The winners of the Be Inspired Awards will be announced at the invitation-only Be Inspired: Innovations in Infrastructure event taking place Nov. 13-14, 2012, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards winners for 2012 Innovation in Asset Performance Management is Ecofys Netherlands B.V. - Wind Turbine Test Site - (Lelystad, Netherlands).

The high-level project goal was to increase the scale and minimize the complexity of the wind turbines, reduce project and construction costs, and make operations and maintenance more efficient. Using AssetWise utilized configuration management technology from the nuclear industry but reapplied it to the wind energy industry. Based on an offshore wind farm with three 30 megawatt turbines, Ecofys estimates a cost savings of USD 4.3 million over a 20-year lifetime.

More details on this exciting accomplishment will be posted soon.