If a rooster perched atop a weathervane is your idea of wind technology, you’ve got some catching up to do.
The AXYS WindSentinel Buoy will assess Lake Michigan's wind resources while documenting its environmental conditions. Photo: Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center
Laser wind sensing is the latest technology in the push to assess Lake Michigan’s wind resources. It will be used for the first time on a floating platform later this month when the Lake Michigan Offshore Wind Assessment Project launches the AXYS WindSentinel buoy.
The buoy will gauge the lake’s potential for wind farming while tracking its physical, biological and environmental conditions. Because it’s so mobile, the WindSentinel buoy will provide information faster and cheaper than a traditional meteorological tower, according to Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center.
The Lake Michigan Offshore Wind Assessment Project is a collaboration between Grand Valley State University, the University of Michigan and the Michigan Natural Features Inventory. The groups will be having a dedication ceremony on Oct. 7 at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Lake Michigan Field Station, as reported in the Muskegon Chronicle.
The Lake Michigan Offshore Wind Assessment Project is a great research project, and Grand Valley State University is a great place for science and energy education. The Republicans don’t care about good sound science, so we just disregard their stupid comments.
Sounds more like a job for coolman.
pew pew…there should be laser noises somewhere in the Echo admin provided by yours truly…