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 development

Vaisala solutions provide the best possible wind data while freeing users from old constraints related to siting and compliance restrictions, costly and immovable met mast structures, and uncertainty driven by data extrapolation, and more. Previously impossible applications, such as simple, IEC-compliant Power Performance Testing (PPT), have become routine.

And we’re pushing the industry into even newer frontiers, including ambitious offshore projects that incentivize and stretch global manufacturing and infrastructure.

Key applications in wind development include:

Site prospection
Site suitability
Wind resource assessment
Repowering (onshore)
Farm extension (offshore)
PPT — contractual power curve
Offshore ship operations for build-up

Wind operations

Wind operations

Wind operators face common pressures for performance testing and optimization, and Vaisala lidars and related solutions are their secret weapons. WindCube lidar technologies are rapidly improving how these important operations are conducted, making previously impossible operations routine and reliable. And a range of other sensors are creating new applications and giving operators competitive advantages.

Applications include:

Permanent wind monitoring
Weather & obstruction light monitoring
PPT — performance verification
Retrofit and performance increase
Site O&M
Offshore ship operations for maintenance
Minutes/hour/day ahead forecasting

Turbine development

Turbine development

Vaisala enables turbine manufacturers to market the best systems and secure their reputations through reliability, seamless integration, and global recognition. Our solutions reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCOE), enable larger wind turbine designs to increase Annual Energy Production, save CAPEX by enabling lighter wind turbines, and increase the lifetime of components to reduce O&M costs.

Notably, WindCube Nacelle for feedforward turbine control enables turbine manufacturers and integrators to rapidly adopt and market LAC — creating numerous benefits for themselves and their end users.

Applications include:

Feedforward turbine control for Lidar Assisted Control (LAC)
New turbine prototyping
Equipment for turbine control

Why Vaisala?

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We are innovators, scientists, and discoverers who are helping fundamentally change how the world is powered. Vaisala elevates wind and solar customers around the globe so they can meet the greatest energy challenges of our time.

Our weather and environmental monitoring solutions for renewable energy are guided by several key priorities:

Thoughtful evolution in a time of change
Making renewable energy smarter at every stage
Extending our legacy of leadership

Vaisala is the only company to offer 360° renewable energy solutions — from sensors and systems to digital services and actionable intelligence — nearly anywhere on the planet (and even on Mars). Every Vaisala solution benefits from our 85+ years of experience, pioneering deployments in 170+ countries, and unrivaled thought leadership.

Our innovation story, like the renewable energy story, continues.

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.