Ingersoll Cutting Tools introduces the T-Micro system specifically designed for the machining of very small internal diameters. The T-Micro system is a 2-piece design, consisting of a sleeve and replaceable carbide inserts. Applications include grooving, profiling, chamfering, face grooving/deep face grooving, threading, and back turning starting at .024” (.6mm). The inserts feature coolant thru capabilities and are available in grade TT9030, a submicron substrate with PVD-TiAlN coating, making them the perfect solution for all miniature internal applications.

Inside the new T-Micro sleeve design is a locating pin to ensure repeatability when indexing the inserts. This allows operators to return to machining without resetting the tool. The locating pin also allows operators to replace inserts without removing the sleeve from the tool post. The T-Micro sleeve also features an angular clamping design to avoid interference when replacing the insert allowing simplified tool change on Swiss-type and other multi-spindle lathes.  Ingersoll offers this sleeve in many shank sizes .500”, .625”, .750”, and 1.00” also 12mm, 14mm, 16mm, 20mm, 22mm, and 25mm to accommodate all machines. For more information visit www.ingersoll-imc.com.

NK Technologies introduces the newly re-designed ASM Series Smart-Switch. These self-calibrating switches use the actual load current to set the trip point and provide the simplest way to ensure that a motor is working properly. These current sensing Smart-Switches are self-powered and self-calibrating to speed start-up and minimize installation costs. Three models are available to provide status monitoring, overload or underload, or operating window (overload and underload) functionality to suit particular pump, fan, heating element, conveyor or multi-load safety-interlocked application needs. The output contact is AC and DC compatible for use with any automation system.

The ASM sensor slides or snaps over one conductor feeding the load. The contact controls the input voltage, AC or DC, to 135 volts to a controller or small relay. It takes just a couple of seconds of steady running conditions before the sensor locks onto the normal current level. If the load draws more current than normal or the current drops significantly, the sensor output will open. If the current falls below 85% of normal or increases above 125% of normal the contact will open, with no manually setting trip points and no adjustments needed unless a motor is replaced. Should a motor be replaced calibration is very easy, and within a matter of minutes the system is back in operation.

For more information, visit www.nktechnologies.com.

Herguth Laboratories, the industry leader in specialized and innovative oil analysis and tribology testing is proud to announce the introduction of its new Flender Foam Test.

Critical foaming and air release properties of wind turbine gearbox lubricants are effectively measured and analyzed using the Flender Foaming Test procedure ISO/DIS 12152.

Excessive foaming and too slow of a release of dispersed air in gear oils have a negative influence on the load-carrying capacity of gears and bearings and causes low oil trips costing thousands of dollars if not corrected.  Additionally, excessive foaming can result in oil leaking at shaft seals and breather screws.  For this reason, gear oils should be checked for foaming characteristics and air release properties using an appropriate test method.

A gear pair rotates in the oil to be tested and thus mixes air into the oil. In this way it is possible to rapidly evaluate how oil behaves with regard to the absorption of air, oil-air dispersion, and surface foam at various temperatures.

Herguth Laboratories has a full complement of state-of-the-art testing equipment. All equipment is calibrated to the most demanding industry standards to provide customers with quality decision data.

For more information visit www.herguth.com or call 1-888-HERGUTH (1-888-437-4884).

Greg Knitz, President of Alignment Supplies, Inc., announces the ALiSENSOR™ LEVEL, for super-accurate geometric measurements. The ALiSENSOR™ platform, which is known as Industrial MFi (Made for iPad), is a groundbreaking integration of the iPad and other iOS devices into industrial-grade tools and equipment.

The ALiSENSOR™ LEVEL system consists of a sensor unit and an iOS unit (iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch).  The ALiSENSOR™ LEVEL sensor unit is a complex but rugged data collector that contains MEMS gyros, accelerometers, and a microprocessor.  Data of angular and translational movements are provided via Bluetooth® to the iOS unit, which provides an unsurpassed user-friendly environment for the operator to analyze the data. Typical measurement applications to be performed with the ALiSENSOR™ LEVEL are: straightness, level, inclination, and base flatness, with the accuracy required by precision machine workshops.

