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Advancing wind energy with trusted weather intelligence
Wind energy projects depend on accurate, bankable wind and weather data — from early site assessment and resource assessment to daily operations, offshore projects, and next-generation turbine design. Vaisala helps wind developers, operators, turbine manufacturers, and offshore wind teams reduce uncertainty, improve performance, and make better decisions across the full wind energy lifecycle.
Combining WindCube® lidars, Vaisala Compass®, weather and environmental sensors, and digital services, Vaisala turns reliable measurements into actionable insight. Explore solutions for wind resource assessment, offshore wind, power performance testing, wind farm performance optimization, wake and forecasting, and feedforward turbine control with Lidar-Assisted Control.
3 forward-thinking ways WindCube® lidars are used to propel wind energy
Complex Estimator Tool
helps determine modeling tools needed to best plan for complex terrain
4-D Wind Generator
tests production performance of floating wind turbines based on nacelle lidar
Calibrate and verify
scanning lidar beam position by using a drone as a movable and controllable hard target
Wind lidars
WindCube 2.1 XP for vertical wind profiling, wind resource assessment, and modern rotor heights. WindCube Scan for 360° wind awareness, wake studies, complex measurement campaigns, and forecasting applications. WindCube Offshore for floating lidar systems, offshore wind measurement campaigns, and harsh marine deployments. WindCube Nacelle for operational power performance testing, turbine optimization, and feedforward turbine control.
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WindCube Scan
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Data and software solutions
Solutions
Vaisala supports wind energy teams with solutions for wind resource assessment, offshore wind measurement, power performance testing, wind farm performance optimization, wake and forecasting, feedforward turbine control, weather monitoring, lightning detection, and renewable energy data intelligence.
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
Power Performance Testing
Performance Optimization
Wake & Forecasting
Feedforward Turbine Control
Sensors and systems
Visibility Sensor PWD20W
Intelligently adjust wind turbine light emissions, improving satisfaction for nearby communities while meeting stringent lighting regulations.
Offshore Monitoring
From Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIV) to ongoing maintenance and helideck needs, environmental monitoring and weather nowcasting are changing wind energy.
eBook - Taking wind resource assessment to new heights
As turbines grow taller and projects move into more complex, remote, and low‑aerosol environments, traditional met masts alone can no longer deliver the bankable wind data developers, investors, and operators need. This eBook explores how next‑generation vertical profiling lidar WindCube® 2.1 XP is redefining wind resource assessment with accurate measurements across the full rotor sweep and up to 400 meters above ground.
Product spotlights & brochures
WindCube® wind lidar: Elevating industry and atmospheric research
Discover how trusted WindCube wind lidar delivers precise wind measurements for demanding atmospheric research and renewable energy projects, helping institutes and developers optimize performance and advance a more sustainable future.
Permanent lidar for wind energy farms
How permanent WindCube lidars enhance safety, efficiency, and energy yield across the entire lifecycle of onshore and offshore wind farms.
Wind ramp & gust nowcasting
How WindCube Scan long‑range lidar turns wind ramp and gust nowcasting into a powerful tool for optimizing energy trading, protecting assets, and improving grid balancing at modern wind farms.
Permanent lidar: ISO ready, no met mast required
How WindCube lidar meets strict ISO standards, replaces met masts, and supports efficient, reliable wind farm operations.
Lidar takes the lead: wind energy measurement in action
Additional resources
2025 Wind energy scientific digest
The 2025 edition shares the latest WindCube-based research and real-world insights to help wind professionals boost performance across the project lifecycle.
2023 WindCube scientific digest
Take advantage of the latest research and deepen your understanding of WindCube lidar technology with presentations created by Vaisala scientists and other wind energy experts.
WindCube Insights Fleet
This modern, cloud-based software helps to make your campaigns easier and more efficient.
Success stories
WindCube Nacelle for Nacelle Transfer Function
RWE selected Vaisala WindCube® Nacelle to conduct NTF campaigns, not only because of the mature and accurate WindCube lidar technology, but also for Vaisala’s ability to advise, support, and fix any issues during initial measurement campaigns.
Wind lidar stands alone for WRA
RES achieves their goal of conducting safer, faster, bankable Wind Resource Assessments using WindCube wind lidar
Wind lidar stands alone for WRA
How Triconti is confidently conducting accurate WRA campaigns with WindCube® wind lidar.
Accurate WRA across a South African plain
Mainstream Renewable Power goes beyond turbine hub height to reduce extrapolation uncertainty with WindCube.
Proving bankability with accuracy and confidence
Find out how Pavana GmbH is advancing lidar for bankable WRA providing verifications against a 200-meter met mast.
Comparing WindCube lidars to met masts for PPT
A side-by-side test of met masts and two lidar types is conducted.
Wind Resource Assessment offshore from the shore in Japan
How Green Power Investment leveraged WindCube Scan Dual Lidar to efficiently measure the full wind profile for a competitive new project.
Reaching higher wind measurements in complex terrain in Croatia
How Green Trust is going beyond the limits of met masts with standalone WindCube.
Cutting-edge applications of lidar technology
WindCube lidar includes patented Flow Complexity Recognition (FCR) software for moderately complex terrain without the need for additional modeling software.
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