Renewables Archives

Digital Twins: Models of the Real World Powered by Industrial AI

January 13, 2025

Seemingly everyone is talking about how a digital twin will improve business as part of an overall Industrial AI strategy. But what does the phrase

AI Optimizes Battery Energy Storage System Performance

December 16, 2024

With renewable energy asset deployment rapidly growing to meet ambitious carbon-reduction goals, the success of wind and energy generation depends increasingly on the ability to store energy to meet inconsistent demand swings. That goal is achieved using battery energy storage systems (BESS), which are fast becoming a crucial component of renewable project success. As battery storage has grown in recent years—expected to total 30 GW by the end of 2024 in the U.S.—there is an equally growing need for solutions to monitor and maintain these complex assets. To deliver on their many benefits, BESS systems—like all technology assets—require continuous performance tracking and occasional maintenance.

Hydropower, renewable energy. Learn how Avathon helps identify rare failures in hydro turbines.

Case Study: Predict Rare Failures in Hydro Turbines

December 3, 2024

Utility companies that operate hydro turbines have a vested interest in performing regular maintenance to decrease asset downtime and prevent unexpected failures or catastrophic events. In this case study, learn how one leading hydropower utility company applied machine learning to better analyze problematic turbine behavior and predict uncommon failures.

Wind farm, renewable energy. Learn how Avathon detects performance-impacting yaw misalignments with high accuracy.

Case Study: Identifying Yaw Misalignment

December 3, 2024

Learn how Avathon’s AI platform detects performance-impacting yaw misalignments with high accuracy—and faster than traditional methods. Discover why our machine learning-based solution is not only a much faster method, but a more accurate one.

Renewables wind farm. Discover how Avathon predicts pitch bearing failure with AI.

Use Case: Predicting Pitch Bearing Failure with AI

December 3, 2024

In this use case, discover how Avathon minimizes costly turbine downtime by predicting pitch bearing failure remotely and accurately. Learn why traditional approaches for evaluating pitch-bearing wear and tear are inefficient, how AI optimizes repair scheduling, and more.

Wind farm turbines renewable energy. Learn how Avathon automates power curve monitoring with AI.

Use Case: Automated Power Curve Monitoring for Optimal Turbine Performance

December 3, 2024

Learn how Avathon helps you identify underperforming turbines more quickly and cost-effectively—so you can maximize profitability. Discover how Avathon’s platform automatically detects performance issues for large numbers of turbines at once, and see why continually monitoring turbine performance with machine learning models is more efficient and accurate.

Renewables wind farm. Learn how AI can improve efficiency and help track and prevent energy loss.

Case Study: Accurately Accounting Energy Loss

December 3, 2024

Maximize the value of operation and management contracts with improved monitoring of energy losses. Learn how one company learned to identify sources of their energy loss and implemented a system that conducts maintenance steps with the highest ROI.

Solar panels renewable energy. Discover how Avathon increases solar energy performance with soiling detection, tracker misalignment, and more.

Use Case: Maximize Energy Production by Using AI to Detect Solar Tracker Misalignment

December 3, 2024

Solar tracking system misalignment leads to hidden energy losses. Current detection methods are imprecise or impractical. Avathon uses machine learning to analyze tracker actuator motor data and inverter DC inputs. Learn more about our AI-powered solution.

Field of solar panels. Learn how Avathon uses AI for soiling detection, restoring photovoltaic performance and extending asset life span.

Use Case: Increase Solar Energy Production with AI-Powered Soiling Detection

December 3, 2024

Soiling—the natural accumulation of dust, pollen, dirt, bird droppings, and other debris—reduces current global solar power production by at least 3-4% annually, creating multi-billion dollar revenue losses. Learn how Avathon leverages AI to restore photovoltaic performance, extend asset lifespan, and much more.

Renewable energy, maximize solar energy production with AI.

Use Case: Maximize Solar Power Production Using AI to Detect DC Field Faults

December 3, 2024

On large solar sites with thousands of panels, fuses, and strings in a DC array, the task of finding and fixing DC faults becomes especially challenging and costly. An AI-powered solution not only pinpoints where failures have occurred through real-time monitoring and analysis, it also quantifies the resulting energy loss from each occurrence. Learn how.

Use Case: BESS Optimization with AI-Powered Asset Performance Management

November 23, 2024

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) assets are critical enablers of reliable renewable energy, but optimizing their performance requires advanced monitoring and predictive analytics. Avathon Industrial AI for Renewables is an asset performance management (APM) solution that leverages artificial intelligence to detect anomalies and recommend maintenance actions for BESS owners and operators.