Windar lands order for 9 WindEYE sensors in Central America

Windar Photonics plc (LON:WPHO), a Danish firm offering LiDAR wind sensors for wind turbines, said on Wednesday it has secured an order for nine units of its WindEYE sensor.

The customer is a Central American independent power producer (IPP), which will install the sensors on Vestas V80 wind turbines with the help of Windar's WindTimizer integration solution.

Details on the project location were not disclosed.

The LiDAR sensors are to be installed in the third and fourth quarters of this year. The goal is to optimise the turbine yaw alignment so as to raise the annual power output. The manufacturer says the control system integration boosts the annual power generation by 1%-3% and extends the lifespan of the wind turbine.

Windar Photonics’ CEO Jrgen Korsgaard Jensen said there is “an increased momentum” in the North and Central Americas, where he hopes that the positive development from the Asian region will continue and more orders will come. At the end of June, Windar Photonics received an order for the delivery of five units of its WindEYE sensor to an IPP in Mexico.

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