The ALiSENSOR™ LEVEL is supported with a dedicated App (Application), downloadable for free from the App Store, which guides the user throughout the measurement. The ALiSENSOR™ LEVEL hardware will be supported by several free Apps that can use the functionality of the hardware to implement different types of measurements.  New Apps designed for use with the ALiSENSOR™ LEVEL will soon be available for use in measurement applications such as: flatness, squareness, parallel, milling machines, lathes, and more. For more information, visit www.alignmentsupplies.com.

Cape Wind Associates announces it plans to base its wind farm operations on Falmouth Harbor, in another step toward building the more than $2.7 billion Cape Wind offshore wind project.

The development firm said it signed a purchase and sales agreement earlier this week for the East Marine boat yard, located on Falmouth Heights Road. The site will employ 50 permanent full-time operations workers.

The Cape Wind project, a 130-turbine wind farm slated for construction in Nantucket Sound, has yet to finalize its financing but has signed agreements with National Grid and Nstar for the purchase of a combined 77.5 percent of the project’s electricity.

The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound appealed the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of the project, Wednesday after the FAA issued permitting approval.

Existing operations at East Marine will continue unchanged for this winter’s boat storage season and for summer operations of 2013, according to Cape Wind. The firm plans to begin interior renovations of East Marine’s two buildings after that.

Moventas, one of the world’s leading wind gear manufacturers, is expanding its up-tower service globally after a successful track record in North America. up tower repair significantly lowers wind farm O&M costs, hence making wind power even more competitive than before.

Developed by Moventas’ U.S.-based engineers and following a year of successful up tower full-helical gear repairs in North America, the Moventas up-tower ability is the finest in the industry. Moventas can perform on-site inspections and repairs of high speed, low speed and intermediate assemblies to its own gearboxes as well as competitor models.

“Our goal is to significantly shorten response time, reduce customer cost and to continue to lead the industry in repairs that can be done on-site rather than in a workshop. This is a significant cost-saver for the industry, making it even more competitive compared to traditional energy forms than before”, says Olli Välimäki, Senior Vice President of Service with Moventas.

By utilizing a mobile service unit and a small hydraulic crane, the Moventas up tower repair eliminates the costs associated with mobilizing large boom and secondary cranes normally required to bring the complete gearbox down from the nacelle. Shipping costs to and from the workshop are also eliminated, as well as the cost of the longer downtime of the turbine.

Every Moventas up tower repair also contains Moventas CMaS, an industry leading preventative condition management system that raises the turbine’s reliability to the next level. All up tower repairs are carried out by experienced Moventas field service personnel, all qualified and trained to work safely at heights.

Moventas is currently building multiple self-contained mobile workshops specifically designed to perform this service at the wind site. Five mobile workshops will be strategically located in North America and an additional two units will be located in Germany and Spain before the end of the year.
For more information, please visit www.moventas.com.

On the floor of the House of Representatives, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA) offered amendments calling for immediate action to prevent the imminent collapse of the wind energy industry and the loss of 37,000 American jobs, including 1,000 in California.

The fast growing wind industry is crucial to securing energy independence and employs over 75,000 workers across the U.S. However, the Production Tax Credit (PTC), which supports the development of this emerging industry, is set to expire at the end of the year. The PTC, which is contingent upon energy production, helps wind energy businesses by attracting private investment.

“The wind energy industry in this country is about to come to a screeching halt,” said Congressman Garamendi. “Instead of wasting billions padding the pockets of Big Oil, we should invest in the clean energy industries of the future, so once again we can Make It In America.”

