Exus Renewables North America launches ExusIQ+ with Pitch Power+ to boost wind energy turbine output up to 15%

Exus Renewables North America, an independent developer and operator of utility-scale clean energy and storage projects, has launched a new performance optimization platform, ExusIQ+, to improve operational efficiency across wind energy assets. At the center of this platform is Pitch Power+, a proprietary monitoring tool that has delivered annual energy production (AEP) gains of between 1.5% and 15% per individual wind turbine across Exus-managed fleets.

The ExusIQ+ suite is designed to tackle one of the most pressing issues in the renewable energy industry: persistent underperformance in turbine operations that often goes undiagnosed or unresolved. With wind power playing an increasingly vital role in global decarbonization, tools that improve energy yield, particularly in aging infrastructure, are critical to maximizing return on investment for asset owners, utilities, and power producers.

Why Exus launched Pitch Power+ to solve turbine underperformance

Wind turbines face a wide range of factors that impact their annual energy production. Environmental degradation such as blade erosion can cause 1.5% to 2% annual efficiency losses, while operational misconfigurations—like incorrect pitch parameters, collective blade offsets, or sensor faults—contribute to additional production losses averaging 5% or more. These losses can significantly impact long-term project economics and investor returns.

Traditionally, identifying these issues has required manual inspection or long data analysis cycles, which delay corrective action and often miss nuanced faults. ExusIQ+ addresses these inefficiencies directly through digital monitoring innovations built into Pitch Power+. Jim Spencer, President and CEO of Exus Renewables North America, described the tool as a breakthrough in real-time diagnostics. “Our performance engineers are consistently achieving measurable energy production improvements with this new technology,” Spencer said. “The Pitch Power+ tool represents a significant advancement in performance monitoring, allowing us to pinpoint issues with unprecedented speed and accuracy, ultimately delivering substantial AEP gains that directly impact our clients’ bottom line.”

How Pitch Power+ improves energy output at the turbine level

The Pitch Power+ tool applies an algorithmic approach that analyzes the relationship between actual power curves and pitch behavior data for each wind turbine. Rather than relying on static performance thresholds or historical datasets, the tool detects unique issue-specific patterns that correlate to sensor failures, blade misalignments, or calibration errors. This diagnostic capability enables the system to identify operational inefficiencies quickly and without requiring time-intensive on-site inspections.

Unlike legacy CMS (Condition Monitoring Systems) or SCADA platforms that flag generic underperformance, Pitch Power+ integrates engineering-level logic to isolate the root causes. This streamlined diagnostic process reduces the time engineers must spend analyzing faults, enables quicker corrective actions, and shortens the performance recovery cycle. As a result, asset managers can boost power output while optimizing labor allocation and reducing operational downtime.

According to Dhaval Bhalodia, Head of Operations at Exus Renewables North America, the value lies in precision and speed. “Pitch Power+ demonstrates how targeted analysis can deliver meaningful improvements—up to 15% per turbine—by addressing the specific operational challenges that traditional monitoring often misses,” he said.

Differentiating ExusIQ+ in a competitive analytics market

In an increasingly crowded market for renewable asset optimization platforms, ExusIQ+ stands out by focusing on highly actionable insights rather than generalized data visualization or predictive maintenance dashboards. Most existing tools in the market focus on visual trends or condition forecasting, which often require cross-correlation with multiple systems or third-party consultants to execute performance fixes.

By contrast, ExusIQ+ integrates turbine-specific performance logic with Exus’ internal engineering intelligence—developed from over a decade of operating and optimizing wind and solar projects. The technology is engineered to work across a wide range of OEM turbine models and is compatible with most existing asset management environments, allowing owners and operators to adopt the platform without overhauling their current workflows.

Furthermore, Pitch Power+ eliminates the need for long-term historical baselining. While many other optimization platforms require extensive historical data to identify anomalies, ExusIQ+ relies on real-time detection, fleet-wide benchmarking, and issue fingerprinting to accelerate root-cause analysis.

This approach makes the solution highly scalable across both newer and older wind fleets and reduces dependency on expensive condition monitoring systems that are often limited to specific turbine manufacturers.

Supporting Exus’ expansion across U.S. renewables

The introduction of ExusIQ+ comes at a pivotal moment in Exus Renewables North America’s growth strategy. With over 6 gigawatts of renewable energy assets under management globally, the company is expanding its U.S. footprint across utility-scale wind and solar projects. Its strategy blends greenfield development, asset acquisition, and performance optimization to drive value across the entire project lifecycle.

Performance optimization, particularly for wind projects commissioned in the early 2010s, has become an increasingly important lever for asset owners seeking to maximize production within fixed operating budgets. As many of these turbines approach their second decade of operation, they face reduced performance efficiency and growing maintenance costs. Tools like Pitch Power+ enable asset managers to extend the life and profitability of these assets without resorting to costly repowering or turbine replacement.

Federal support for renewable infrastructure under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has also intensified demand for technologies that can meet stringent performance criteria for tax credit eligibility. With increasing focus on post-commissioning energy yield assurance, ExusIQ+ is positioned to serve asset managers looking to validate and enhance project output in real time.

How the market is responding to ExusIQ+ and Pitch Power+

Although Exus Renewables North America is not publicly listed and does not trade on major stock exchanges, industry insiders have expressed cautious optimism about the rollout of the ExusIQ+ suite. Early adopters within Exus’ operational fleet have reportedly seen performance gains of up to 10% within the first 90 days of deployment, particularly in underperforming turbines that had previously shown unexplained power curve deviations.

Analysts covering the renewable asset management sector suggest that tools like Pitch Power+ could play a critical role in preserving internal rates of return (IRR) for infrastructure funds and institutional investors exposed to wind projects. One clean energy investor familiar with the technology, who declined to be named, noted that even a 3% net AEP improvement across a 100 MW wind farm could translate into seven-figure revenue gains annually, especially under fixed-price PPA (power purchase agreement) contracts.

The ability to demonstrate consistent performance optimization results may also influence future financing structures, with lenders and insurers increasingly interested in platforms that offer quantifiable risk mitigation.

What’s next for Exus and the ExusIQ+ roadmap

The company plans to expand the ExusIQ+ suite with at least two more proprietary modules in 2025, including one focused on inverter fault analysis in solar PV systems and another aimed at improving round-trip efficiency in battery energy storage systems (BESS). These tools will follow a similar philosophy: combine Exus’ internal operational know-how with software-enabled diagnostics to unlock value in existing clean energy infrastructure.

Exus is also exploring integration of the ExusIQ+ suite into performance-based insurance offerings and O&M partnership models, potentially creating a new ecosystem of technology-enabled service contracts. The company’s data shows growing demand for digital tools that offer performance guarantees—especially as clean energy markets transition from subsidized revenue structures to more volatile merchant pricing.

As the U.S. grid becomes more reliant on intermittent renewables, the need for high-resolution performance data and rapid issue resolution will become increasingly mission-critical. In that context, ExusIQ+ could evolve from a standalone platform into a core layer of operational control for utility-scale renewable portfolios.