Second Wind (company)

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name = Second Wind

type = Private
foundation = 1980
founder = Walter Sass
Kenneth Cohn
location_city = Somerville, Massachusetts
location_country = U.S.
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key_people = Walter Sass, President
Ken Cohn, Operations Manager
Susan Giordano, General Manager
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homepage = [http://www.secondwind.com www.secondwind.com]
footnotes = [ [http://www.secondwind.com/company/ Company Profile] . Second Wind.]
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Second Wind is the developer of a Sodar based wind profiler and other instrumentation and software for the wind energy industry. They are located in Somerville, Massachusetts and maintain a testing site on Chappaquiddick Island.

In 2004, Second Wind was recognized by the American Wind Energy Association with a Technical Achievement Award for "“two decades of accomplishment in developing outstanding turbine monitoring and control systems and cutting edge resource assessment equipment for the wind industry"." [ [http://www.awea.org/news/news040324awd.html The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)] AWEA Press Release] In 2007, Second Wind was listed in the first ever Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest growing companies in the Energy sector. [ [http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/lists/top100-industry-energy.html?o=50&c=200748900/ Inc 5000] Inc. Magazine 2007 List]

Second Wind's equipment monitors [ [http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=200748900 Second Wind monitors Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center ] ] Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center in Texas, the largest wind farm in the world.

History

Second Wind was founded in 1980 when Walter Sass and Kenneth Cohn—engineers who have been friends since grade school—decided the emerging field of wind energy would provide an opportunity for them to leverage their engineering skills to benefit the environment. They recognized that for wind energy to take off, the industry needed more than wind turbines. Wind developers also needed software and hardware that would help them to measure wind accurately at prospective sites, and monitor successful turbine performance at established wind farms. The company’s first headquarters was the spare bedroom in Sass’s home.

Second Wind has maintained a presence in wind resource assessment since introducing the first data logger designed specifically for wind energy prospecting in 1981. In 1985, the company tackled wind farm monitoring and introduced its Advanced Distributed Monitoring System (ADMS) now used by leading operators to manage thousands of turbines worldwide. As wind farms scaled up, the challenge of managing operations with various conventional SCADA systems drove the development of Second Wind’s Enterprise Management System (EMS) to deliver integrated turbine SCADA, on-site meteorological data, wind forecasting, and market price inputs. In 1997, the company won its first contract to provide Florida Power & Light with its programmable Phaser^® digital power transducer, marking its successful diversification from wind power generation monitoring to substation automation. In 2004, Second Wind began development of its Model C3 anemometer to offer a second source for, and improve on, the industry’s most popular 3-cup anemometer design. [ [http://www.secondwind.com/literature/C3_white_paper.pdf/ C3 White Paper] ] In 2007, Second Wind took another step forward by launching the Triton™ Sonic Wind Profiler, designed to reinvent [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_June_4/ai_n19189374?tag=content;col1/ Digital Chirps Will Make It Easier to Site Wind Farms] ] sodar for wind profiling. The company also launched the SkyServe^SM Satellite Wind Data Service in 2007; it uses Globalstar's satellite network to provide affordable and reliable remote data communication for its Triton™ and Nomad^® 2 customers. [ [http://www.globalstarusa.com/en/about/newsevents/press_display.php?pressId=95/ Globalstar Partners with Second Wind] Globalstar Press Release]

Products

*Triton™ Sonic Wind Profiler
*Nomad^® 2 Data Logger
*C3 Anemometer
*SkyServe^SM Satellite Wind Data Service
*Phaser^® Digital Power Transducer
*Advanced Distributed Monitoring System (ADMS)
*Enterprise Management System (EMS)

References

External links

* [http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/12/18/second-wind-gets-a-second-wind/ Second Wind Gets a Second Wind] Xconomy | December 2007
* [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/01/14/winds_too_fickle_for_turbine_at_city_hall/ Second Wind Helps Boston Mayor Determine Turbine Viability] Boston Globe | January 2008
* [http://www.secondwind.com/ Second Wind website]