Energetica India Magazine -October 2020

ZX Lidars’ Technology Can be used for Power Performance Testing on Siemens Gamesa Turbines Under power curve campaign, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has tested a new technology together with ZX Lidars, UK-based remote wind mea- surement systems provider, for the pur- pose of power performance testing on its wind turbines. Based on the positive results achieved, both on the medium range and long range measurements, SGRE has ap- proved the use of the nacelle based continuous wave scanning Lidar ‘ZX TM’ from Lidar OEM ZX Lidars for power per- formance testing. In addition to this, operational ‘rotor equivalent’ power curves can also be measured with ZX TM’s unique 50 points around the full rotor swept area, partic- ularly important for turbines with larger rotor diameters offshore and on onshore sites with complex veer or shear profiles, the company confirmed. This specific Lidar - ZX TM - allows the power curve of SGRE wind turbines to be measured and verified as a function of the hub height wind speed and may be, when agreed with the customer, used instead of the procedure described in the IEC61400-12-1:2017 (ed. 1/ed. 2) using a meteorological mast and ane- mometry installation. ZX Lidars provides industry-leading wind lidar products, ZX 300, ZX 300M and ZX TM for wind energy and mete- orological applications. These Lidars deliver accurate wind measurements in both onshore and offshore applications at measurement heights / ranges across the full swept area of the blades of mod- ern wind turbines, and beyond. ABB to Supply 800 Industrial Robots to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to Make New EVs Technology major ABB has bagged an order for 800 industrial robots from Volkswagen (VW) Commercial Vehicles to support production of a new gener- ation of electric vehicles at its plant in Hanover, Germany. The move came as Volkswagen Com- mercial Vehicles has been modernizing its Hanover factory and is installing fa- cilities to build the all-electric ID. Buzz van, which will begin production in 2022. As per the deal, ABB will supply these 800 industrial robots to VW Commercial Vehicle’s Hanover facility, where they will be used primarily to construct the body of the new electric ID. BUZZ van. Commenting on the partnership, Sami Atiya, President of ABB Robotics & Dis- crete Automation, said “we’re excited to extend our long-standing business relationship with Volkswagen by sup- porting their expansion into e-mobili- ty. ABB’s robotic solutions will provide Volkswagen’s production processes with unprecedented levels of flexibil - ity, to help them adjust to trends and changing customer requirements.” “The dramatic expansion of the EV-seg- ment requires new and innovative man- ufacturing solutions. With our deep experience in this sector we are help- ing our automotive customers master this important and strategic transition towards more sustainable transporta- tion,” Atiya added. Besides, robots and application-spe- cific equipment, ABB also offers the automotive industry standardized man- ufacturing cells and the design, plan- ning and implementation of complete production lines. Via the ABB Ability™ platform, customers also have the op- portunity to benefit from various digital services including process optimiza- tion, robot fleet management and pre - dictive maintenance, the company said in a statement. NEWS TECH 55 energetica INDIA- October_2020