Turing Registry

Turing Registry · TR-01493

WINDWARD ASSIST

Wind farm operations. Operated by Northwest Wind.

Summary

Controls blade pitch and yaw for 138 turbines at a wind farm near Westharrow.

License conditions

  1. Turbines curtail automatically when protected birds are detected nearby.

The Registry’s standard conditions also apply:

  • 4.2 The system’s ethical constraints remain active and unmodified at all times.
  • 6.1 Any incident affecting the system is reported to the Registry within 72 hours.
  • 7.3 A named human contact is reachable and answers for the system.

Filing history

  1. Licensed for wind farm operations.

  2. Sensor outage of 21 hours. The plant ran under manual control throughout.

  3. Renewal filed and approved.

  4. Renewal filed and approved with no change to scope.

  5. Renewal filed and approved.

  6. Complaint received from a member of the public. Investigated and closed with no breach found.

  7. Renewal filed and approved.

  8. Renewal filed and approved.

  9. Renewal filed and approved after an independent evaluation.

  10. Renewal filed and approved.

  11. Renewal filed and approved.

  12. Renewal filed and approved.

  13. Renewal filed and approved with no change to scope.

  14. Renewal filed and approved.

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