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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
Seeing the Wind
that is Coming
 Catch
the Wind, Inc. was founded in 2008 to manufacture laser wind sensors for the
renewable wind energy industry. The challenges facing the rapidly growing wind
power generation industry reveal a need for more timely and accurate wind flow
information to optimise power output as well as reduce wear and damage caused
by asymmetric loading and unexpected gusts on large wind turbine generators. To
address those challenges, Catch the Wind will manufacture a 3D fibre-optic
laser system called the Vindicatorä that will enable a wind
turbine control system to detect and anticipate changing wind flows in advance
of the turbine blades. For the first time, the wind industry will have a
practical wind sensor that provides a precise look-ahead capability to improve
the efficiency and effectiveness of wind power generation.
By Bill Fetzer,
Catch the Wind, Inc., USA
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