French Alstom deploys IBM software for wind turbine development

(ADPnews) - Oct 12, 2010 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) said last week that French infrastructure and power systems provider Alstom SA (EPA:ALO), and Ikerlan-IK4, an energy technology research and development organisation, are using its software to develop wind turbine control systems.

The systems, using electronic sensors and software from IBM, optimise performance based on input regarding wind direction and speed, temperature and other factors.

A central control system collects and analyses data from each turbine to remotely control individual turbine subsystems, perform diagnostics and manage wind farm power generation. Alstom and Ikerlan-IK4 are using IBM software to help develop and automate the "systems of systems" that controls the turbines and their interconnected communications systems.

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