The
chairman
of
EU
industry
think-tank
TPWind
and
director
of
governmental
affairs
at
Siemens
Wind,
expects
turbines
to
continue
to
grow
in
physical
size
and
power,
but
is
betting
that
intelligent
wind-sensing
technology
will
come
on
strongly
over
the
next
few
years.
Along
with
“active”
wind
measurement
concepts
such
as
turbine-mounted
Lidar
—
laser-powered
systems
that
“read”
incoming
wind
flow
—
and
spinner
anenometers
that
measure
directional
air
speeds
in
the
flow
above
the
nose
cone,
Kruse
reckons
“passive”
technologies,
such
as
adaptive
rotor-blade
trailing
edges…
