Industries & Applications
Wind and Solar Energy
Compact weather stations and wind sensors for solar and wind asset monitoring and protection
Wind and solar energy applications
- Improving wind turbine control and safety - Accurate wind speed and direction data allows turbines to orient correctly and adjust blade pitch for safer, more efficient operation.
- Meteorological instruments for power line wind measurement - Wind affects line performance by cooling overheated conductors but can also cause lines to sway and contact vegetation, increasing the risk of short circuits and outages. Reliable wind monitoring helps utilities manage these conditions.
- Optimising wind turbine efficiency - Mechanical wind sensors often fail, reducing turbine performance and increasing maintenance costs. Switching to a more robust, solid-state anemometer that integrates easily and matches existing calibration requirements offers a dependable alternative.
- Weather measurement at solar parks - Weather stations track solar radiation, temperature, humidity, wind and precipitation to assess how environmental conditions influence energy output. MaxiMet and MetConnect systems support efficiency monitoring with ISO 9060–compliant radiation sensors, wind data for panel loading, precipitation data for maintenance planning and temperature measurements to understand panel performance.
Application Notes
- Cost benefit of ultrasonic anemometers vs mechanical wind sensors in solar farms
- Gill and DC21: Enhancing wind turbine performance with reliable sensor technology
- MaxiMet GMX500 joins the race to support Brunel Solar Team’s eighth world title bid
- Meteorological instruments for power line wind measurement
- Solar energy
- Solar monitoring solutions for performance monitoring and asset protection
- Ultrasonic wind sensors for accurate feedback and control of wind turbines
- Wind energy sensors for asset effectiveness
- WindSonic provides critical wind data to safeguard solar tracking farms
Recommended wind sensors for solar farm management...
MaxiMet is an advanced compact weather station designed and manufactured by Gill Instruments using proven technology to measure meteorological and environmental parameters to international standards.
MetConnect is a compact multi-sensor professional weather station providing wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, temperature, humidity and dew point measurements, with capability to connect auxiliary sensors and combine all inputs into one serial data output.
Gill WindSonic is a low-cost 2-axis ultrasonic anemometer, providing wind speed (0-60m/s) and direction data in a robust housing. This anemometer has no moving parts, offering maintenance-free operation in a wide range of applications.
WindUltra is Gill’s smallest and lightest anemometer. It has an extremely robust design, has been aggressively tested to IP69k, provides high accuracy measurement, and is easy to install and use.