Congressman Garamendi submitted two amendments to the so-called Strategic Production Act, a bill that greatly benefits oil and gas producers, while wasting the enormous growth potential of renewable energy. Garamendi’s first amendment called for a study of how the expiring tax credits would impact the expected increase in wind energy production over the next four years. The second amendment expressed the sense of Congress that wind energy is of the utmost importance to the supply of our future energy needs and thus the job creating wind energy PTC should be extended. The House Republican Majority prevented both amendments from being considered.

Local wind energy companies like NextEra and Enxco have been able to successfully expand production over the past few years in both Solano and Alameda counties, but if the PTC is not extended these expansions will likely cease, leading to avoidable job layoffs.

Congressman Garamendi is the author of H.R. 487, The Manufacture Renewable Energy Systems: Make It In America Act, which would create American jobs by requiring federal tax dollars for renewable energy systems are spent only on projects manufactured in the United States. As a state legislator, Garamendi wrote the first ever state clean energy tax credit.

The major companies in the wind industry have decided to go with HUSUM WindEnergy in 2014. Today, two years before the leading international wind trade fair in 2014, bookings have already been taken for half the exhibition space. Before the 2012 exhibition opens its doors in almost three months, the organizers are completing a variety of infrastructure projects.

In the run-up to the 2012 edition of the international wind industry meeting in September the organisers, Messe Husum & Congress, are taking stock.

“We have long been fully booked for this year, and have firm bookings for 50% of the exhibition space for HUSUM WindEnergy in 2014,” says Peter Becker, managing director of Messe Husum & Congress.

Various major wind industry businesses have already secured their space for 2014, including international turbine manufacturers such as Samsung, Vestas, Enercon, and Vensys, as well as major suppliers like WKN and Beckhoff AutomationFor chairman of the Vensys board, Jürgen Rinck, the advantages of Husum as an exhibition venue are obvious.

“HUSUM WindEnergy is the mother of all wind trade fairs. We have been showing here since 2005 and we will be back in Husum in 2014. Husum is the longest established trade fair for our industry and is notable for its high level of internationality. We particularly value the optimistic, happy and infectious atmosphere of HUSUM WindEnergy, which is the best possible foundation for showing successful projects.”

The construction of a new access road, a logistics hall and a car park for an additional 1,000 cars are ongoing, but will be completed in time for the exhibition in September. “We are investing another 450,000 euros in the exhibition grounds, and we will have no problem at all in coping with the expected 36,000 visitors“, says Peter Becker.

A new radio mast has already been erected at the fairground, which will provide glass fiber Internet access to all exhibition halls. Erection of the lightweight exhibition halls will begin in mid-July, all of which will be equipped with effective air-conditioning.

Once these are up the real excitement will kick in for the Husum crew. “We are really looking forward to this year’s show. With 1,200 exhibitors it will be the biggest HUSUM WindEnergy since we started back in 1989,” adds Becker.

Romax has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to perform a major redesign of the research gearbox for the dynamometer testing facility at NREL’s National Wind Technology Center (NWTC).

The gearbox will be redesigned by this summer and rebuilding will commence later in 2012.  Engineering and drafting services provided by Powertrain Engineers Inc. will assist Romax in this project.

In an effort to document and assess the design process, NREL previously completed a redesign/rebuild of two heavily used gearboxes that subsequently underwent in-field operation and dynamometer validation testing. With the help of industry and academic partners, NREL has highlighted significant findings to reduce the number of gearbox failures seen by the wind turbine industry.

Ashley Crowther, the VP Engineering, at Romax’s Wind Technology Center in Boulder, Colorado, is positive about gearbox reliability, saying, “Gearboxes are a reliable workhorse for so many industries, they increase the output velocity and provide a large saving in the costs of the electrical machine.  Programs such as this one at NREL are important as they improve the knowledge across the industry allowing the progression of the wind turbine gearbox into a reliable product.”

