In response to Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) grid compliance, ZephIR has replaced the operational met mast on Port Ryerse Wind Farm, Ontario, Canada with the company’s 300 wind LiDAR (light detection and ranging device — LiDAR uses light to measure wind characteristics). The wind farm consists of Siemens 3-MW SWT3.0-113 with 99.5m hub height, de-rated…
Substations for offshore wind farms get a Lidar upgrade
ZephIR Lidar technology was first deployed on an offshore platform at the Beatrice Offshore wind project in 2005
SeaLidar launches for offshore assessment duty
The formal introduction of seaLIDAR to the offshore wind energy market has been made. Successful tests of the floating wind measurement device completed in July 2015. The offshore wind industry requires accurate and affordable wind measurements to support project development. Current industry standards require the use of masts and cup anemometers to provide wind data…
Ammonit delivers wind lidars to Central European wind energy market
Recently, Ammonit Measurements GmbH successfully delivered a batch of ZephIR 300 wind lidars to clients across Central Europe for wind measurements in a range of onshore wind energy applications. All systems are now deployed and operating at the high levels of performance as expected from ZephIR 300, delivering remote wind profiling across a range of…
World-first and new standard achieved in floating offshore LiDAR
AXYS Technologies (AXYS) has achieved a world-first that is likely to become the new standard in floating LiDAR devices by deploying a dual ZephIR 300 arrangement on the leading WindSentinel buoy. The WindSentinel ‘floating laboratory’ delivers a customized full suite of meteorological and metocean data, in addition to the wind speed and direction data used…
Offshore wind farm gets boost with ZephIR Lidar
ZephIR Lidar has installed a turbine-mounted ZephIR DM wind lidar on the 270-MW Lincs Offshore Wind Farm. Located five miles off the Skegness coast, Lincs Wind Farm is a joint venture between Centrica Energy, Siemens Project Ventures, and DONG Energy. It is anticipated that the installation of the lidar unit will help to identify opportunities…
Fraunhofer IWES verifies performance of ZephIR’s wind lidar buoy
Fraunhofer IWES has successfully finished the validation of their Wind Lidar Buoy which confirms the commercial acceptance of wind data from the on-board ZephIR lidar for use in floating offshore energy assessments. This according to the criteria within the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator roadmap for the commercial acceptance of floating lidar technology. The Fraunhofer…
Lidar measure wind at 10 levels up to 300m
CanWEA 2014, booth #811 The ZephIR 300 from Cambell Scientific is a continuous-wave lidar system. Ideal for applications that require wind measurements at multiple heights, the system provides data across ten user-defined heights, 10m to 300m. The ZephIR 300 is great for site assesment and micrositing and permanent wind farm anemometry. www.zephirlidar.com
Measurement company Ammonit partners with lidar manufacturer Zephir
Ammonit Measurement, supplier of high-quality measurement equipment for wind and solar resource assessment and monitoring, has partnered with lidar manufacturer Zephir as a ‘Trusted Service Provider’. By implementing Zephir technology, Ammonit’s customers benefit from accurate, affordable wind data across all stages of wind farm project development. With ZephIR 300 for ground based installations and ZephIR…
Wind lidar equipment ready for U.S. wind projects
ZephIR 300 wind lidar, remote sensing for U.S. wind energy market, will be available in the U.S. through Campbell Scientific. The wind sensor is said to provide accurate wind data across all stages of a wind farm project. Manufactured by Zephir Ltd. of the UK, a subsidiary of renewable energy group Natural Power, the ZephIR…
Lidar you can leave alone
UK-based Natural Power has combined its product innovation business (ZephIR) with remote power specialists Ampair to offer a managed wind data and power service. Despite the low power requirements of a modern lidar system such as ZephIR, a reliable and easily transported power supply is still important for the remote and harsh locations in which the system is often deployed. The agreement provides an integrated and robust power product that takes likely ZephIR deployment scenarios into consideration.