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  • Feb 29, 2012
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February 29th, 2012
Optical Radar Systems for the Optimization of Offshore Wind Turbines

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A lidar instrument works like a radar, but uses instead the waves of light rays. It can be used to accurately measure the wind speed, making the power generation potential can be for a wind turbine also recorded very accurately.Traditionally, these measurements were carried out with an anemometer, which was placed at a height of 100 meters on a mast. Read More