What is CTW's growth strategy?
Catch the Wind’s strategy is to aggressively sell its product, the Vindicator™ laser wind sensor, to three primary market sectors in the wind energy industry:
- Wind turbine manufacturing companies
- Wind resource assessment companies and
- Wind farm operators
Each of these sectors has a need to accurately measure undisturbed wind motion at a distance.
For wind farm operators and turbine manufacturers, measuring the wind at a distance of up to 300 meters enables the wind turbine control systems to optimize the energy output of the wind turbines. When combined with the appropriate turbine control algorithm, the Vindicator™ system gives wind turbines sufficient time to react to changing wind speed and direction, thereby increasing the efficiency of power generation and decreasing the asymmetrical load wear on wind turbine components.
For wind resource assessment companies, a Vindicator™ system is a versatile, mobile wind sensor that can be used to gather and validate precise wind data at hub heights and the upper tips of the rotor blades without going to the expense and time-consuming permitting process of erecting a traditional met tower.