This section summarises the general principles and guidelines on which the taxonomy will be based and is derived from a deliverable prepared for the EU FP7 ReliaWind Consortium by the author and other Consortium members.

Chapter Contents:

• C.1 Introduction
• C.1.1 Background
• C.1.2 Previously developed methods for the wind industry
• C.2 Standardising WT taxonomy
• C.2.1 Introduction
• C.2.2 Taxonomy guidelines
• C.2.3 Taxonomy structure
• C.3 Standardising methods for collecting WT reliability data
• C.4 Standardising downtime event recording
• C.5 Standardising failure event recording
• C.5.1 Failure terminology
• C.5.2 Failure recording
• C.5.3 Failure location

Inspec keywords: marine power systems; power generation reliability; wind power plants

Other keywords: MEC reliability data collection; wind experience; EU FP7 ReliaWind Consortium

Subjects: Reliability; Wind power plants