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  1. Setting a default "Main status within the group" for specific status groups

    For some redundant groups of statuses like Bat Curtailment for instance, it would be a great gain of time to be able to set by default one of the status inside the group as the main status for every status group of the same kind.

    This would avoid the repetitive and manual act of setting the status that we want as "The main status event within the group".

    9 votes

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  2. over due site/device access notification

    I think a feature that notifies us either audibly or via pop up box to site accesses that have gone overdue would be very useful so as to keep visitors as safe as possible while visiting our sites. it means we can then react quicker to over due situations and start the escalation process to reaching them to check on there welfare much quicker . Taking into account that a lot of the sites are in remote locations and so response times to possible accidents or injuries needs to be as quick as possible.

    6 votes

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  3. Include other data signals with the Status API

    When using export data, it is possible to get other datasignals during the time of a status, for example the exact windspeed, nacelle direction etc. at the moment of a status.

    This is not yet possible with API using the Status endpoint. Could this be made possible?

    5 votes

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  4. exclude specific status from grouping

    The ability to exclude specific status messages from grouping. We have a specific status that stops the turbine, but is not the main reason if the turbine after that does not automatically start. It should be the next status as the main status. Therefore we would like the option that for a specific status, you can select to not group this status.

    21 votes

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  5. Allow reporting in Site time, not only in Company time as is the case at the moment

    We suggest to open up the possibility to create reports in site time. Financial reporting is typically done in site time and therefore the current setup in Greenbyte generates a sync issue if the wind farm is located in another timezone than company time.

    11 votes

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  6. Filter component in Status Categorization

    In status categorization it would be very handy to be able to filter on the component level. For instance to filter on "Manual pauze" in order to easily extract them from a large list and allocate the correct component.

    6 votes

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  7. Get notification for an overdue in the Plan section

    In the Plan section suggest to get a notification if someone goes beyond the working end time.

    1 vote

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  8. Make it possible to indicate a Task or HSE Event in the Plan section is "IN PROGRESS"

    Currently, tasks and HSE events in Greenbyte can only be designated as "Unresolved" or "Resolved". Being able to indicate that a task is in progress would make it possible to monitor how quickly action is being taken and ultimately closed out.

    1 vote

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  9. HSE incident status option in the HSE table widget

    We need the possibility to list only HSE cases of a certain status (resolved - unresolved) in the report HSE table widget. Currently it is not possible to have a table in the reports listing only the open = "unresolved" HSE cases.

    2 votes

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  10. Automatically connecting a status change in case a site access is active on the turbine

    Currently if a team is working on a turbine and the status is changing due to their work the new alert is not connected to the site access.
    This creates a lot of extra work and does not flag any real issues and needs to be connected manually to the site access.
    This would make it way more efficient to work with a dashboard which flags only new issues.

    9 votes

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  11. Lost Production per Category including "Energy Export" to have the percentage LOP per category

    The current Lost Production per Category widget feels incomplete. I am interested to have an option so I can see per asset (and per turbine) what percentage of the gross production is lost per category.

    Let's assume 100 MWh gross production (Energy Export + Lost Production to Downtime) and the following losses:
    2 MWh - Ice stop loss
    4 MWh - Shadow stop loss
    3 MWh - Noise stop loss

    Then I would like to see a pie chart with:
    Energy Export - 91 MWh (91%)
    Ice stop losses - 2 MWh (2%)
    Shadow stop losses - 4 MWh (4%)…

    11 votes

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  12. Expand Button - entire system

    This is a nice feature that should be in the entire system, specially for monitoring dashboards (not obvious which event is active during that moment) and data studio, otherwise you have to go to event log or status categorization to check them.

    3 votes

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  13. Possibility to include curtailments to time-based availability calculations

    Would it possible to add a feature that in the time-based availability calculations we would be able to include curtailments in the calculations. Meaning that if a turbine is curtailed to 50% during an hour, the turbine will have availability of 50% during that hour. I assume that this is not anyhow possible at the moment?

    14 votes

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  14. Degraded operation formula for contractual time based availability

    When an turbine implies degraded operation instead of complete shutdown (not full power when it can) the degraded operation factor shall be classified as degraded downtime for the relevant degraded Wind turbine and in accordance with the availability formula.

    Example: Turbine A is operating with cooling issues, therefore the turbine can operate but not on full power, meaning it is curtailed out of safety. In normal operation the turbine is able to produce 4Mw, due to the temperature issue it can now only produce 2Mw. This means that for the time of degraded operation, the turbine availability is 50% instead…

    8 votes

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  15. Breeze App Does Not Have Non-Turbine Devices

    Make non-turbine devices visible in the App for quick Live Monitoring checks.

    5 votes

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  16. Powercurve is not accurate above 15m/s.

    Today there is an assumption that beyond 15 m/s, the data points are collected into one bin. Hence the flat line behaviour for high wind speeds for the learned power curve.
    This is no longer be a fair assumption if wind turbines are operating at increasingly higher wind speeds.
    The power curve resolution should be the same all the way up to 25 m/s

    8 votes

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  17. Middle voltage loss calculation (Energy Export vs. Energy Meter) in MWh or %

    When metering systems are connected to the Scada one standardized tech. KPI is to understand the middle voltage losses between WTGs and official energy metering.
    Ideally such should be calculated on kWh/MWh basis as simple delta between Sum of Energy Export (WTGs) and official Metering. Additionally the % deviation should be calculated, too.

    Further benefits:
    As Greenbyte introduced the Loss Waterfall also this calculation would benefit from the above as additional losses (depending the size of the wind farm typically 0.5 - 2.x %) could be highlighted. Additional precision for the Loss Waterfall Diagram!

    3 votes

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  18. Issue: "General site" pre-selected when creating task during log on process

    When creating a new task during the log on process "General Site" is (hiddenly) pre-selected and not the specific turbine(s) directly. That should be changed.

    11 votes

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  19. Set up rules for automatic data export and forwarding by mail

    Use case: I have to send twice a week 3-4 days of operational data of a certain set of WTGs to the client. Would be amazing to be able to implement a rule that runs the job in the background: data is downloaded and forwarded to an email address automatically.

    8 votes

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  20. Trainee Personnel qualification

    Is it possible to add a "Trainee" section under personnel qualifications? There are many technicians who do not have any qualifications yet and it would be advantageous for OCC etc... to be confident on the status of the technician and know to not allow them to take control of a turbine and that only site access is allowed.

    3 votes

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