Over the past year, GEC-DNV analyzed data from Triton, the wind industry’s market-leading remote sensing system, in a variety of applications including wind resource assessment programs, micrositing, energy projections, and wind resource monitoring on operating wind farms.

"Our intensive work with Triton and other sodar units over the past year has convinced us that, when properly used, data from these units can add value to the energy projection," said Robert Poore, Head of Department, DNV-GEC. "Our designation as a Certified Triton Partner complements our long term investment in state-of-the-art information services that allow us to utilize multiple technologies and remote sensing."

• DNV-GEC will offers Triton sodar technology for sale to its customers, along with meteorological towers and other data collection systems, to perform turnkey wind assessment and site selection services.
• For developers or operators who already own a Triton profiler, DNV-GEC will provide planning and siting assistance and analyze the data and incorporate it into its reports and consulting recommendations.
• Both companies will continue to collaborate developing tools and techniques for maximizing the value of Triton measurements.

"Use of our advanced sodar technology by a highly respected global consultant like DNV-GEC sends a signal to the entire wind industry," said Larry Letteney, COO of Second Wind. “We look forward to further collaboration with DNV-GEC to provide reliable data at turbine heights."

About the Triton profiler
First commercially available in early 2008, the Triton™ Sonic Wind Profiler re-invents sodar technology for wind assessment. It captures accurate wind data at wind turbine height, in any weather, at any location, without being attended. Readings look like anemometry results, with no expert analysis required. Customers can access their Triton data in real time from any computer over the SkyServe® satellite wind data service – available both for Triton and Second Wind Nomad 2 data loggers. Every 10 minutes, SkyServe transmits data from the Triton over the Globalstar satellite network. It combines weather data with precise time and location stamps, using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.

About DNV Global Energy Concepts
DNV Global Energy Concepts (DNV-GEC) is a leader in providing technical services to the wind industry and has conducted direct work on wind projects representing more than half of the new installed wind energy capacity in the U.S. As part of the Cleaner Energy group of DNV Energy, the company supports the industry with a broad range of services – from initial site selection and wind resource assessment to power performance testing and financial due diligence for investors. In addition to our U.S. offices in Seattle, Washington, and Lowell, Massachusetts, DNV has wind energy competence canters in Copenhagen, Oslo, and London.