Technologies

Technology and knowledge transfer of WESNet technologies to industry is supported by the network Outreach Committee in conjunction with technology transfer offices of partner universities.

The network provides funding to promote and transfer technologies resulting from advanced research results.


♦ Small Wind Turbine (10kW) Demonstration Project


A WESNet demonstration project funded under the NSERC Strategic Network Enhancement Initiative fund will develop, demonstrate and evaluate a complete small wind turbine (10kW) by integrating the innovative technologies developed by WESNet.

This turn-key small wind turbine will directly address the industry need for high performance and low cost small wind turbines in a grid-connected operation.

♦ Development of the Next Generation Mesoscale and Microscale Models


Development of the Next Generation Mesoscale and Microscale Models is being led by Robert Benoit at École de technologie supérieure. Significant progress in strong collaboration with Environment Canada has resulted in advanced models which have addressed limitations of existing models and will provide the Canadian wind energy industry with accurate solutions in complex and rough terrains.

These models will integate in the open source version of the Wind Energy Simulation Toolkit. 


♦ Ice Free Anemometer

♦ Meteorological Towers using Advanced Composite Materials


Work in the development of Towers using Advanced Composite Materials is being led by Dimos Polyzois at the University of Manitoba. These lightweight towers are almost one third of the weight of steel towers, are maintenance free and can easily be transported and assembled on site without the need of heavy equipment.


♦ Supervisory Control and Power Management Systems of a Grid Interactive Hybrid System


♦ Anti-Islanding Technologies for Grid Integration of Wind Turbines as Distributed Generators