Wind Power
Your O&M Reports 97% Availability
Revenue is 12% Below P50
Every wind turbine OEM defines availability differently. Your O&M contractor uses the definition that makes them look best. Are you tracking energy-based availability?
The Availability Definition Game
Time-based availability ignores wind conditions. A turbine down during a 2 m/s day counts the same as one down during a 14 m/s day. Your revenue doesn't care about time. It cares about wind.
97%
Time-based availability
89%
Energy-based availability
8%
Hidden availability gap
$2.8M
Annual revenue impact
What O&M Contractors Hide
Time-Based Availability Hides:
- Downtime during high wind events
- Partial power curtailment
- Yaw misalignment losses
- Blade pitch optimization failures
- Grid curtailment not separated
- Scheduled maintenance timing
- Gearbox degradation impact
What Asset Owners Need:
- Energy-based availability (IEC 61400)
- Lost production by failure mode
- Wind resource vs generation correlation
- Turbine-level performance ranking
- O&M contractor benchmarking
- Warranty claim documentation
- Repower/upgrade economics
SlideStrike Speaks Wind Power
50+ wind metrics, automatically calculated from SCADA and met tower data.
Energy Availability
IEC 61400 compliant
Capacity Factor
Actual vs P50
Power Curve
Actual vs warranted
Wake Losses
Layout efficiency
MTBF
Mean time between failures
MTTR
Mean time to repair
Curtailment
Grid and noise
Blade Pitch
Optimization tracking
Questions from Wind Asset Owners
What wind asset owners and infrastructure investors ask
EXPOSE THE AVAILABILITY ILLUSION
True Wind Performance in 60 Seconds
Know your real energy availability. Hold O&M contractors accountable. Protect your investment.
Connects to Vestas, GE, Siemens SCADA
50+ wind KPIs built in
IEC 61400 compliant metrics
O&M contractor benchmarking