CASE STUDY•Extreme Cold•REAL-TIME MONITORING
Built for Harsh Conditions
−21°C. Completely covered in ice. Still operating flawlessly.
−21°C
Ambient temperature, fully iced over
0
Data gaps during the icing event
24/7
Continuous acoustic + vibration monitoring
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CHALLENGE & SOLUTION
THE CHALLENGE
Wind turbines operating in cold climates face heavy icing, plunging temperatures, and communication blackouts — exactly the conditions where most monitoring systems fail or lose data.
THE SOLUTION
Windrover stayed powered, kept sensing, and kept transmitting throughout an icing event that fully encased its solar panel and housing — with zero interruption to the data stream.
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THE RESULT
- ✓ Stayed powered through full ice coverage
- ✓ Real-time data transmission, uninterrupted
- ✓ Continuous turbine behavior monitoring
- ✓ Zero manual intervention required
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THE DATA BEHIND THE ICE
While the unit sat encased in ice, it kept recording. Real telemetry from turbine T12, captured live during the February 2026 icing event:
Vibration (STD) vs. operating threshold — run/stop state tracked without interruption.
Acoustic SPL, operating periods only — parallel signal to vibration data.
Full acoustic dataset, all conditions — one continuous, unbroken stream even as temperatures dropped to −21°C.
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WHY WINDROVER IS DIFFERENT
Icing Detection
Identifies icing conditions as they form on the blade.
Lightning Sensing
Detects lightning impacts in real time.
Damage Typing
Identifies the type of damage sustained.
Severity Estimation
Estimates how severe detected damage is.
Correlated Signals
Links acoustic + vibration data to operational state.
One Integrated Unit
All of the above in a single compact device on the blade.
No fragmented systems. No delayed insights. Just continuous, intelligent awareness of turbine health — even in the harshest environments on Earth.
Extreme cold. Heavy icing. Real turbines. Real data.
Windrover keeps listening. Windrover keeps reporting.
Windrover keeps protecting energy production.
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