Posts Tagged ‘installation’
Met Tower Upgrades
- Published on Saturday, 14 September 2013 20:58
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- Rewiring existing instruments
- Replacing broken or defective instruments
- Upgrading current instruments with higher fidelity instruments
- Reprogramming data loggers
- Replacing data loggers with WINData’s high fidelity, real-time loggers
- Adjusting met tower installations
- Rehabilitating or replacing met tower foundations
Depending on the met tower’s conditions or requirements of the job, some projects can be performed without lowering the tower.Contact WINData for an estimate of your project’s requirements.
Tower Installation
- Published on Saturday, 14 September 2013 20:57
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WINData provides complete procurement, deployment, maintenance & repair, and removal/relocation services for tilt-up meteorological masts and instrumentation, sodar systems, and lidar systems. We are experienced with common NRG and Second Wind equipment and less common/legacy equipment by Campbell Scientific, Ammonit, Hoek Met Towers, Ge:Net, Double K, AAT, CTS, WINData, NexGen and many others.
We have been providing these services consistently for many years throughout the United States and occasionally internationally. We are experts with complex terrain, 50m, 60m, 80m and 100m installations, and we work out of several regional locations across the country. WINData can procure, refurbish, deliver and install used turn-key met tower systems from 50 to 120 meters .
WINData also offers professional services which include, meteorological (“met”) system array design, tower specification, project installation and data integration to support end user wind integration requirements and forecasting data services.
The most crucial step in the development of a potential wind site is the collection of accurate and verifiable wind speed and direction data as well as other meteorological parameters. WINData met towers and WINData professional installation services insure collection of “bankable” on-site wind data using guyed met towers in heights up to 100 meters. Each met tower system installation is planned, specified and supervised by company engineers in conjunction with our clients’ in-house specialists. On-going support is available throughout the entire data collection period.
met tower crew
WINData installs tilt-up met towers to each customer’s specification.Selecting the proper height is important and WINData will select the appropriate size and instrumentation for your site. Common heights include 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 80 meter towers.Taller, non tilt-up 100 meter towers are also available for either permanent or temporary installation.
80-meter tilt up tower
WINData installation crews install turn-key met tower systems from 50 to 120 meters .
Site Prospecting
- Published on Saturday, 14 September 2013 20:55
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WINData has focused on wind energy site prospecting throughout the US for over 22 years. WINData provides site prospecting services and creates value by conducting detailed site identification and resource analysis, securing development rights and demonstrating project viability.
WINData’s wind site prospecting personnel have long term expertise in desktop level studies, site topographical explorations and met program design of prospective windy real estate parcels. WINData provides project management for installation of met towers and instrumentation of a prospect site.
As part of the prospecting process, WINData experts explore the complexities or hidden attributes of the site to determine early critical path issues. WINData works with local entities, future power off-takers, and development entities from the outset to streamline the development process and build appropriate levels of awareness about a site’s potential.
Once site prospect is leased, met towers are installed and data is flowing into WINData’s servers, we continuously monitor and analyze data as a precursor to a full site assessment study which usually occurs after a year or more of data is collected.
Wind Project Development
- Published on Monday, 12 August 2013 00:26
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WINData, LLC is a veteran engineering company that provides professional wind project development services to the wind industry. WINData wind project work comprises over 15 GW of wind farms and conceptual developments across the United States.
WINData’s pioneering work in the 1990’s and early 2000’s contributed significantly to the wind energy projects on the Blackfeet Reservation, Cut Bank, Ethridge and Judith Gap in Montana; the Columbia River Gorge in Washington and Oregon and near Casper, Wyoming
WINData provides a full range of wind energy project services from initial met program design, resource analysis, land work, plant design and permitting to negotiation of Interconnection and Power Purchase Agreements and plant construction and commissioning. Our Principals have been integral in wind project origination since 1991 and have significant experience in every aspect of the business from initial land owner relations to negotiations with power off-takers.
Professional Technical Services
WINData offers the following comprehensive professional services to clients:
- Utility and energy business consulting
- Identification and origination of wind development opportunities
- Project scoping, development strategy and bid formulation
- Technical team assembly, leadership and management
- Wind resource assessment and meteorological science
- Wind project micro-siting, project design and output modeling
- Conducting meetings with land owners, communities, Utilities, stakeholders, governmental agencies and tribes
- Contract and agreement formulation, negotiation and execution
- Technical writing and presentations
Personnel
- Published on Tuesday, 16 July 2013 05:20
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- Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde
Principal Engineer MS EngineeringMarty Wilde brings a long-term seasoned technical, scientific and utility business perspective on the wind industry. Mr. Wilde's strategic thinking and engineering expertise, dating back to 1991, is highly respected by major utilities, investors and wind energy experts. Mr. Wilde is Principal Engineer and CEO of WINData and provides leadership to the WINData team in all areas of met tower design, siting, installation and wind data analysis. Mr. Wilde launched his wind energy business in 1991 to develop commercial wind projects and provide development services to the growing wind industry. He has worked as a project developer, managing engineer and scientist for numerous commercial and government teams since 1984 and has extensive experience supporting both public and private sector organizations.
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