60milliseconds may not sound like a lot, but it makes a huge difference to many wind farms, as it can mean a €20m+ investment in capacitor banks in order to meet the 140ms reaction-time requirements of many utility end users.

With many wind farm management systems struggling to reach a 200ms reaction time, the news that the utility end users want to introduce a global standard for grid code compliance that will reduce it even further – to 50ms – is not good. However, using industry-proven, unmodified, off-the-shelf hardware, running on an open-standard EtherNet/IP network, Rockwell Automation offers a Wind Park Management solution that is capable of delivering reaction speeds of 10ms… five times faster than the 2013 proposals!