Wind Monitoring

FromGaiaComm Ltd.

Wind resource data are often available from public and private sources, but is inadequate to meet the information needs of ISOs, wind farm operators and developers, power traders, resource analysts and government. These data sources are designed for aviation and consumer weather markets. They do not meet the need for actual wind speed data at the hub height and above the boundary layer of 80 meters. Usually, surface data from 30 or 40meter towers within the project boudaries is used to "guesstimate" UP to the hub height of today"s utility scale wind turbines. Or satellite data is used to project DOWN to land based wind farm projects. Both are inaccurate and inadequate to meet investor due diligence and to support wind power integration into the grid. All parties are focused on satisfying investor need for de-risked projects recognizing capital as the top barrier to wind power deployment.