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We’ve been running a weather station at Fforest in Brechfa for sometime using a Campbell Scientific CR1000 data logger, and Real Time monitoring software. We decided to make the live and historic data publicly available for anyone who might find it useful or interesting. Rainfall is measured using a tipping bucket rain gauge. The figure […]

Check out our fleet of vehicles in action installing an 80 Metre Nexgen H1 Met Mast. Featuring our custom 4×4 Mercedes truck with crew cab and trailer capable of carrying the complete mast kit, tooling and crew to site.

A few summers ago we installed a 70 Metre Nexgen HiMast for the RSPB in Sandy, Bedfordshire to monitor the available wind resource.  The successful data acquisition campaign proved that the site was viable and the local council awarded planning consent to the RSPB to install a 100m Meter Wind Turbine. It’s expected to produce half of all RSPB UK […]

Following numerous requests for us to handle heavier ‘bolt together’ masts, as supplied by Chillwind and others, we have invested in our own Heavy duty Gin-pole to enable us to raise and lower them safely. Our Gin-pole is comprised of 3m sections, and can extend to 18m in length for masts up to 90m in […]

We’re pleased to announce that over the last 4 years we have installed 200 Met Masts.T hanks to the crew for all their hard work, helping to realise future UK wind Projects. We believe these numbers make us the most prolific Met Mast Installer in the UK. Mast Size Installed 90 1 80 28 70 59 […]

Triton SODAR deployment as part of our new Remote sensing Logisitcs service. Solar Wheel Ltd now offers logistical support for the installation and maintenance of the Triton SODAR wind monitor. The most recent installation in the highlands of Scotland was less than straight forward due to the complex terrain. The site necessitated the installation of […]

Solar Wheel veterans, Bobby and Felix, worked closely with RWE to Install a Zephyr LIDAR and renewable power supply on the Gwynt Y Mor MET Mast as part of the ongoing wind monitoring campaign. The work required considerable planning and creativity to safely lift the equipment including Trogan AGM batteries, 2 Ampair wind generators, Photo Voltaic modules and all cabinets […]

The 80m Nexgen H 1 mast had been up for only two months. It suffered damage to guy wires and shackles; one guy was completely severed and hanging free. We were able to repair the damage in situ, and save the mast, in spite of the high winds.

Solarwheel were contracted by Vertical to supply 4 complete wind data capture systems for 140 meter lattice masts in the Oulu region for a wind analysis campaign by ABO Wind.   We designed and built the systems to the clients specification in our workshop in Wales and assisted remotely with deployment. Each system features Thies Anemometers, […]

In August Solarwheel  successfully test lifted the latest prototype in the Nexgen H1 series of wind monitoring masts. The 90m H1 Mast has a top anemometer cup height of 92.2m!, making it the highest tilt up tubular wind mast available in the UK to date. As a comparison Big Ben is 96m tall. http://www.nexgenwind.com/