Growing government support and significant untapped potential could lead the U.K.’s renewable energy capacity to almost match that of the traditionally dominant thermal sector by 2025, new research by alternative energy experts GlobalData shows. The company’s latest report predicts that the cumulative installed capacity of renewable energy plants will reach 79 GW by 2025 –…
Operator of UK wind farms selects Sodar to better plan operations
One of the UK’s biggest renewable energy companies is using Second Wind’s Triton Sonic Wind Profiler to evaluate wind farm sites and position wind turbines for maximum productivity and profitability. Triton, a remote sensing system, uses sodar (sound detection and ranging) technology to measure wind at greater heights than the previous tower-based standard. Triton’s compact…
More MW makes wind farm one of the UK’s largest
A Scottish wind farm recently received 60 additional 2.3-MW turbines, adding 183 MW to the farm. The addition brings Crystal Rig’s total capacity to 200 MW, making it one of the largest onshore wind farms in the UK.
Laser wind season
An energy services company has mounted a laser-based wind sensor on a wind farm in the UK. The wind profiling lidar, Natural Power’s ZephlR, is part of a meteorological forecasting system undergoing a six-month trial. The lidar will feed live speed and direction data to meteorological organizations to increase the efficiency of power-forecasting tools, correlate…