SenseWind has selected SM Industries (formerly Valmont) to produce a triple rail wind turbine tower for its 2MW onshore demonstration project, a single turbine plan partially funded by UK Government (BEIS) FOW grant scheme.The onshore project will be used to demonstrate and refine the Sense Self-Erecting Tower system (Sense SET) and the Sense Rotor Nacelle Assembly system (Sense RNA). The three rails incorporated into the tower structure enable the tower and rotor nacelle assembly to ‘self install’. The project will be constructed later in 2023 with testing to run through late 2024. This same technology will also be scaled for a 15MW floating offshore wind turbine as part of the BEIS project, with both systems expected to be ready for INTOG and ScotWind projects in the UK.
