A software solution for Wind Park Management & Wind Turbine Forecasting

Energy trading companies require detailed availability forecasting in order to market the produced energy most efficiently. The Forecasting Tool in Offshore-Manager.de helps the park operator to do exactly this. Easy availability forecasting paired with innovative interfaces to automate the process are all part of the tool. Standard interfaces to grid operators for ENTSO-E compliant reporting are included as well as interfaces to major direct marketing partners in Europe.

Work (PTW) is a management system to ensure that work is done safely and efficiently. These are used in the offshore wind industry and involve procedures to request, review, authorise, document and most importantly deconflict tasks to be carried out by frontline workers. PTW is a core element of an Integrated Safe System of Work (ISSOW) system that along with Risk Assessment and Isolation Planning, enable As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) reduction of unsafe activities in non-trivial work environments. PTW adherence is essential to achieve Process Safety Management.

The PTW tool enables operators to reduce incompatible operations matrices i.e. preclude one workgroup welding/grinding in the vicinity of another venting explosive/flammable gases. The PTW system is for work being performed in accordance with preapproved procedures and that has been macro scheduled, the purpose is to deconflict short term activities of different frontline workgroups to prevent mutually hazardous interference. Once a PTW has been issued to a workgroup, a tag-out or lock-out system is used to restrict equipment state changes such as electrical operations until maintenance is complete. Since the PTW is the primary deconflictation tool all work activities in high risk environments such as offshore wind parks, specific hazardous operations will then have a second permit for activities such as Confined Space or Electrical Work. Here the Hot Work permit is minimising the risk of the individual task, the PTW is minimising the risk of simultaneous activities.

PTW system permit authorisation and its trace-ability is a crucial element of work place safety. Ideally one person should be delegated with this responsibility at any one time and all workers at that facility should be fully aware of who that person is and when the responsibility is transferred. The PTW application in the Offshore-Manager enables all parties to collaborate online and thus insure a safe working environment.

The PTS is a commercial off the shelf web based solution, and has been proven 'fit for purpose' with respect to catering for the diverse and comprehensive personnel logistics and POB management requirements of global wind operators onshore and offshore.With the PTS you can efficiently manage your personnel and cargo logistics and POB in one seamlessly integrated solution recognised to facilitate:

• • Streamlined Personnel Logistics and POB & Accommodation Management
• • Collaboration, standardisation and cost optimisation
• • Full overview and control of your complete logistics cycle
• • Comprehensive tracking of all people in the field

It has been designed to operate very well under conditions in a challenging infrastructure with limited bandwidth capacity, and has a proven track record with respect to uptime and operation liability.

The Wind Park Asset & Work Order Management serves as a combination of CMMS and enterprise asset management (EAM) system. It enables the organisation to optimise lifecycle management of the physical assets such as wind turbines and OSS. It covers subjects including the design, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance and decommissioning or replacement of the park and its equipment and facilities. It also includes a powerful work order management function. We instantly send work orders to your field staff using any iOS, Android or Windows device. They have all the data they need to complete the job right and on the very first visit. You get a signed, ready to invoice work order as soon as the job is complete. This functionality can even be used when offline and working in structures as data is synchronised to the device whenever online.

Managing Personnel Logistics and Personnel on Board (POB) efficiently is a demanding, costly and at times a complex challenge for international offshore wind companies. The Offshore-Manager.de employee scheduling and logistics tool provides tools enabling our customers to accommodate such challenges smarter and more efficiently. It incorporates transparent end to end personnel logistics, with simple one time only registration of personnel details as well as validation of HSE requirements and automatic certificate expiry notification. With the automatic scheduling of transportations and booking of rotators it is possible to optimise the utilisation of transportation resources and manage operational deviations by purpose of visit pre-prioritisation of passengers and cargo, use of waiting list, simple transfer to new transportation, etc. It also utilises a accurately forecast accommodation utilisation with easy accommodation check-in and check-out of personnel.

The entire offshore manager is design to support mobile devices. In addition to that will the offshore-manager.de app work on all types of phones and provide sophisticated information’s on work orders as well as people tracking and employee logistic to your staff. The apps are designed to synchronise data when online and make it usable even when not connected to the internet. In this way people also on remote locations can benefit from the tool and receive all the information’s to complete their work in time and in budget.