Power supplies for wind lidar, sodar, and met masts

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At remote locations or off the grid, wind lidars, sodars, and met masts need a power supply. What are the options?
Andy Clifton
CEO and cofounder
Photo by Andrew Clifton

Stand-alone power supplies for wind measurements

To ensure high availability from your wind measurements, you need a reliable source of power.

There are a few common solutions to this:

  • Power trailers, with the lidar or sodar outside and connected by a power cable;
  • Trailers where the power system and lidar or sodar are housed in the trailer
  • Containerised versions of the above
  • Standalone solar panels, fuel-cells, generators, and battery packs, connected to the lidar or sodar.

The choice is almost endless, and every system reports their data differently.

So we’ve made a list of all of the systems we know about. Follow the link below for more information!

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Stay informed about your power supply

The good news is that Moli, our wind monitoring software, can pull data from most of these power supplies. So, with Moli you can see what’s happening with all aspects of your wind measurement campaigns in one place.

Contact us if you’d like to try Moli out with your system.

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Check out our list of the power supplies we know about!

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