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Wind Assessment | Forecasting EAPC Wind Energy EAPC Wind Energy is a wind consulting firm offering bankable wind resource and energy assessment, wind farm design, turbine site suitability analysis, project due diligence, noise and shadow flicker assessment, visual simula- tions, and met tower sales and installation. EAPC Wind Energy is the exclusive North and South American (excluding Mexico and Brazil) sales and support agent for WindPRO. www.eapc.net RainWise RainWise, an employee-owned company, celebrates 45 years as a global provider of meteorological measurement for commercial/ utility PV solar monitoring solutions. Rainwise also delivers professional grade weather instru- ments for agriculture, commercial, fire/weather, storm/flood water, outdoor event and transporta- tion applications, with seven PVmet weather stations including their new PVmet 500 Series. In 2019, they released their MK4 Weather Station. RainWise has obtained creation patents for the tipping rain bucket, digital weather station, and wireless weather station. RainWise is known for durability, quality, and high level of accuracy. www.rainwise.com Remtech Since 1982, Remtech has been refining wind profiling RSD’s. Their standard warranty is 3 years with affordable extensions avail- able. This is made possible by their software oriented design, thus minimizing the hardware. Their efficient software allows Remtech to offer a small and light RSD, the PA-XS, which can achieve a 400m AGL average altitude range. www.remtechinc.com Sentrex Wind Services, Inc. Sentrex Wind Services’ core products and services include remote sensing, SoDAR and LiDAR Services, campaign manage- ment, installation and maintenance, data monitoring and more. Their SoDAR and LiDAR services include rental and Sales, SoDAR and LiDAR remote power supplies, Off Grid, SoDAR and LiDAR validation and verification. They also provide meteoro- logical towers for wind developers, turbine manufacturers, or any other party with a need to characterize the wind. www.sentrexwind.com Yaw, Pitch & Blade Sensors Micronor, Inc. Micronor MR200W series feedback units consist of user-defined single function and multi-functional yaw (nacelle) comprised of a position sensor and/ or cable twist limit switches. Available position sensor options include both electronic and lightning-immune fiber optic absolute and incremental encoders, as well as potentiometric-based 4-20mA transducer. Feedback units are available with and without external pinion gear (for bull ring engagement). Custom gear ratios and external pinon gears are avail- able upon request. www.micronor.com POSITAL-FRABA POSITAL-FRABA is an international supplier of innovative position and motion sensors with multiple applications in the wind energy industry. The company’s rugged and reliable IXARC rotary encoders are suitable for monitoring rotor speed (incremental encoders) or controlling nacelle orienta- tion and blade pitch (absolute encoders). POSITAL’s magnetic encoders are designed for harsh conditions and are avail- able with environmental protection up to IP69K. With over a million possible configurations and available analog, serial, CANopen, DeviceNet, or Industrial Ethernet interfaces, IXARC incremental and absolute encoders are a good fit for projects of any size or budget. www.posital.com Other Balance of Plant Exo With over 100 years of experience in structural inspec- tion and remediation of T&D infrastructure, Exo offers asset management, inspection, and field repair services for utilities and renewable companies. Their engineering expertise and time-tested capabilities provide compre- hensive in-facility inspections during manufacturing of towers, NDT field inspections for corrosion and welds on in service assets, and field repairs for coatings, welds and other structural issues. www.exoinc.com Brake Pads Tribco, Inc. Tribco Inc. makes long lasting wind turbine brake pads lined with Braketex. Braketex is a 100% KEVLAR fibered textile composite friction lining. In addition to longer wear life, Braketex is nonabrasive and will not score or wear down brake rotors. Braketex also oxidizes as it wears so it does not create dust, thereby elimi- nating dust problems. Consequently, Braketex helps wind turbine opera- tors reduce maintenance downtime and expense while increasing relia- bility and uptime. www.tribco.com North American Clean Energy 57