Wind Monitoring

Enviko provide a variety of wind turbine monitoring solutions to evaluate the wind resource potential at your prospective site. We offer a one stop shop service for all monitoring requirements from planning application, data collection, review and mast decommissioning. In addition to this we also provide analysis services for energy yield prediction, project layout and design services and also offer technical advisor support during the project build phase.

 

• Post feasibility study
• Site visit for mast siting
• Planning application for mast
• Equipment procurement or rental
• Project management interaction with client, landowner and contractor
• H&S requirements, risk assessments, method statements, review
• Installation and commissioning
• Data recovery and monthly reporting to suit client requirements
• Daily dial-up if requested
• Maintenance and mast health check

 
Project experience

Enviko’s team has vast experience in data logging and management having installed masts at a range of locations across the UK.

 

Installation and data recovery

Enviko can install wind monitoring masts ranging in height from 10m to 80m. Our Technical Services team provides regular data recovery and reporting on installed masts.

 

10 metre mast

 

• The standard 10m mast consists of two anemometers and one wind direction vane
• The mast is supported by steel guy wires in four directions
• No cranes or concrete foundations are required
• The wind speed and direction is recorded on a data logger attached to the mast

 

 

 

 

40 - 80 metre mast

The 40-80m masts contain four or more anemometers and two or more wind direction vanes at different heights on the tower. The measurements at different levels allow the wind shear profile of the site to be calculated.

• The mast is supported by steel guy wires in four directions.
• No cranes or concrete foundations are required.
• The wind speed and direction from all the anemometers and direction vanes is recorded on a data logger attached to the mast. The data logger can have a modem allowing remote data retrieval and diagnostic checks to be carried out.

 

On 10-80m masts, temperature, relative humidity, pressure and rain measurements can also be recorded. In addition we can supply bird flight diverters and aviation lighting.

 

Data recovery

 

• Processing and archiving of the data from data logger is conducted via the GSM or GPRS telemetry and charger solar panel system. Data quality will be screened each week and appended to the site dataset.
• Preventative maintenance checks will also be carried out.
• Monthly interim reporting is delivered via email and includes a monthly tread data sheet, report screen log and maintenance issues log, it also includes the following:
• Summary data sheet showing monthly trends graph to date includes wind speed frequency distribution, turbulence intensity, wind rose, diurnal variation in wind speed, diurnal variation in wind sheer and time series charts of wind speed and direction.

 
Wind monitoring can be tailored to client requirements. If you are interested in finding out more about the technical services Enviko can offer contact us today.