And just like that, nacelle-based wind Lidars became 'standardised'

In January 2022 we welcomed in the new year with the release of IEC 61400-50-3:2022; the procedures and methods to ensure wind measurements are done so according to best practice. And in doing so, the opportunity for wind farm developers and owners to conduct OEM-approved Power Performance Tests more readily with a nacelle-based Lidar. Take wind measurements not at a single point, like with a met mast, but at 50 points across the whole rotor of the turbine, tracking the wind as it approaches across many sectors, for best-in-class wind data that goes ‘beyond the power curve’. Because while standards will always change the ‘today’, who knows what you will want to do ‘tomorrow’. We have some ideas…