SENSEWind has built a working demonstrator of the SENSE Up-Tower system.  This video shows it in action installing a full rotor nacelle assembly from the base up.

Development of the SENSEWind demonstrator is supported by funding from an Energy Entrepreneur Award, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and all its Partners and Collaborators.

The Challenge:

Demand for wind energy continues to grow year-on-year, wind turbines are getting ever bigger, and sites are moving further out to sea. This is increasing the costs and the technical challenges of installing and servicing wind farms onshore and offshore as current installation methods require ever more expensive and specialised vessels and cranes, many of which are not yet built or available.

The Solution:

SENSE is a Self-Erecting Nacelle and Service System that installs and services large wind turbines without special cranes or crane vessels.

SENSE can be used for all onshore and offshore turbines on taller towers, in deeper waters and further offshore.

SENSE simplifies operations and reduces costs during development, construction and operations, and increases revenue through higher availability throughout the life of a project.