As more wind energy is added to the grid, the inclusion of a weather measurement system to a wind farm is critical to ensure it meets financial and performance expectations. The data collected through the use of wind forecasting and wind resource assessments can detect turbine underperformance, decrease weather uncertainty, and predict wind farm productivity.…

The Pentalum SpiDAR is a wind LIght Detection And Ranging (Lidar) system that the company says is changing wind measurement and improving wind farm profitability. The SpiDAR is a cost effective, patent-pending, pulsed wind Lidar system for remote wind sensing. The unit’s architecture allows using common, reliable components to maintain a low production cost –…

Brazil’s largest wind energy developer has adopted Second Wind’s remote sensing technology as part of its standard practice in wind measurement. The agreement by São Paulo-based Casa dos Ventos Energias Renováveis to purchase Second Wind’s Triton SoDARs and Pentalum Technologies Ltd.’s SpiDAR LiDARs represents a significant endorsement of remote sensing technology as an essential complement…

Katy Briggs / DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability / www.dnvkema.com Naomi Pierce / Second Wind / www.secondwind.com Accurate energy production estimates are key to successfully financing a wind power project. The most important input for an energy estimate is a wind resource assessment, during which the future performance of a planned wind project is commonly…

Developer and manufacturer of remote sensing equipment, Second Wind, and Pentalum Technologies, developer of a new generation of cost-effective LiDAR wind measurement systems, recently announced the formation of a partnership to promote the use of remote sensing for the wind energy industry. Second Wind will work with Pentalum Technologies to sell and support the Pentalum…