost drivers to determine optimal maintenance strategies for existing US wind farms
• Maximising value of operational strategies by minimising risk and uncertainty in future projects and sites
• Critical assessment of the existing market and identifying new geographies for wind farm development 

Panel Discussion: Assessing How to Prepare for an Ageing Fleet and Optimise Existing Assets

• Maximising the yield and efficiency of online wind farms nearing the end of their life cycle
• Reinvesting in existing infrastructure to extend lifecycle of your fleet
• Expected growth and opportunity in repowering farms across the industry

Asset Life Optimisation - Getting the Most Out of Your Investment

• Decreasing blade downtime to increase overall revenue and profit of your asset
• Ensuring a return on investment through blade reparation and damage prevention
• Understanding the role of data and how to utilise it within asset optimisation

Networking Break and Morning Refreshments 

Optimising Functionality and Increasing Profitability through Blade Design

• Discussing alternative materials, composites and new material mixes and the impact on energy output
• Assessing the impact of poor blade efficiency on turbine power output
• Ensuring blade design damage prevention to increase revenue

How to Extract and Interpret Data to Optimise Wind Farm Performance and Efficiency

• Identifying the metrics to collect and analyse for performance 

• How to report on wind farm performance vs expected output

• Using historical and real-time maintenance data to optimise performance

Networking Lunch

Case Study: Using Data-led Insights to Optimise O&M Performance 

• How to forecast failure and performance degradation through better measurement tools and analysis

• Managing multiple data sources to analyse and unlock key turbine performance insights

• Extending asset life span through predictive maintenance analytics

Breaking the Ice: Using Data Analysis to Optimise De-Icing Techniques

• How to perform and qualify environmental analysis on- and off-site

• Reducing costs of de-icing via data management without risking blade damage

Networking Break and Afternoon Refreshments

Roundtable Discussion

Delegates have a choice of five roundtables, focussed on discussing problems and solutions for:

• Repowering

• Digitalisation

• State-by-state regulations - moving towards standardisation
• Identifying and assessing new markets, new locations
• Auctioning

Chair's Closing Remarks

More information coming soon...

End Of Day 1