24-hour AI control diagnoses anomalies across 11 sites in advance
Entering the Wind Power Center (WPC) of Doosan Enerbility located in Jeju City, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, the operational status of wind farms across the country came into view at a glance. The Wind Power Center serves as the nation's first dedicated offshore wind control facility and functions as a key forward base for controlling wind power generation sites nationwide.
On August 14, Choi In-wook, director of Doosan Enerbility's Wind Power Center, met with reporters from the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) at the facility. He said, "Offshore wind has low accessibility, and large-scale component replacements require expensive large cranes. The key is to detect minute anomaly signals based on artificial intelligence and big data before major failures occur and perform predictive maintenance proactively."
Self-developed platform minimizes failures and guarantees 95% operating rate
The Wind Power Center monitors and controls a total of 80 Doosan wind turbines installed across 11 sites nationwide 24 hours a day in real time. It collects and analyzes sophisticated data tags of over 300 items per turbine, including vibration, temperature, and wind speed.
On the facility's internal status board, the operating conditions of wind turbines at offshore and onshore sites across the country are displayed in real time on monitoring screens. This reflects the results of analyzing collected data to determine whether operating equipment shows any anomalies.
At the center of this advanced control operation is "WindLink," a digital integrated platform developed in-house by Doosan Enerbility. WindLink is a cutting-edge system that combines big data and AI algorithms to analyze collected operational data.
Through this system, minute anomaly signals and component vibrations can be detected in advance, and proactive maintenance can be supported before minor issues develop into critical failures, reducing the cost of deploying large cranes. It also minimizes downtime from failures and secures high equipment operating rates.
By utilizing drones, CCTV, and monitoring data, safety can be ensured in advance before high-risk offshore and high-altitude work. Corrective procedures are also transmitted to field maintenance personnel quickly and accurately.
The Hallim offshore wind farm, the nation's largest, which generates 240,000 MWh of electricity annually and supplies 100,000 households, reliably guarantees an operating rate of 95 percent or higher thanks to the Wind Power Center's sophisticated control system.
The Wind Power Center plans to establish a process that completely automates the entire maintenance cycle from monitoring and failure analysis to maintenance scheduling and on-site corrective action based on AI technology.
Director Choi explained, "We are building systems that apply AI models to the maintenance business portfolio spanning monitoring, failure analysis, scheduling models, and corrective action, and we are constructing apps that can utilize these to automate all cycles."
He also expressed ambitions to evolve beyond simple equipment manufacturing and construction (EPC) to become a digital lifecycle solution company responsible for long-term maintenance (LTSA) of 20 years or more.
Director Choi stated, "Doosan Enerbility will likely be the only company in Korea that guarantees EPC through LTSA while providing operational services. We are utilizing the Wind Power Center to address risks in long-term services, build customer trust, and improve work efficiency."
Original Korean article: Yonhap Infomax
English brief by Korea Wind Intelligence, koreawindintel.com
