Tutorial on the WindESCo power curve explorer
In your site view you will have access to the power curve explorer under the "Explore" tab (formerly known as Analytics). This is a powerful tool, but it can be useful to have a little orientation. When the page loads it will look something like this:
Reference turbine allows you to compare two turbines on the same graph (one in blue and one in the reference turbine in gray):
Don't forget to take advantage of plotly standard tools. They will show up in the top right as you hover over them, but a key function is to click+drag to zoom in and double click to zoom back to the default.
The color column will allow you to see the associated value on the chart - in this case generator speed:
Another handy tool is to click a point for further analysis (show in the red plus above). The associated arrow markers will indicate the 10-min bin before and after the selected point. The larger arrow is +/- 10-min and the smaller, +/- 20min. Additionally, wen you select the point, you will see the associated point highlight on the predefined curve to the right:
Note that you can select a few options here and more will come with time. Below these graphs, a time series will show up for the selected point which can be a helpful reference for deeper investigation. Please note you can select which signals are shown in the time series using the signals window and you can adjust from 10-min to HF data (if available at the time). For example:
For further questions or concerns, don't hesitate to reach out to us!