With assistance from RNRG team member Dale Lamell, Ventus Ingenieria recently installed a Wind Iris nacelle-mounted Lidar at the 20MW Caracoles wind farm in Uruguay.
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In recent years, floating Lidar buoys that profile vertically have gained significant traction as low-cost and quick-to-deploy alternatives to conventional offshore met towers.
The draft IEC 61400-12-1 standard, expected to be released in early 2017, has taken what was previously an optional sensor rise recommendation and made it the new minimum for compliance.
A recent update to Windographer (version 4.0.12 and later) improved the integration with our newest data logger, SymphoniePRO.
Improving existing products is like walking a tightrope. On one side, we need to continually add value to the products we create to make them more attractive to some customers. On the other side, we must ensure that the changes we make will not create issues for existing customers. This creates a constant tension between innovating to improve performance and maintaining product continuity.
Why would a wind developer in India care if we are sending our data loggers to Japan?
I am excited to say that RNRG was recently invited to speak on a panel at the AWEA Wind Project Siting & Environmental Compliance Conference. The panel focused on how technology can be used to minimize the wildlife impacts of wind energy and explored what it takes to develop game-changing technologies and get them to market.
RNRG’s product development team is always looking for ways to make customers’ lives easier. Our favorite type of design challenge is when we we get to collaborate directly with customers to solve an immediate issue.
The package has arrived, and you're ready to install the Symphonie series data logger and iPackGPS communications module at your project site. But one question remains: which wireless data plan should you choose? Once you understand the basics of how your logger operates, it's easy to make the right decision.
SymphoniePRO Desktop Application is a free desktop software application that accompanies our SymphoniePRO Data Logger, with key functions including equipment configuration, fleet management, and data processing. Version 1.2 includes various incremental improvements over the previous version.