The Challenge
An operator faces severe difficulties when turbine warranties expire.
First, OEMs do not share all data and information about repairs and condition, creating an information gap. An operator has an immediate need to know the state/condition of components, yet neither the OEM nor independent service organizations will fulfill this need.
Second, the operator inherits a disparate, inconsistent management history from farm development through OEM warranty management. Decisions made years ago by someone else significantly impact the operator's O&M practice today, yet will not serve the operator well into the longer term (15+ year) phase of O&M management.
Finally, "Best Practice" asset performance, utilizing the most effective technologies, has not been implemented. Upon warranty expiration when the operator takes over turbine care, the past O&M focus was on repair management, not failure elimination. Without determined efforts by the operator, that focus will unfortunately remain.
The Opportunity
The warranty expiration inspection period represents the first opportunity to have access to and retrieve relevant data about component condition, normalcy, problems, and inputs required to benchmark and build predictive models.
Managing the transition to post-warranty maintenance includes taking total charge of asset management and allows the operator to build a "Best Practice" system to improve O&M management. Using our expert Knowledge Base provides immediate valuable information about asset condition, thus immediately closing the information gap. Subsequently this builds the foundation for the system to eliminate failures of critical components for years to come.
The operator's first chance to "cast off" from suboptimal O&M care by the OEM, and "set sail" on a new, better way to manage turbines for the long term.