The redesign has the primary goal of allowing for the exploration of the effect of design details on the loads and deflections within the gearbox and a secondary goal of improving the design from the previous configuration. Romax has developed a detailed drivetrain engineering model of the current gearbox and performed extensive validation of the model versus a wealth of test data generated so far by the program.

Chris Halse, Engineering Manager at Romax, said, “We have shown by simulation and test several key issues with the 3 pointed mounted arrangement, such as the high sensitivity of the designs to rotor loads, if the gearbox is not correctly supported in the planetary stage. By improving this aspect of the design we can return to simulation and test and demonstrate the engineering approach to ensure future gearboxes don’t have such problems. An original goal of the project was to ensure modelling tools are up to the tasks of predicting gearbox behaviour and we have certainly shown Romax is on top of that.” For more information, visit www.romaxtech.com.

The Supervisory Board of REpower announces the appointment of Marcus A. Wassenberg as Chief Financial Officer, and Vinod R. Tanti as Chief Operating Officer. Tulsi Tanti, Chairman of Suzlon Group and Chairman of REpower’s Supervisory Board, said, “For some time now we have been looking to both strengthen REpower’s Executive Board and also leverage some of the many synergy benefits between Suzlon and REpower. We believe today’s Supervisory Board appointments progresses this in both regards.”

Wassenberg has held a senior position at REpower since 2009. He brings to the CFO role strong management skills and a proven track record of realizing efficiencies in progress and change within the organization. Tanti, as COO, brings the strong supply chain strength of Suzlon into REpower to maintain and improve cost-efficiency, while meeting the highest standards of reliability and quality, in a highly competitive market. “The Suzlon Group is committed to REpower for the long-term and wishes to further develop the profitable and sustainable growth of the company. By appointing these senior and experienced professional executives to the company, I believe we will create significant value for our stakeholders over the near and mid-term.”

“I have worked closely with Marcus Wassenberg for a number of years now and know he will make an important contribution on the EB as CFO,” said Andreas Nauen, CEO of REpower. “I am also delighted to welcome Vinod Tanti to REpower. His rich experience and deep knowledge of supply chain management will benefit us significantly.”

Wassenberg holds an economics degree from Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, and has held a number of senior finance and managerial positions in a range of sectors. Most recently he has been senior vice president of management control, where his duties included managing accounting, invoicing, and controlling for both REpower and its subsidiaries. Before joining REpower he held a number of senior positions at the Cirrus Group.

Tanti is a civil engineer with over 24 years’ experience, including the last 16 years in the wind sector. As a senior member of the Suzlon Group he has been involved in all facets of the business, especially in organizing the low cost country supply chain into a highly aligned, lean, productive and competitive organization.

Encorp LLC, a distributed energy control company, recently completed the integrated monitoring and controls system as part of a first-of-its-kind smart microgrid at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Calif.

The microgrid, developed by Chevron Energy Solutions, is among the most advanced in the country. It integrates a diverse collection of onsite renewable energy sources at the 1-million-square-foot, maximum-security jail to ensure around-the-clock power reliability and reduce utility costs.

The Encorp system helps aggregate the jail’s onsite generation sources of solar photovoltaics, fuel cells, wind turbines and emergency backup diesel generators with an advanced 2 megawatt energy storage system to reduce the facility’s energy costs by an estimated $100,000 each year to safeguard it against power loss.

Six Encorp Gold Boxes™ help control the jail’s daily 2-plus megawatt power demand by seamlessly balancing onsite generation and utility power to provide synchronous power. The seamless conversion of energy sources mitigates power disturbances.

An Encorp SCADA system automatically monitors and controls the operation by aggregating and analyzing real-time data from the different power sources that is sent to a central computer for operators to easily view.

With the completion of the smart microgrid, Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail is considered one of the most energy efficient jails in the U.S., with one of the most advanced power systems in the world. Part of what makes the microgrid “smart” is the Encorp computer system, which allows the jail to monitor how much power it’s bringing in and how much it’s generating onsite. This state-of-the-art Encorp technology also allows the jail to disconnect seamlessly from the grid and operate independently if needed. In all, the smart microgrid enables greater efficiency, reliability, security and resilience of electricity delivery systems.

