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Triton Reaches Commercial Availability
From North American Windpower, 01 April 2008 — The first Triton sonic wind profiler, a tool for wind assessments based on sonic detection and ranging (SoDAR) technology, now is commercially available, according to developer Second Wind. The company says it is ready to ship its first Triton, with more than 15 additional units expected to be sent........... |
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Industry Focus - Second Wind, Inc.
From Wind Today, March 2008 — In 1980, Walter Sass and Kenneth Cohn, friends since grade school, founded Second Wind, In. in Somerville, MA. As electrical and materials scienc engineers who were interested in benefiting the environment, Sass and Cohn had determined the commerical wind industry needed a means to collect accurate and timely information about prospective wind sites and turbine........... |
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Wind Testing Picking Up Speed at Cranberry Bog
From South Coast Today.com, 27 February 2008 — On Parker Mills cranberry bog in Wareham sit two wind-measuring devices. First is a 197-foot meteorological tower, consisting of 3,000 pounds of steel to hold up 10 pounds of equipment. It takes 12 people three days to erect. A few hundred feet away is another device, called a Triton. It's less than 9 feet tall and fits in the back of a pickup truck......... |
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Second Wind Secures $4 Million in Second Round of Financing from Good Energies
18 December 2007 — Second Wind Inc., a leading provider of electronics and software for the utility-scale wind energy industry, today announced that it secured $4 million in second round financing from Good Energies, a leading global investor......... |
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Second Wind To Manufacture 3-Cup Anemometers: Calibrated and Uncalibrated Versions Provide Options to Wind Energy Industry
2 November 2007 — Customers who need wind assessments will now have a second source for 3-cup anemometers, as Second Wind announces a new model C3 anemometer, with material and manufacturing improvements over previous models........ |
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Profitable forecast:
Weather-related technologies take advantage of new demand, markets
From Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, 26 October 2007 — Farmers once relied on an annual almanac for their weather information. Today, high-speed computing, modeling and wireless communications have turned weather into big business -- and a growing number of New England companies find themselves in what could become a jet stream of opportunity. Some, such as Andover's WSI Corp., Somerville's Second Wind Inc. and Lakeville's MySky Communications Inc., have built their businesses around meteorological information........ |
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Second Wind Opens Factory For New Wind Profiler
From North American Windpower, 12 October 2007
Somerville, Mass.-headquartered Second Wind, a manufacturer of wind forecasting and assessment tools, has officially opened a new manufacturing space on Dane Street in Somerville. The 2,000 square-foot facility will be used to produce Second Wind's new Triton sonic wind profiler....... |
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Second Wind Opens Factory on Dane Street
From The Somerville Journal, 11 October 2007 It's in the wind. A maker of innovative hardware and software for the utility-scale wind energy industry is expanding in Somerville. Founded in Somerville 27 years ago, Second Wind opened its new manufacturing space at the Dane Street factory this week. The location will be used to produce the Triton sonic wind profiler, used to measure wind with the help of sound pulses for potential windmill sites........ |
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Cranberry bog owners consider wind power: Turbines offer hope of recouping losses
From GateHouse News Service, 26 September 2007
Wareham, MA – Cranberry bog owners have had it every which way but easy over the past 10 years. Pressures from declining crop prices and interested developers have made it hard to resist stepping out of the cranberry business. For some cranberry growers, the answer to the problem is blowing in the wind...... |
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The Technology of the 200-Metre Met Mast: Rethinking Sodar for Wind Site Profiling by Walter Sass
This article appeared in the September 2007 issue of Windtech International and is displayed with permission. Copyright 2007 by Siteur Publications.
September 2007 – As the wind-energy industry advances, so does the need for more accurate long-term assessment of potential wind sites. Turbines are growing taller and more productive, but also more expensive. Projects are larger than ever, in terms of money invested as well as megawatts generated...... |
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Tritons Expected To Arrive Here Soon
From Sweetwater Reporter, September 2007
Sweetwater, TX – The West Texas Wind Energy Consortium (WTWEC) held a luncheon Wednesday at Texas State Technical College-West Texas where guest speaker Bob Ochoa of Advance Turbine Services discussed the Triton wind resources assessment system. Advance Turbine Services is a Secondwind authorized service company based in Sweetwater..... |
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Second Wind Earns Ranking on the 2007 Inc. 5000 with Three-Year Sales Growth of 27%
27 August 2007— Inc. magazine ranked Second Wind on its first-ever Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. The company's ranking was based on its 27% revenue growth from 2003-2006 and was the only business-to-business wind organization in the energy industry category. Listed among only a handful..... |
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Second Wind To Purchase Globalstar Satellite Data Modems To Provide Wind Measurement And Control Data From Remote Locations
12 July 2007— Globalstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSAT), a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, governments, and individuals, today announced that wind energy software and electronics manufacturer Second Wind Inc. has signed an agreement to purchase 750 Globalstar satellite modems to provide its customers with remote wind measurement data from the United States and Canada using the Globalstar satellite network...... |
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Triton® Profiler Delivers Accurate Wind Data Unattended and In All Weather – a ‘200-meter met mast’
4 June 2007—Site developers, meteorologists and wind-energy consultants will be able to use sodar more often and more affordably, Second Wind Inc. said today in announcing a new product that re-invents sodar for wind profiling. The Triton® sonic wind profiler is designed to address..... |
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SkyServe Satellite Wind Data Service Offers Reliable Low Cost Satellite Transmission of Real-Time Data
15 May 2007—A new service from Second Wind Inc. provides site developers, wind farm operators, forecasters and meteorologists with a new way of obtaining data from remote locations that is superior to current cell-modem and satellite transmission options...... |
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Entering the Mainstream: How Wind Power is Emerging as a Key Player in Integrated Generation Operations Through Enterprise Level Asset Management
December 2006—What is a Wind Energy Enterprise Management System? A wind generation asset management system that provides portfolio level monitoring, operation, reporting, and statistical process control of a large number of diverse wind facilities, resulting in improved overall financial performance--It's not just a SCADA!... |
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Second Wind Marks 25th Anniversary of Providing Advanced Technology and Software Solutions
15 May 2005—This month, Second Wind Inc. marks 25 years as a leader in providing electronics and software to the wind energy industry. Over the past quarter century, the company has grown by helping customers worldwide realize value... |
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