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Bringing wind energy to one of the coldest places on earth

By Michelle Froese | May 22, 2018

Successful wind-power development has a number of challenges that begin at the early planning and permitting stages. Effective project siting is a critical step in this process.

Vaisala Triton in Finland

Click here to view one way to gain valuable wind resource data faster and more efficiently, and particularly in challenging conditions.

While met towers are a siting tool that have long been used to measure the wind resource ahead of planning a wind farm, the devices are not without challenges.

For example, met towers are extremely difficult to install, power, and maintain. What can make adoption even more difficult are a site’s environment and weather conditions. In the northern reaches of Finland, for instance, it can be dark for 20 hours a day in the winter and temperatures routinely reach minus 40 degrees Celsius.

To best meet such challenges, renewable energy developer Puhuri is using advanced remote-sensing technology to bring more clean energy and wind power to Finland. An ideal remote-sensing system lets wind developers reduce the uncertainty of wind resource assessments and enable a better, more efficient and effective project design.

Puhri is currently working with Vaisala, a global provider of environmental and industrial measurement, to do just that — overcome Finland’s tough wind siting challenges and bring wind energy to one of the coldest places on earth. Learn how Puhri and Vaisala are using advanced remote-sensing technology in this new video.


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