“Encorp microgrid equipment supports the high-security needs of the jail, helping to ensure safety of inmates and staff,” said Michael Clark, Encorp President. “Encorp equipment helps tie the disparate onsite energy sources together so they can communicate in the same language and perform at optimum levels. The Santa Rita Jail microgrid is the latest example of Encorp’s success integrating different forms of distributed generation sources.”

For more information, call Encorp at 888-295-4141 or visit www.encorp.com.

Northeastern Junior College (NJC) in Sterling, CO, is beginning its fifth year of wind technology training programs. Situated in an area, which is a hot bed for wind development with more than 800 megawatts produced wind energy in an 80-mile radius of the school and two more sites going up this summer that will be producing an additional 200-300 megawatts. Six different turbine technologies are currently operating in the area near NJC near the Nebraska state line NJC, with the help of industry partners, developed an Associate of Applied Science degree in wind technology to produce competent and well-rounded technicians that can adapt to different technologies and situations. The local wind companies have helped by supplying equipment, and donations to advance the college’s program. The students complete a 240-hour internship in the wind industry to gain valuable work experience and must also take general education classes that advance computer, communication, and soft skills.

The NJC wind program recently graduated the second class of 17 technicians in May 2012. Within three months of graduation, 14 of the 17 students were employed as technicians with GE, NextEra Energy, Invenergy, enXco, and Blattner Energy. The remaining three students are continuing their education in business or engineering.

What sets NJC’s wind program apart is its strong safety practices and on the job training attitude. Twenty-two students are allowed into the program each fall. The small class size allows for more hands on and one-on-one instructor time. Tuition, fees, and books for the program are approximately $10,000 for the full two year A.A.S. degree.  Students leave NJC with an OSHA 10 hour certificate, CPR and First Aid certificate, and an associate’s degree. At NJC, the three instructors in the wind training program have a combined eight years of wind industry experience as technicians with three different companies. For more information, visit www.njc.edu or contact Jim Lenzen, assistant director of Renewable Energy at (970) 521-6740.

Spectro, Inc., one of the largest worldwide suppliers of oil and fuel analysis instruments to industry and military markets, has established a local sales and support office in Beijing, China under the leadership of China Sales Manager Alex Shi.

Shi previously held the roles of account manager at 3M Corporation, project manager at Sinovel Wind Corporation and marketing development manager at Keithley Instruments.

“China is the fastest-growing, lubrication-consuming market in the world,” said Spectro Inc.’s President and CEO Brian Mitchell. “As such, we felt it was very important for us to have a physical presence along with local representation and communications to establish and maintain effective sales and customer support channels. Further, our products can be used in other fluid applications beyond lubrication compounds. By understanding the local and regional needs more clearly, we can explore those other applications and refine solutions for them.”

For more information, please visit www.spectroinc.com. 

New SKF reinforced all-rubber HSS radial shaft seals introduce improved solutions for reliable protection against contaminant and extended service life for large-size bearings in wind turbine drivetrains. These high performance seals are designed for easy installation or uptower replacement during planned maintenance procedures. For new designs their minimal space requirements allow for smaller and lighter bearing housings, potentially reducing turbine weight.

These seals feature a well-proven, spring-loaded sealing lip design with a defined radial load for reliable sealing performance. Available in solid and split versions, the seals can be equipped with an optional SKF Springover specially engineered to keep the spring in correct position.

For more information, call 1-800-440-4SKF or email: skfusainfo@skf.com or go to www.skfusa.com.

Hughey & Phillips (H&P) new HORIZON^TM line L-810 low-intensity products provide an LED based solution for the FAA L-810 steady burning lights and can be powered using a solar array for renewable energy applications.

