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Orygen boosts availability at the largest wind farm in Peru with ONYX Shadow Monitoring

At a glance

Client: Orygen (formerly Enel Green Power in Peru)
Location: Onshore, Peru (the largest wind farm in Peru)
Technology: Shadow Monitoring – fleetMONITOR

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Company

Orygen (formerly Enel Green Power in Peru) is a leading renewable energy company in Peru and is committed to providing clean, reliable, and cost-effective renewable energy to the Peruvian market.

Orygen operates the largest onshore wind farm complex in Peru Wayra (I and II) with 310 MW, which is a key part of their growing renewable energy portfolio. Located in a remote desert area, the farm plays a crucial role in contributing to the country’s clean energy goals.

Challenge

Orygen faced the challenge of ensuring smooth monitoring and fault detection during a crucial transition period. After the warranty period had expired for the assets, the wind turbines (WTGs) were handed over for ongoing maintenance. The main concerns were ensuring no faults were missed, maintaining service standards, and managing unscheduled maintenance, all while dealing with an organisational change.

The stakes were high, as any lapses in monitoring could have led to unaddressed faults, potential downtime, and operational delays. Furthermore, the wind farm complex is located in a remote desert region, making it difficult to quickly address issues in real time.

“ We are always looking for improving efficiency in operations and reducing downtime due to unscheduled maintenance. ONYX helped us to increase availability rates thanks to the monitoring services and its detection lead times before failures, allowing us better planning and coordination with the OEM for major correctives, saving costs and increasing availability. It´s a win-win situation.”

Alberto Tupac Yupanqui
Technical Support Specialist O&M – Orygen

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Solution

ONYX deployed its vibration Monitoring solution for this project. Wind turbine shadow monitoring involves analysing the raw data from existing CMS without interfering with the original system’s operations. This solution enabled Orygen to continue monitoring turbine performance and detecting potential faults after the warranty period, providing a comprehensive view of the turbine’s health, while also enhancing O&M strategy in a win-win collaboration between Orygen and the service maintainer – planning ahead of issues, saving resources and costs, and reducing downtime.

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“ONYX and ORYGEN have built a long term trustful relationship. It is a great milestone for ONYX fleetMONITOR, the best in class vibration monitoring platform to help ORYGEN maximizing energy production by increasing availability of the largest wind farm complex in Peru.”

Alberto Vera
Business Development Manager EU & LATAM

Benefits

Data Accuracy: By utilising raw data, Orygen could monitor and verify the status of the turbines in real time without any delay or data loss.
Predictive Maintenance: It allowed Orygen to identify potential faults before they became critical, thus preventing unplanned downtime.
Optimised O&M: Long lead times were used effectively to optimise parts, labour, cranes, and other maintenance logistics.
Reduced Downtime: Predictive maintenance capabilities allowed for timely identification and resolution of issues, minimising operational disruptions.
Enhanced Operational Efficiency: Continuous, real-time monitoring ensured that Orygen was able to maintain high operational standards with minimal intervention.

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