Breeze Development Wind Resource Assessment System Modern software for wind energy site evaluation and management. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Contents Contents 2 Company Overview 4 Increase Data Availability 5 Value Provided by Breeze Development 6 Product Overview 7 Breeze User Types 8 Breeze Highlights 9 Customers 10 E.ON 11 Jämtvind 12 Göteborg Energi 13 Breeze Components 14 Monitor 15 Dashboard 16 Map Overview 17 Automatic Quality Assurance 18 Notifications 19 Maintenance Log 20 Analyze 21 Projects 22 Data Studio 23 Data Quality 24 Report 25 Generate Reports 26 2
Export 27 Export Data 28 Collaborate 29 Breeze vs. the Competition 39 Word from the CEO 40 Flexible User Permissions 30 Online Data Room 31 Platform 32 Breeze Data Flow 33 Network Architecture 34 Data Security 35 Data Collection 35 Installation & Support 36 Installation 37 Support 38 3
Company Overview Greenbyte AB, the company behind Breeze, was founded in 2010 based on the firm belief that the inherent variability in the fuels, for renewable electricity production make the industry highly dependent on quality data to create value. During the company s life time this belief has proven to become increasingly important. Value creation in the renewable energy industry is dependent on high quality data from measurement assets. With so many actors in the value chain dependent on data to create value there is a need for products leveraging modern software to make the data more useful. Greenbyte has created Breeze Development for wind energy project developers and Breeze Production for wind turbine owners. Breeze is used globally by customers in the Nordics, Belgium, Poland, UK, France, Netherlands, Israel, South Africa, Australia, Philippines, Uruguay and Costa Rica. 4
Increase Data Availability A professional, complete and high quality wind assessment campaign is key for successful wind farm development. Most wind farm project development organizations operate on slim budgets and tough decisions on what to prioritize. Breeze Development is a cost efficient way to ensure that when the time comes to scrutinize wind data for the sale or funding of a project, the wind data are of high quality. facilitates the evaluation of sub contractor performance. High quality measurement campaigns not only make projects easier to fund but also increase the valuation of projects as the risk of wind resource uncertainty is minimized. The Breeze system helps us maximize returns from investments in measurement equipment. Jonas Larsson, Project Manager at Jämtvind Breeze collects data from met masts, SODAR, LIDAR and remote power supplies and informs the user in a timely manner if anything is wrong with the data and if actions need to be taken. This is an important task and should not be left to a single staff member. Breeze systematizes and provides structure to data collection. Since Breeze Development is completely independent of measurement equipment manufacturers and consultants Breeze Development is always on the side of the project developer and 5
Value Provided by Breeze Development Higher quality wind data decrease wind resource uncertainty and increase project valuations. Save up to 6 hours per unit per month Improve organization through centralizing wind data and documentation Easy access to data via web browser Automatic creation of professional reports Store reports, maintenance logs and documentation in one place Increase data availability rates through automatic filter checks to fix problems faster Future proof, no technology lock-in Works with all leading providers of data loggers, LIDAR and SODAR Scalable system to grow with your pipeline 6
Product Overview
Breeze User Types Technical Staff Technical staff use Breeze to be notified of downtime, equipment malfunctions or sensor anomalies and to keep track of maintenance events, logs and documentation related to measurement campaigns. Analysts Analysts use Breeze to identify root causes for errors and as central data storage for further analysis in third party software tools. Managers Managers use Breeze to evaluate measurement equipment and sub contractor performance. Enhanced fleet monitoring provides value to investors and potential buyers of projects. 8
Breeze Highlights Secure cloud-based infrastructure hosted by Amazon Web Services Scalable from single measurements to sizeable measurement fleets Long term storage of 10min historical data for future analysis User friendly dashboards, graphics and reporting Automatic notifications via email Automatic report generator to save time Compatible with all leading providers of data loggers, SODAR and LIDAR 9
Customers
