Statkraft installs Kongsberg Digital’s EmPower at Smøla
Statkraft has chosen Kongsberg Digital’s EmPower for real-time condition monitoring and prediction of remaining useful lifetime of critical components for wind turbines at Smøla wind farm.The project’s goal is to use Kongsberg EmPower to achieve increased operational performance and reduce maintenance cost at Smøla. Statkraft’s first wind farm opened at Smøla in 2002. Smøla was Norway’s first major wind farm, and with the expansion in 2005, it became Europe’s largest onshore wind farm at the time. “Kongsberg EmPower enables Statkraft to better utilize and turn the enormous amounts of