Remote sensing solutions for wind energy | Vaisala

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People have harnessed the wind for centuries, and for countless applications. Today, the wind energy industry has inherited this tradition. It is filled with innovators who use the wind like no one before imagined, and the world is better for it.

Recent evolutions in the wind industry — aided by Vaisala technologies, including WindCube® lidar — have given stakeholders better, bankable data with increased agility and simplicity. This has unleashed some of the most imaginative and useful innovations in the history of wind energy.

Vaisala’s wind energy solutions are unrivaled in their comprehensiveness and value. Vaisala is the only company on the planet providing end-to-end weather and environmental solutions with fully integrated, globally trusted sensing and digital services.

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Wind development

Wind operations

Turbine development

WEBINAR: New IEC Classification & WindCube Nacelle Enhancements

Watch this on-demand webinar with DNV and GE for an informative discussion about what you need to know about the new IEC classification. You'll also learn more about the recent enhancements to WindCube Nacelle further verify wind farm turbine performance and optimize power output and project profitability.

Solutions

Offshore Wind Measurement

Make offshore wind farms not only technically feasible, but financially sound with single-source solutions for almost any need in offshore development and operations.

Wind Resource Assessment

Wind resource assessment is a crucial, pressure-filled stage. Go beyond legacy technologies to capture the reliable, accurate data you need.

Power Performance Testing

Simplify this traditionally difficult process with WindCube nacelle-mounted lidar and a revolutionary software analytics tool.

Performance Optimization

Achieve continuous gains in power capture and system performance using the industry’s most versatile lidar suite.

Wake & Forecasting

Lidar is creating new opportunities for proactively improving energy capture and system reliability.

Feedforward Turbine Control

Embrace Lidar-Assisted Control (LAC) at scale, optimizing energy capture and setting your turbine portfolio apart.

Wind Lidars

Why WindCube?

Discover the remarkable science and business outcomes of the industry's gold standard wind lidar.

WindCube

The industry’s most trusted, bankable, and widely-deployed vertical profiling lidar, ideal for today’s increasing rotor sizes and hub heights.

WindCube Scan

Provides full, 360° wind awareness for a wide variety of applications – providing unmatched versatility and value over time.

WindCube Offshore

WindCube vertical profiling lidar, ruggedized and optimized for buoys and other harsh offshore deployments.

WindCube Nacelle

Industry-leading nacelle lidar can be deployed temporarily for operational PPT and optimization, or integrated by manufacturers for feedforward turbine control.

WindCube Insights

Software providing full fleet visibility and management for WindCube, and IEC-compliant PPT for WindCube Nacelle.

Sensors and Systems

Ultrasonic Wind Sensor WMT700

The ideal ultrasonic wind sensor to enable precise turbine control. Simple, rugged design and extremely high reliability in almost any conditions.

Visibility Sensor PWD20W

Intelligently adjust wind turbine light emissions, improving satisfaction for nearby communities while meeting stringent lighting regulations.

Pressure, Humidity, and Temperature Transmitter PTU307

Accurately and reliably assess the meteorological conditions that lead to icing on rotor blades for better decision-making before damage occurs.

Offshore Monitoring

From Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIV) to ongoing maintenance and helideck needs, environmental monitoring and weather nowcasting are changing wind energy.

Digital Services

Historical Data & Forecasts

Long-term historic data for specific sites and regions and accurate wind forecasts provide wind energy project owners and managers with the information they need to minimize risk and maximize output year over year.

Strike Damage Potential

Enables intelligent analysis of lightning strikes, reliably distinguishing between low-risk strikes and those with greater potential to cause damage or start a fire.

Global Lightning Detection Network GLD360

Lightning data-as-a-service with unmatched detection efficiency and location accuracy for storm monitoring in even the most remote locations, anywhere in the world.

National Lightning Detection Network

Detect more real-time lightning events than any other network with unrivaled location accuracy and detection efficiency that covers the entire continental U.S.

Lightning Integrator

Quick and easy access to Vaisala's high-quality, accurate historical lightning data through an API or an easy-to-use web interface. This enables robust, data-driven safety and planning practices, as well as advanced risk assessments and incident reporting.

Lightning Exporter

Provides an easy-to-use web interface that lets users download and compile the exact lightning data they need from hazardous weather events near a facility or assets — often eliminating the need to purchase, install, or maintain any lightning detection sensors.

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Wind energy solutions

See how Vaisala is pushing the wind energy industry toward new frontiers with comprehensive solutions to advance renewable energy.

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Dual Lidar Ready

Learn about the groundbreaking innovation providing unprecedented wind profile coverage and accuracy for offshore campaigns — from the shoreline or fixed platforms.

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WindCube Complex Terrain Ready

See how WindCube is making WRA possible in complex terrain.

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The offshore frontier

Discover the many use cases of lidar for all phases of an offshore project.

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Implementing visibility sensors

Explore how visibility sensors dramatically help reduce this impact by dimming the lights automatically when certain conditions are met.

Success Stories

Powering wind energy in France

AKROCEAN uses WindCube Offshore to enable new offshore development.

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Offshore-from-the-shore Wind Resource Assessment in China using WindCube Scan

Analyzing island’s influence on surrounding wind field.

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Comparing WindCube lidar and met mast data

A real-world performance study for wind energy development

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Fixing performance degradation

A wind farm owner identifies and fixes performance degradation with WindCube nacelle-mounted lidar.

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It's Time to Take Wind Energy Ever Higher

Vaisala is ready to talk about your wind project and how we can make it better. Contact us today. We’ll give your project the fresh air it needs.