Vaisala has signed a succession of new regional partnerships in response to rising demand for its wind measurement system, the Triton Wind Profiler. In addition, the company has announced a new online data platform.
According to Vaisala, the global wind industry is increasingly using remote sensing to guide decisions – from site prospecting and resource assessment through to project optimization – for more accurate data without long permitting delays and complex installations.
Maximizing the logistical and cost benefits afforded by remote sensing devices, however, requires access to fast and efficient local field support – especially critical in more remote markets, the company notes. In order to meet this requirement, over the past 12 months, Vaisala has established or expanded regional partnerships with NERI in Japan; Jim Latimer & Co. KG, MM Pro Management Oy and Windhunter in Europe; Marti Ltd. in Turkey; LOHO in China; and WISE in Australia. Each of these agreements will provide greater access to specialist servicing and technical advice for Triton users in these promising wind markets, the company says.
“Remote sensing devices will supplant met towers as the preferred choice of measurement technology for wind energy developers and operators around the world,” says Pascal Storck, head of renewable energy at Vaisala. “But this shift will depend on the ability of manufacturers to maintain a robust global supply chain and maximize the opportunities these advanced measurement systems provide for a better understanding of the wind resource.”
Vaisala has also launched an improved observations platform that enables users to access their wind data from the same dashboard as Vaisala’s time series and energy forecasting tools. This provides Vaisala’s customers with a support network and improved management of their data, the company says.
Users of Vaisala’s Triton can now monitor their units via the new observations platform, redesigned from the ground up to provide easier, faster access to the data and functions formerly hosted on SkyServe.net.
“Because the observations platform is accessible through the same dashboard as Vaisala’s time series and energy forecasting tools, users now have a single point of entry to the most comprehensive and powerful combination of resource assessment, monitoring and forecasting tools available in the wind energy sector,” Storck adds.
