Catch the Wind Ltd. has announced that its Vindicator laser wind sensor (LWS) successfully improved the alignment of a turbine against oncoming wind during a field trial with Nebraska Public Power District.
The trial program was specifically designed to evaluate how using
forward measurement of wind speed and direction can optimally align
wind turbines with the approaching wind and reduce the off-axis stress
loads on turbines. During the field trial, the company’s Vindicator LWS
improved the yaw alignment control of a turbine significantly over
traditional wind vane measurement equipment. The trial program at
NPPD’s Ainsworth Wind Energy Facility is ongoing.
