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Wind industry’s longest-range turbine-mounted lidar enables power performance testing for any onshore or offshore wind turbine
Leosphere, a Vaisala company that specialises in developing, manufacturing, and servicing turnkey wind lidar instruments for wind energy, aviation, meteorology, and air quality, have announced WindCube® Nacelle – a lidar that mounts on the nacelle of all turbines to measure the wind conditions at hub height – now has the unprecedented capability to measure from 50 to 700 meters (nearly doubling the previous maximum measurement range of 450 meters).
“Whether onshore or offshore, the WindCube Nacelle’s extraordinary measurement range and accuracy provides a complete picture of the wind profile — whatever the turbine rotor size,” said Alexandre Sauvage, CEO of Leosphere. “As turbines continue to grow taller, performance testing and verification becomes increasingly important as underperformance equates to reduced power output and significant lost revenue.”
Fully compliant with wind industry best practices and an upcoming IEC standard, the WindCube Nacelle mounts temporarily on or fully integrates into the nacelle and enables operators and wind turbine original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to efficiently and accurately assess turbine performance.
WindCube Nacelle serves all turbines, the lidar measures horizontally at hub height from all turbines, no matter the size or rotor diameter. Moreover, 20 simultaneous measurement distances enable in-depth analysis. It is the only lidar on the market providing rapid data completion that meets the PPT (Power Performance Testing) requirements of the largest wind turbines, ultimately reducing operational cost while increasing efficiency. The WindCube Nacelle is easy to deploy and maintain. Simple installation, lightweight components, full integration capability, and straightforward configuration processes ensure fast time-to-value on any wind farm.
Designed to simplify information obtained by WindCube Nacelle, the recently launched WindCube Insights Analytics – a proprietary data analytics software tool – is the first in the industry to maximise both lidar data and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) turbine performance intelligence. By seamlessly allowing operators to perform quick, easy, and transparent power performance testing calculations, with IEC-compliant filtering, customers are more available to focus on the most essential performance analysis work.
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Largest ever polar research expedition uses the pyranometer to measure solar radiation
Delta-T Devices SPN1 Sunshine Pyranometer is amongst instruments being used on a one-year long expedition to the Central Arctic. This major research project, titled MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) is closely analysing the Arctic (as the epicentre of global warming) in order to gain fundamental insights about the nature of global climate change.
Over 500 hundred scientists from 20 countries are involved in the expedition, which is focused around a research
icebreaker ship (named Polarstern) operating close to the North Pole for 12 consecutive months. The meteorological and environmental data gathered is expected to provide scientists with critical new information regarding global warming.
The SPN1 Sunshine Pyranometer is being deployed by the expedition team (as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) IceRad system) to measure global and diffuse solar radiation alongside sunshine hours. The SPN1 offers an internally heated, compact and highly rugged solar measurement solution. It is ideal for use in extreme environments as it features no moving parts and requires no adjustment during use. Delta-T Devices Sales and Marketing Director David Frew said, “The SPN1 Pyranometer is being adopted by some of the most prestigious research teams in the world, and we are very proud that our equipment is part of such an important research project as MOSAiC. Delta-T Devices has a particularly strong interest in assisting scientists to investigate climate change and food security issues, so MOSAiC aligns closely to our own concerns and goals.”
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Pioneering meteorological instrumentation specialists launch web shop with trial offer for agricultural sector
Pessl Instruments, has just announced the launch of its highly anticipated webshop.
METOS Webshop will first offer the iMETOS VWS – Virtual Weather station, disease model licenses and other ‘click-away’ solutions. There will also be a free-trial offer for those who are just getting familiar with data- driven precision agriculture.
“We are thrilled to introduce
Shop.metos.at which allows customers to equip their fields at any given time,” said Gottfried Pessl, CEO and founder. “With METOS Webshop, customers will be up to date with the current sale offers, will be able to quickly activate desired licences, e.g. disease models, and start planning their field activities faster and easier. This shop will feature all the innovations that Pessl Instruments is known for and we are excited for our customers to experience the METOS brand in this new way,” he concluded.
METOS Webshop will for now be available solely to European end customers and all Pessl Instruments global distributors. METOS Webshop is expected to be ready for all the markets by the end of 2020. Information that every farmer needs, will therefore soon on hand with a few simple clicks in every corner of the world.
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DIN rail wind sensor with industry standard outputs
Instromet’s 0-10 volt and 4-20mA DIN rail wind sensors are the most recent addition to their range of weather monitoring and activation equipment. These industry standard outputs can be connected to PLCs etc for automatic applications.
Examples include building maintenance systems such as
automatic window and vent closure, awning retraction or in situations where a device such as a switch, motor or pump needs to be activated or deactivated dependant on a set wind speed/direction.
These sensors are available alongside Instrumet’s range of wind switches, standalone wind, sun, rain and temperature sensors as well as a range of weather stations and data loggers.
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