MCL WIND FARMS: INFO-POWER IMPROVESO&M, TURBINE AVAILABILITYWhen Chennai-based Madras Cements Limited faced issues in the capture of wind turbine information, visibility across geographies, financial consolidation, and so on, they started searching for a panacea to their problems. The right timing and the right choice ensured that the wind continued to be in their favor! With the newly developed wind turbine operations module of Ramco EAM, the company was able to improve visibility and control, optimize operations and improve maintenance.

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Disparate information - Too many loose ends

Lack of visibility over geographically-spread wind turbines

Complexity in managing wind turbines of different ages – involving multiple maintenance strategies like OEM warranty and ISP maintenance

Problems in capturing wind turbine operations - generation details, power dispatch details, etc.

Difficulty in analyzing different sets of data from different OEMs and ISPs

Challenges in financial consolidation – as power produced is used internally in other manufacturing units, and also sold to the Electricity Board

To provide visibility of all wind turbines across different wind farms

To ensure availability of up-to-date information on power generation and metered electricity for financial activities

To enrich turbine downtime database for future budgetary and operational decisions

To enable clear visibility of spares used for turbine maintenance and reduce inventory cost

Requirements from the solution

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Implementation highlights

User’s excellent prior experience with Ramco’s ERP made Ramco’s EAM for wind farms the immediate choice for their needs

Enables the company to integrate all its processes under one solution, giving it a competitive edge

Quick and high Return on Investment (RoI)

Very little initial investment

Solution is scalable and flexible

Ramco ERP, used in other manufacturing units, also extends to wind farms as separate business units

To overcome current challenges, Ramco developed and implemented a new Wind Turbine Operations module – focused on wind turbine operations and maintenance

Implemented at MCL’s head-office, located in Chennai, for 20 users

Data from different turbines collected at three different wind farm locations, which serve as hubs for surrounding wind sites

Took three months time and an effort of six man-months

Completed in April 2010

Ramco EAM’s integration with Goolge Maps helped provide visibility of all wind farms spread across locations

Why Ramco’s solution?

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Benefits: Well-optimized turbine operations and maintenance

Complete visibility of wind turbines and wind farms to the top management

Up-to-date power generation data enables easy comparison of turbine performance against guaranteed performance

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Optimized inventory of spare parts across different sites

Real time MIS avilable on iPad, enabling quick operational and business decisions

Ability to visually analyze the turbine condition and performance within the same or nearby wind farm locations through Google Maps

Options to analyze turbine failures, downtime and corresponding production loss

Improved financial consolidation

All-in-all, better information flows have resulted in optimized performance and better turbine availability

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