The HORIZON^TM line of LED obstruction lighting is the next expansion of H&P’s obstruction lighting portfolio. The HORIZON^TM L-810 is a steady burn Obstacle Light and is available in both single and double configurations operating at a range of 95-277VAC and also in a range of 9-48 VDC. Both configurations are available as new fixtures and as replacements light modules for existing incandescent obstruction lights.

For more information, call 877-285-4466, or visit www.hugheyandphillips.com.

Castrol Industrial North America, Inc. announces the launch of the Performance Biolubes product line. The Performance Biolubes technology platform adds a range of bio-based lubricants, and metalworking fluids to Castrol’s existing line of lubricants supplied to the aviation, industrial manufacturing, marine and energy markets. Initially these products will be available in North America with plans for future roll out to Castrol’s global operations.

At its inception in 1991, the Performance Biolubes technology began as a research project at the University of Northern Iowa. Guy Chiatello, Senior Technical Advisor of Castrol Industrial’s Performance Biolubes team commented, “We are on the cusp of a major change in the lubricants industry, and Castrol is striving to lead that change with the addition of the Performance Biolubes cutting edge technology into their portfolio. That’s what’s exciting to me.” The addition of the Performance Biolubes product line expands Castrol’s customer offering through incorporating products that are built from bio-based oils, and are free of chlorine and secondary amines.

Dave Fuerst, President of Castrol Industrial North America said, “With this expansion in our offering, Castrol will have an impressive line of environmentally responsible products available to our industrial customers. New technology is a core element of Castrol’s strategy to increase our momentum in the B2B lubricants market and to capture the market transition to more environmentally responsible products.”

For more information call (630) 961-6993 or visit www.castrol.com.

The Timken Company’s Online Intelligence System (OIS) identifies potential bearing and gear issues before they become major problems for wind turbine owners. With operating conditions that change as frequently as the wind, mechanical equipment used in wind turbine applications encounters variable speeds, loads, temperatures and more, making it difficult to consistently and accurately monitor the machine’s health.

“It takes significant technical expertise to perform condition monitoring in extreme applications,” said Hans Landin, director of process industries original equipment and wind energy for Timken.  “Timken offers a comprehensive wind turbine service platform that includes online monitoring systems, a qualified wind field service organization, and upgraded solutions that can help lower the total cost of ownership for our customers.”

The Timken OIS is a breakthrough condition monitoring/data collection and reporting system specifically designed for these extreme ranges of a wind turbine application. The Timken OIS utilizes a combination of vibration, high-definition shock pulses and analog/digital inputs to identify main-shaft bearing, gearbox and generator problems before they develop into life-limiting conditions.

Early detection allows for better maintenance planning, reduced downtime and increased cost savings. Timken’s technology advantage and analysis helps wind turbine owners plan their maintenance and lower overall costs to keep equipment availability at a high level.

For more information, visit www.timken.com.

Parker Hannifin Corporation unveils the first in a series of stand-alone cooling units for cooling down tower power converters in 1.5 – 8.0 MW sized wind turbines. The 50 KW capacity cooling unit on display at the show, is targeted for 1.5-2.5MW sized wind turbines, and will be followed by additional models with cooling capacities of 18 – 200KW.

Parker Precision Cooling Systems has adapted its long-established two-phase evaporative cooling technology into a system that efficiently cools critical wind turbine power generation systems, with higher efficiency, safety and power density, compared to water cooling. The stand alone cooling system is meant for down tower installation, to cool offshore and onshore new wind turbine converter systems, and also easily enables retrofit or upgrade of existing wind turbine converter legacy cooling systems.

For more information, please contact Parker Precision Cooling Systems at www.parkerprecisioncooling.com. 

Trendelkamp introduces its new personnel and maintenance lifts for towers (inside) and a newly designed blade access platform (360°) for easy access and service on blades and wind energy facilities. 

