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Published in Science and Technology on Wednesday, June 1st 2011 at 4:10 GMT by Market Wire
MANASSAS, VA, June 1, 2011 /CNW/ - Catch the Wind Ltd. (TSXV: CTW), providers of feed-forward, intelligent turbine performance improvement systems that deliver increased energy output and reduced equipment stress loads for utility scale wind turbine generators, announced today that it has sold a Vindicator® laser wind sensor (LWS) unit to Kruger Energy Port Alma, a 44-turbine, 101.2-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Ontario, Canada.
The Vindicator® unit will be integrated to a SWT - 2.3 MW turbine, which will result in an expansion in the number of turbine makes and models on which Catch the Wind has installed turbine yaw control systems.
"We believe that today's sales announcement provides further evidence of the demand that wind farm owners and operators have for effective turbine control systems that deliver increased energy output," said Phil Rogers, President and CEO of Catch the Wind Inc. "We look forward to working with Kruger and integrating our technology onto one of their turbines for the first time."
Kruger Energy Port Alma is a 101.2-megawatt wind farm located on the north shore of Lake Erie, in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent in Ontario, Canada. It comprises 44 SWT - 2.3 MW wind turbines.
No financial terms of the sale were provided.
About Catch the Wind Ltd.
Catch the Wind Ltd. is a high-growth technology company headquartered in Manassas, Virginia. The company was founded in 2008 to develop and manufacture the Vindicator® laser wind sensor.
Catch the Wind serves the commercial market sector for laser based wind sensor systems, recognized as the "gold standard" in wind measurement. The company is focused on becoming a major contributor in making clean, renewable wind energy more affordable and profitable. For more information, visit [ www.catchthewindinc.com ].
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