Press Release
October 2014

Pernille Wichmann Christensen
Business Development Manager
Remote Monitoring Group
Phone: +45 7741 2303
E-mail: wind@bkvibro.com

Honduras wind farm selects
Brüel & Kjær Vibro

Brüel & Kjær Vibro has been selected for the retrofit installation and monitoring of 
25 wind turbines (50 MW) at the San Marcos Wind Farm, which are currently in the process of being erected onsite.

The San Marcos wind farm, the second largest wind project in Honduras, is located in the south west portion of the country near the Nicaragua border. Vientos de Electrotecnia (VESA) is responsible for developing the wind farm. VESA is wholly owned by Grupo Terra, which has been actively involved for the past 35 years in investing to modernize the energy sector and infrastructure in Central America.

The all-inclusive monitoring solution to be implemented at San Marcos, hosted by the Brüel & Kjær Vibro Surveillance and Diagnostic Service Centre, is intended to continuously and remotely monitor each wind turbine to automatically detect developing faults early. When a fault is detected, the Brüel & Kjær Vibro analysts will perform diagnosis and analysis and issue actionable alarm reports, in order to optimize operation and maintenance.  The monitoring system installation includes the following:

•	All data is stored and maintained at the Brüel & Kjær Vibro Service Centre
•	The VESA installation crew has been certified by Brüel & Kjær Vibro to install the monitoring system hardware
•	Vibration analysis software to be installed at customer’s site so they can visualize monitoring and diagnostics conducted by Brüel & Kjær Vibro
Brüel & Kjær Vibro’s condition-based monitoring solution is expected to significantly lower the life cycle costs of the wind turbines. San Marcos is one of several renewable energy projects in Central America that Grupo Terra is actively involved in, including hydro.

For more information, please refer to www.bkvibro.com or contact us at wind@bkvibro.com.

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Company

Brüel & Kjær Vibro is the leading worldwide independent supplier of condition monitoring solutions for rotating machinery. The comprehensive product range comprises vibration sensors (acceleration, velocity and displacement), vibration monitors, handhelds and rack-based plant-wide integrated monitoring solutions. These products plus a suite of comprehensive services fulfil the most demanding applications for safety, condition and performance monitoring of rotating machinery. Monitoring in the wind power industry is a strategic focus area, in addition to numerous other applications in the petrochemical and energy sectors.

Based on 50 years of experience and a world-wide sales and support network, Brüel & Kjær Vibro’s monitoring solutions have successfully reduced downtime and maintenance costs and increased machine reliability for our customers world-wide.

Brüel & Kjær Vibro is part of Spectris plc, the leading supplier of productivity enhancing instrumentation and controls.