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Using data to drive down the costs of renewable energy
October 6th, 2022 Using data to drive down the costs of renewable energy Although the renewable energy industry harnesses an abundance of data, using it can be challenging. Stakeholders have limited time to ingest,…
Jon Jeffery Jon Jeffery
Improve your understanding and reporting of GE downtime
August 24th, 2022 Improve your understanding and reporting of GE downtime Accurately interpreting turbine event data is critical to identifying when, and categorizing why, wind turbines are not operating. It can impact the…
Taij Taggar Taij Taggar
Artificial intelligence for wind energy: Challenges and applications
August 22nd, 2022 Artificial intelligence for wind energy: Challenges and applications For years, terms like artificial intelligence (AI), big data and machine learning (ML) were buzzwords. Businesses believed they were the solution to…
Gareth Brown Gareth Brown
Life at Clir: Mentoring program
August 5th, 2022 Life at Clir: Mentoring program Like many great technology innovations, our Clir Mentoring program was born from a Hackathon. At our July 2021 Clir hackathon, one of the most…
Janice Green Janice Green
The value of validating wind farm turbine upgrades
June 29th, 2022 The value of validating wind farm turbine upgrades Throughout the lifecycle of a wind turbine, environmental conditions can deteriorate hardware or technologies can evolve, necessitating system…
Kim Connolly Kim Connolly
Improving energy yield assessments using renewable energy intelligence
June 13th, 2022 Improving energy yield assessments using renewable energy intelligence Energy yield assessments have a direct impact on the financial valuation of a farm, making them vital for asset sales, project refinancing and…
Andrew Brunskill Andrew Brunskill
Love thy neighbour? Far field wake effects in offshore wind
May 13th, 2022 Love thy neighbour? Far field wake effects in offshore wind When operational production varies from pre-construction energy yield forecasts, offshore wind farms typically underperform rather than overperform.…
Bronwyn Sutton Bronwyn Sutton
Turbine performance improvements: Yaw misalignment
April 11th, 2022 Turbine performance improvements: Yaw misalignment With years of renewable energy experience and access to 200 GW of wind and solar data, Clir has the ability to compare asset performance across our…
Barry O'Donnell Barry O'Donnell
Dissecting diversity in CleanTech
March 8th, 2022 Dissecting diversity in CleanTech Clir Renewables was founded with our values and mission top of mind: We wanted to reduce humankind’s impact on the world. And we wanted to do that by…
Gareth Brown Gareth Brown
The Clir approach: Enabling accurate power curve modelling
February 23rd, 2022 The Clir approach: Enabling accurate power curve modelling With years of experience using the industry-standard power curve modelling approach, Clir identified several shortcomings that result in poor turbine…
Shane Butler Shane Butler
Clir's women in STEM
February 11th, 2022 Clir's women in STEM Being a woman in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) can be challenging. Although gender gaps are improving, women are still vastly…
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Clir Renewables' anniversary: Five lessons from our first five years
January 28th, 2022 Clir Renewables' anniversary: Five lessons from our first five years Reflecting on five years of Clir Renewables, we’ve accomplished a lot. We’ve added over 200 GW of wind and solar data to our platform, we’ve worked…
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