Bankable wind measurement campaigns in cold climates with WindCube® 2.1 XP

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How do you secure bankable energy yield and turbine suitability in Nordic cold climates without tall, ice‑rated met masts?  

For high-hub-height projects in harsh Nordic conditions, traditional mast‑only campaigns are becoming increasingly costly, complex, and risky. At the same time, investors, independent engineers, and turbine OEMs still demand robust, low‑risk data for energy yield and turbine suitability assessments. A well-designed, multi‑technology measurement campaign has become the foundation of every successful wind project. 

In this Nordic‑focused webinar, RES, Ramboll and Vaisala will share practical lessons from a recent Swedish cold‑climate project using WindCube 2.1 XP with winter kit, complemented by sodar. You’ll see how a remote-sensing-first strategy can provide the redundancy and data coverage needed to support energy-yield and turbine-suitability assessments, even in challenging Nordic conditions. Compass® Renewable capabilities, including Availability Booster and WindCube Pure TI™, further extend data availability and turbulence-intensity analysis.

What you’ll learn 

  • Designing multi-technology cold‑climate, high‑hub‑height campaigns with a remote-sensing-first approach 
    How RES builds remote-sensing-first campaigns using co‑located lidar–sodar pairs, giving investors and OEMs the data coverage and confidence they need for wind resource assessment and turbine suitability.
  • Lessons from a Nordic RES project with WindCube 2.1 XP  
    Real‑world results on data availability and accuracy from a Swedish cold‑climate site, including how combining WindCube with sodar and a mast enabled consistent measurements at and above hub height across the full rotor.
  • Using lidar data for energy yield and turbine suitability 
    Hear from Ramboll about how lidar datasets are evaluated for project decisions in the Nordics and beyond. The discussion will cover uncertainty, measurement objectives, and how multi-height coverage supports fit-for-purpose energy-yield assessments and power performance evaluation.
  • Bankability, investor expectations and market realities in the Nordics
    How RES and Ramboll navigate evolving investor and OEM expectations across different markets, and where remote sensing across the full rotor can support investment decisions. 

Who should attend  

This webinar is tailored for professionals working on Nordic and other cold‑climate projects, including:  

  • Wind resource assessment and measurement engineers  
  • Project developers and owners  
  • Independent consultants and due diligence engineers
  • Turbine OEM wind and site teams focused on site suitability and loads  

Secure your seat to learn how a remote-sensing-first strategy, built around WindCube 2.1 XP and complemented by Compass® Renewable capabilities, can make your cold-climate campaigns more bankable, safer and more cost-effective. If you can’t join live, register anyway and we’ll send you the recording. 

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Webinar speakers

Iain Campbell

Iain Campbell

Senior Technical Analyst & Wind Resource Manager, RES


Iain is a senior technical analyst who works for RES, and who for the past 16 years has worked in the RES Group Technical department. 

Iain is a physicist by background, with more than a decade’s experience in the field of wind resource & remote sensing analysis, with a wide range of analysis experience across the globe, including a mix of onshore and offshore projects, covering a variety of climates.

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Ben Buxton

Ben Buxton

Chief Consultant ‒ Site, Yield & Transaction Advisory, Ramboll


Ben has worked in the wind industry since 2010 across markets including the UK & Ireland, Central America, the Nordics and Asia in both consulting and project developer roles. He is skilled in the detailed design and optimisation of projects across the development arc. 

Ben undertakes and provides support to the wind farm analysis team and in due diligence. Prior to this he has worked as a wind energy consultant and project manager at global consultancies and a European developer where he was Team Leader for the Wind & Turbine Performance group.

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Elvira Aliverdieva

Elvira Aliverdieva

Sales Manager,, Vaisala


Elvira joined Vaisala in 2020 and is currently responsible for the company's wind lidar commercial activities in Northern Europe. Prior to this role, she was responsible for product marketing for wind lidars, working closely with sales, R&D, and marketing teams. She holds a business degree from ESSEC Business School in Paris and has more than seven years of experience in the renewable energy sector.

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