E.ON is one of the world s largest investor-owned power and gas companies. E.ON is on track to invest billions of Euro in wind power in the coming 5 years. To invest in the most profitable wind power projects E.ON perform extensive wind measurement activities worldwide. A deep knowledge about the wind resource is a way to reduce risk and invest in the most profitable projects. Breeze speeds up learning processes and wind know-how with faster feedback loops through instant access to data. In 2012 E.ON placed headquarters for onshore wind power in Malmö, Sweden. In line with a centralized organization for wind power development E.ON chose Breeze to manage wind data in a centralized platform. Processes, knowledge sharing and structure relating to wind data is now streamlined in the Breeze platform. With Breeze multi-vendor approach E.ON can use streamlined processes for data management and reporting from met towers, SODAR and LIDAR equipment. Adil Morina, E.ON 11
Jämtvind has a pragmatic approach to selection of measurement equipment, using SODARs in the indicative phase of its measurement campaigns. For the projects that prove most promising IEC compliant met masts will be used and SODARs will be moved to new projects for early site assessment. All historic measurements and current measurement campaigns are stored in Breeze. Jämtvind personnel and a network of sub contractors perform service and maintenance of measurement equipment. The Breeze system helps us maximize returns from investments in measurement equipment. We use the Breeze system as a third-party benchmark towards manufacturers of measurement equipment. Easy access to key data, backups and reporting capabilities save us time and headaches from data management. says Project Manager Jonas Larsson The Breeze system helps us maximize returns from investments in measurement equipment Jonas Larsson, Project Manager 12
With ambitious targets for wind power expansion and high internal commitment to quality Göteborg Energi is rigorous about data quality assurance. The automatic data quality control functions and manual data control work flows in the Breeze system are used every day. We take wind power very seriously and have expanded our exposure to wind power significantly during the recent years. During 2011 we installed the largest wind power turbine in Sweden Jonas Cognell, Göteborg Energi The Wind Resource Expert group now spend 10 minutes per day performing manual quality assurance of wind data in Breeze. This compares to previous routines of downloading data files from each met mast and SODAR. Then opening them in a client based software and saving the file to a server. Work flows in Breeze make work a lot more time efficient while increasing data quality through quick failure detection. Malfunctions in equipment are discovered quickly. Göteborg Energi can now take action early and have data sets with high integrity and consistent data quality a necessity to perform robust Annual Energy Production calculations upon which to base investment decisions. 13
Breeze Components MONITOR ANALYZE REPORT EXPORT COLLABORATE Monitor all measurement Analyze project viability Create customizable Export measurement Invite third parties projects, units and and measurement reports for investors and data to other applications to collaborate on sensors in one place. equipment performance. technicians. for further analysis. measurement projects. 14
MONITOR Dashboard - Map Overview - Automatic Quality Assurance Notifications - Maintenance Log 15
Dashboard Fleet overview Unresolved maintenance indicators Data availability On site weather forecast Measurement unit status 16
Map Overview Fleet overview Detailed site information Terrain, satellite, road view 17
Automatic Quality Assurance Minimize data loss Communication failures Sensor failures Sensor anomalies Automatic filters check every data file All errors stored in log 18
Notifications Be notified of errors directly Customize who receives notifications and when Subscribe to reports sent via email 19
Maintenance Log Plan maintenance Overview of resolved and unresolved activities Assign maintenance activities to designated personnel Attach images and files to maintenance events All maintenance events in one place 20
ANALYZE Projects - Data Studio - Data Quality 21
Projects Group measurement units into projects Compare between measurement equipment Met mast and remote sensing in one project 22
Data Studio Ease of access to data Compare any sites Visualize all data from measurement units Screen out erroneous data 23
Data Quality Find root cause of errors Communication errors Sensor failures Sensor anomalies Deploy service personnel, replace equipment directly to miss out on valuable measurement time 24
REPORT Generate Reports 25
Generate Reports Use built in configurable reports Automatically generated and distributed Configure report subscription Fleet reports, project reports, unit reports, overview reports 26
EXPORT Export Data 27
Export Data All data stored and backed up Export data to CSV for easy import to third party software products Export raw data file. All raw data files are stored 28
COLLABORATE Flexible User Permissions - Online Data Room 29
Flexible User Permissions Specify user permission based on project Define level of access to Breeze and data 30
