System and method for wind turbine health management

A system for use in managing an operational lifetime of at least one wind turbine, said system comprising:

• a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one wind turbine via a communications interface, said controller configured to determine an estimate of a time to failure of the at least one wind turbine based on at least one of operational data and historical data corresponding to the at least one wind turbine;
• and
• a server sub-system communicatively coupled to said controller, wherein said server sub-system is configured to:
• receive the operational data from said controller corresponding to the at least one wind turbine;
• receive a request for the historical data corresponding to the at least one wind turbine from said controller;
• and
• transmit a response to said controller, the response comprising the historical data corresponding to the at least one wind turbine.

A method for managing an operational lifetime of at least one wind turbine using a controller, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled to the wind turbine, said method comprising:

• receiving operational data at the controller from the wind turbine;
• transmitting the operational data to a server sub-system;
• transmitting a request for historical data corresponding to the wind turbine to the server sub-system;
• receiving a response at the controller from the server sub-system, the response comprising historical data corresponding to the wind turbine;
• and
• determining an estimate of a time to failure of the wind turbine based on at least one of the operational data and the historical data.