Due to its modular design the lifts, (lift capacity of 660 lbs.) with an easy access sliding door can be assembled on site in less than two hours.

The easy to trailer new designed blade access platform allows the service crew a fast and mobile set-up at site in approximately one hour, and is a safe and efficient inspection, maintenance and repair option on all sizes and heights of blades.

For more information, please call (770) 931-9199, e-mail: tlp@trendelkamp.com or go to www.trendelkamp.com.

Rebranding effort signifies commitment to the wind industry-rooted in a fresh mission and vision that is data-driven and customer-focused

CHANTILLY, VA, Aug. 1, 2012 /CNW/ – Catch the Wind Ltd. (TSX-V: CTW, providers of predictive Optical Control Systems(OCS) for optimized wind energy generation, today announced the complete rebrand of the company, now operating through its wholly-owned subsidiary (formerly Catch the Wind, Inc.) as BlueScout Technologies, Inc. Combined with its proven technology and ambitious product development roadmap, the new brand is positioned to reconfirm the company’s commitment to making wind energy more competitive through innovation.

“Our name, BlueScout, is about the future. Our passion is to use our technologies and skills to help our customers in the wind industry understand and manage their wind resource more effectively. We will use this rebranding to show our customers, investors and partners our commitment to helping turbines reliably produce cleaner, renewable energy. To us, the blue of the skies holds intelligence to be discovered and applied, and our passion for exploration is embodied within the concept of scouting what is ahead,” said Jo S. Major, Ph.D, President and CEO of BlueScout Technologies, Inc.

BlueScout reveals a new image, complete with a fresh logo, mission, vision, values, and domain name. The company’s optically based wind forecasting technology for control systems, the BlueScout OCS-210, is a next generation turbine control system for utility-scale wind turbines. From its position on top of the nacelle, it measures wind speed and direction in the approaching free-stream inflow and employs predictive control architectures to increase energy production and reduce harmful effects of wind turbulence on wind turbines. The optical wind sensor, BlueScout OWS-150,is a lightweight, portable, all-weather wind assessment tool that precisely measures wind speed and direction of vertical profiles above the ground or off shore water surface—reaching the full blade height of most utility scale wind turbines.

Major continued, “BlueScout aspires to develop a unique capability using an understanding of wind characteristics, gained through more than three years of controlling operational wind turbines, to fundamentally change the control philosophy of the wind industry. To realize these goals, we will consistently innovate in collaboration with our customers, always looking to push the envelope of thought leadership, and relentlessly work to use measurement data to dramatically improve reliable performance.”

In the coming days the company will provide an operational update – details to be announced separately. The company will continue to be traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) under the stock symbol “CTW” until such time as its trading symbol is changed to reflect this rebranding, which the company expects will occur later this month. In addition, at the company’s upcoming shareholders meeting the company will seek the approval of shareholders to change the name of the parent company’s name from “Catch the Wind Ltd.” to “BlueScout Technologies Ltd.” All prior trademarks of the company will no longer be used following this rebranding.

About BlueScout Technologies, Inc. (formerly known as Catch the Wind Inc.)

BlueScout Technologies (CTW.V) increases energy production and decreases operating costs by applying groundbreaking microgeographical wind flow sensing to turbine control systems that increases the effectiveness and availability of wind turbines. BlueScout combines precise, optically based wind forecasting with advanced predictive control architectures to ready the turbine for the imminent wind inflow changes – optimizing energy production and reducing the harmful effects of wind turbulence on the turbine. With extensive operating data on multiple wind turbine models, BlueScout is the leading, value-added innovator in wind turbine performance and optimization.

The team consists of experienced high-tech, R&D and manufacturing engineers; innovative entrepreneurs and proven leaders.  The BlueScout team has unique expertise and shares a firm commitment, as part of the wind power industry, to continuously improve the reliability of wind power generation through innovation. For more information, visit www.BlueScout.com.

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SOURCE: Catch the Wind Ltd.