Online Data Room All files in one place Share Limited User Account with third party consultants No more sending USB drives and emails with sensitive data 31
Platform
Breeze Data Flow Log Transfer Store & Process View Export Data is logged on site by Data is transferred via Data is stored in cloud Client logs in to view ZIP text files to other Met Mast, SODAR, LIDAR email, FTP/SFTP or database, filters checked, Breeze dashboard, access programs for further modem notification email sent data, create reports analysis
Network Architecture LIDAR Weather Forecast TECHNICIAN MODEM FTP/SFTP HTTPS Met Mast EMAIL MANAGER Third Parties SODAR INVESTOR INSTALLER ANALYST CONSULTANT 34
Data Security Data Collection Breeze utilizes the Amazon Web Services, stateof-the-art datacenters, utilizing industry-leading architectural and engineering approaches. Breeze clients get their own private encrypted database in Breeze where data is stored immediately, without any intermediary storage. Client data is stored in an encrypted private database which is in turn stored within a private virtual cloud within the Amazon infrastructure, ensuring that only permitted network traffic can reach the database. There is no way to directly access the private database. Amazon s data centers are housed in nondescript facilities. Physical access is strictly controlled both at the perimeter and at building ingress points by professional security staff. Authorized staff must pass two-factor authentication a minimum of two times to access data center floors. Data is stored in a way that ensures both physical and local integrity. Breeze normally collects data on a daily basis via email or FTP from met masts, SODAR and LIDAR. Besides collecting data, Breeze aggregates data points for 10-minute average values for long-term storage. 10-minute averaged data is pushed to a special area within the Amazon infrastructure which is designed to provide 99.999999999% durability over a given year. The entire private client database, including the long time storage, is backed up daily to further minimize the risk of data loss. 35
Installation & Support
Installation New met masts, SoDAR or LiDARs can be added to Breeze at any time. In general, the installation process for a measurement unit looks like this: 1. Customer requests new unit installation in Breeze 2. Customer forwards emails or FTP to a designated Breeze customer email or FTP account such as customer@breezesystem. com or ftp: /customer.breezesystem.com 3. The Breeze installation team sets up data extraction from email or FTP to store data in the Breeze database. All raw data files are also stored, backed up and readily v through Breeze. 37
Support The Breeze team supports users around the world from our headquarters in Gothenburg Sweden. Friendly and knowledgeable professionals provide support by phone, email or submitting a question directly through the Breeze program. Rather than viewing support as a burden, we view support discussions as an ideal way to collaborate further and to take good ideas and build them into Breeze. Many features were in fact suggested by users of Breeze. Excellent customer service and even better software! Aaron Donoghue, Impax Asset Management, UK Meet our friendly support team! Contact Us Greenbyte AB Kristinelundsgatan 16, 411 37 Gothenburg, Sweden Mats Johansson Oscar Winter Anders Homström Phone: +46 (0) 31 788 03 00 support@breezesystem.com 38
Breeze vs. the Competition Others Breeze Focused exclusively on wind energy NO YES Completely independent, no consultancy or manufacturer alliances NO YES Single, cloud-based web accessible system, no local programs NO YES No versions to install, update or version history to keep track of NO YES Scalable and non-complex pricing NO YES Established system with proven track record since 2010? YES Responsive sales and support team? YES 39
Word from the CEO Electricity production from renewable energy is experiencing massive growth. Beyond growth, there exists a big upside in understanding the underlying often very volatile fuels and how they affect production levels and financial yield metrics. We have seen production increases that have been realized after understanding how production assets perform in different weather conditions and tuning them accordingly. This of course requires IT systems that provide useful metrics - that is what we do. Increased production levels is a good thing for many stake holders: 1. Consumers get cheaper electricity 2. Owners get increased return on investment. Increased production levels have an almost direct impact on the bottom line. 3. The world gets cleaner electricity production We find that creating products to provide insights that generate so much positive influence is an incredibly rewarding endeavour. Jonas Corné, CEO of Greenbyte
Greenbyte AB Kristinelundsgatan 16 411 37 Gothenburg, Sweden Phone: +46 (0) 31 788 03 00 sales@breezesystem.com www.breezesystem.com