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Solar Wheel is now an Employee Owned Trust!

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It took a little while, but we have finally completed the process of becoming an Employee Owned Trust. This has not made an enormous difference to the day-to-day operations, except for more formally recognising Mike, Lucy and Will as directors of the company. Our clients should expect, and will receive, the same high quality of […]

Future Energy Wales

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This year for the first time we have invested in some outward facing marketing by attending both the Onshore Wind UK and the Future Energy Wales conferences, both hosted by RenewableUK. Our stand at the Edinburgh conference was actually quite fancy! We even had a section of our industry leading lattice tower MET mast with […]

SoDAR plus LiDAR Combo : SoLiDar

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We’re not sure if this is pronounced, like, Sooooo LiDAR (like, soooo last year), or Sólidaaarr (with your best Spanish accent), but there has been an interesting study on combining LiDAR with SoDAR for wind monitoring campaigns, particularly in very cold weather locations. AQ Systems explain: “Sodar and lidar fail in uncorrelated ways — lidar […]

Designing a Mast Foundation

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As our masts have become taller and heavier the design of the foundation of the mast has become more critical. Gone are the days of a simple ‘base plate’ made of some folded steel! Now the foundation needs to be able to support many tons of downward force, and also the complexities of multiple gin-poles […]

Using SoDAR for Air Quality & Dispersion Modelling

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Accurate vertical wind profiling from 40m to 200m to support ADMS and AERMOD modelling. SoDAR (Sonic Detection and Ranging) provides accurate wind speed and direction data from your operational location up to a height of 200mWhile Met Office data provides a general overview, it often fails to capture the micro-climate variations and vertical profiles essential […]

Why Use On-Site SoDAR for Noise Monitoring?

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When conducting noise and vibration assessments, relying on distant MET office data or interpolated models can introduce significant uncertainty. In complex terrain or areas prone to micro-climates, the wind conditions at your measurement target may differ drastically from the nearest weather station. Our AQ510 SoDAR (Sonic Detection and Ranging) provides a high-resolution vertical wind profile directly at […]

Decomissioning a mast

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At Solarwheel we take care of the entire lifecycle of your wind monitoring campaign, including planning, installation, maintenance, data collection and decommissioning. We recently had the satisfaction of decommissioning one of our 90 metre lattice masts from in-between the newly re-powered 6MW turbines at a site in Scotland. These photos show just how close to […]

Google Search Rank

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Since the environment for onshore projects became less favourable, direct competitor companies that specialised in met mast installations have gone out of business. Other companies that provide a range of engineering and technical services have mothballed their met mast installation crews. But we’re still here, with a flexible crew who can take time out during quieter periods […]