Should I install a wind turbine?

Are you considering installing a wind turbine?

Do you want to know if your site is going to be windy enough?

Would you like to monitor wind speed and direction before buying a wind turbine?

If the answer to any of the questions above is "YES" then we can help

We recommend one of two units to remotely monitor wind speed at your site, before purchasing a wind turbine.

OPTION 1) La Crosse Technology WS3502 weather station - with wind speed

This is the most popular option - the La Crosse Technology WS3502. The WS3502 can be installed remotely, either wirelessly or wired (depending on the environment) to log wind speed and direction over a period of time

The two images below show 1) The graphical data when viewed in the La Crosse WS3502 PC software and 2) The raw TEXT data with time stamp of the actual data used to make the graphs. This text data can be manipulated in EXCEL or other spreadsheet package to help you determine whether, or not, the placement of a wind turbine in your environment is going to be cost effective.

Graphical view of data collected from WS3502

Raw text exported from WS3502 weather station

OPTION 2) Kestrel 4000 with wind vane

The other option is to use the more expensive Kestrel 4000 anemometer or Kestrel 4500 anemometer (with wind DIRECTION) mounted to a Kestrel Wind Vane. This unit is left installed on a pole, working as a remote data logger. After a week or so you can retrieve the Kestrel anemometer and download the data in TEXT format for review and manipulation in a spreadsheet package.