Photo 1 | JST control center: Modern monitoring elements pave the way for the management of renewable energy generation in the connected wind farms. User-friendly control room technology is the focus of the innovative control room concept that JST has implemented for RWE Offshore Wind on Heligoland.
Photo 2 | A total of five wind farms are monitored from the Helgoland control room. The photo shows the final work on a turbine at the “Kaskasi” wind farm, which was commissioned in 2023. Picture: © RWE
Photo 3 | A look into the past: a separate monitor for each source and several mouse/keyboard units per workstation. The entire control room architecture had to be revised in favor of current ergonomic standards.
Photo 4 | JST control room concept: Flexible source connection, ergonomic furniture, user-friendly handling - it is easy to see how well the integrated overall concept from JST is accepted by RWE employees.
Photo 5 | JST Operator Console: Using infinitely variable electromotive height adjustment, the Stratos X11® control consoles developed explicitly for control stations can be adapted to the respective needs of the operator; for example, switching between sitting and standing to relieve the strain on the back.
Photo 6 | JST control desk: The special Stratos X11® operator consoles are equipped with inspection flaps for spacious supply rooms...
Photo 7 | ... there is space for large quantities of cables and technology, such as the multi-consoles - a special feature that standard worktables do not offer.
Photo 8 | JST large screen technology: The QuickOut mounting system enables perfect service accessibility without interrupting operation - even for displays located in the middle of a video wall.
Photo 9 | JST QuickOut mounting system: By applying light pressure to the outer edges of the display, each individual display slides forwards (Quick-Out) to ensure access to rear connections and technical components in the event of an inspection.
Photo 10 | JST-DisplayWall: The possibilities of the JST DisplaySuit are diverse and enable many customer requirements - here a variant with AlarmLight and integrated loudspeakers, which allows both visual and acoustic alarms with appropriate presetting.
Photo 11 | JST DisplayWall: The large-screen displays can also be installed on non-load-bearing walls with a special JST carrier plate for load distribution. All cables, data and power sockets are concealed behind the wooden panels, so the installation remains visually appealing.
Photo 12 | JST control room technology: Smart monitoring functions and proactive large-screen technology create a system on Heligoland in which all the cogs mesh together to operate as a team across workstations.
Photo 13 | JST ControlRoom-Automation: One of the clever solutions that complete the integrated overall concept from JST: The JST CommandPad® allows control of all control room applications via touchscreen. The clear and intuitive 3D user interface myGUI® makes it possible to access the individual components of the control room architecture directly.
Photo 14 | JST control room solutions: Ergonomics and comfort are essential requirements for all JST components: In the immediate field of vision of the operator, not only the control room management with the JST CommandPad® has been integrated into the console surface, the employees also have direct access to the PowerPort-Data Box, which conveniently provides all necessary connections.
Photo 15 | JST Qi charging pad: Charging cables are a thing of the past! Instead, there is another good idea from JST: Smartphones are conveniently charged at the Stratos X11® workstation using a QI power pad.
Photo 16 | JST GrabberVM®: Components for linking to the world of virtual machines. The GrabberVM technology from JST allows the operator to access the sources of the VM server without delay.
North Sea storms may be an impressive and beautiful natural spectacle for lots of people. For many residents of Heligoland, however, they also have an economic component. The island has been benefiting from wind energy since 2014. At that time, the RWE Group began using the site for the operation, maintenance and monitoring of wind farms. Up to 300 turbines, spread across five offshore wind farms, are monitored at peak times by the RWE control room on Heligoland. In order to create ideal working conditions for the 24/7 active operator team, an innovative control room has now been installed on the island by the JST experts.
An outpost in the middle of the German Bight. A place where the term “harvest” has nothing to do with grain or vegetables. Wind is “harvested” off the coast of Heligoland. The RWE wind farms produce renewable energy for hundreds of thousands of German households and thus play a key role in the generation of green electricity from wind energy. Provided that operation runs smoothly.
In order to ensure the smooth control of turbines and transformer stations, the control room at Heligoland’s southern harbor was extensively renovated. The control station, which was originally tasked with monitoring a single wind farm, now supervises up to five wind farms at peak times. “The old setup was inflexible,” recalls project manager (external) Niclas Kampe, “if a new wind farm with five systems was added, five new screens also had to be installed. Each operator had several keyboards and mice in front of them. We couldn’t go on like this. We would have simply run out of space at some point.”
Following an extensive competitive tender process, where RWE considered a range of industry leading providers, there was a winner. The control room experts from JST – Jungmann Systemtechnik®, based in northern Germany, not only won the tender, “you also get the feeling that we are dealing with a very innovative company. The geographical proximity also played into our hands,” explains Sebastian Schirmel, technical project manager at RWE.
"The old setup was inflexible. If a new wind farm with five systems was added, five new screens also had to be installed. Each operator had several keyboards and mice in front of them. We couldn't go on like this."
Niclas Kampe
Project Manager (external), RWE
"With the KVM solution MultiConsoling®, we can flexibly connect all desired sources and thus save screens. The user-friendliness of JST clearly convinced us - that was a key criterion.”
Sebastian Schirmel
Technical Project Manager, RWE
Already at the beginning of the project, the users from the control room had the opportunity to get up close and personal with the JST technologies: “During a visit to the JST control room simulator, our operators were able to experience directly what is possible with Jungmann technology. We saw how the functionalities of the individual components support and facilitate work on the island in a meaningful way; for example, through optimized alarm management with PixelDetection®. That was very informative,” says Sebastian Schirmel.
Whether TeamView on the new DisplayWall, the intuitive user interface of the myGUI® user platform or the improved overview through self-selected dashboards with the CockpitView® software – at every point in the JST overall concept, the aim is to prepare information in such a way that the user is supported in his monitoring activities through an optimized overview and flexible access options. “With the KVM solution MultiConsoling®, we can flexibly connect all desired sources and thus save screens. The user-friendliness of JST clearly convinced us – that was a key criterion,” recaps Sebastian Schirmel.
Also ergonomics and comfort are highly relevant for shift work. The Stratos X11® control room console, the ergonomic bestseller among control room consoles, and the OPAL X11® acoustic ceiling sail with its dimmable circadian lighting therefore play a particularly important role for the technical project manager: “We have 24/7 monitoring here. The ceiling sails and the resulting lighting options are a great benefit, especially for the night shift.”
Project manager and staff from the island give a clear “thumbs up” for the JST installation. “We are very satisfied overall,” summarizes Niclas Kampe. In addition to the products and the actual implementation of the control room, he mentions two other aspects that deserve positive feedback from the customer’s point of view: Kampe and Schirmel rate the willingness to find solution-oriented answers to specific RWE corporate IT requirements and the ability to individually adapt service level agreements to current requirements as decisive benefits.
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