LEOSPHERE : Wind lidar for wind energy

The profitability of a wind farm project depends on two major challenges: reducing the uncertainty about the expected production and reducing the project risks and cost. Every uncertainty regarding the forecasted wind resources becomes critical. 

So why estimate the wind data at 150m when you can measure it directly?

Leosphere is an independant, private incorporated firm sponsored by the main French and European Institutions promoting innovation: Ministry of Research and Technologies, CNRS, CEA, ONERA, Ministry of Sustainable Development, European Space Agency, Eurocontrol. The company was established thanks to the common wish from several LIDAR research experts to create a first-rank European LIDAR company.

Leosphere developed The Windcube™ which has brought an alternative by offering a compact, secured and easy to set up Wind Lidar with unmatched performances tested by independent organizations.

Main applications are :

- Power curve verification

- Model calibration

- Initial site assessment

- Micro sitting

- Wind profiles and 3D mapping of wind 

- Circulation for complex site evaluation

- Impact of vertical profile and turbulences on turbine efficiency 

Operational? Easy to setup and re setup, autonomous (light maintenance), the Windcube™ acts like any other meteorological sensor.Cost and time effective? Save the time to request a construction permits or to raise a high mast and accelerate the assessment period. Not to mention the offshore situations. Reduce risk? With easy and mobile wind measurements up to 200m, reduce the uncertainty on vertical and horizontal correlation of site assessments models. In complex sites, get real turbulences and wind shear measurements. 

So why innovate? Windcube™ will provide you with the flexibility of a mobile sensor and the performances of a 200m met mast.

More information : www.leosphere.com

Source : Leosphere