Off-grid Power Systems for Remote Sensing Market anticipated to expan sep 2016 | Page 3

Off-grid Power Systems for Remote
Sensing Market

companies are seeking government help to accelerate the development and deployment of fuel cell
technologies by ensuring continued research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) funding for
hydrogen generation and conversion technologies, such as electrolyzers and fuel cells.

Other technologies considered in off-grid power systems for remote sensing market include solar PV and
hybrid technology. Solar PV can be used as a source of power for UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in
remote sensing, usually for large-sized platforms with long flying missions. Solar cells combined with Li Po
(Lithium Ion Polymer) and Li S (Lithium Ion Sulfide) batteries constitute a day/night power solution for
several days of flight which is a hybrid technology of solar cells and battery backup.
The oil & gas end-user segment dominated the off-grid power systems for remote sensing market in 2014.
Growth of the LIDAR market and demand for alternate energy have fueled the demand for off-grid power
systems for remote sensing market. The wind energy sector uses SODAR (SOnic Detection and Ranging)
and LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technologies to support wind resource assessments. These
remote sensing devices are quite easy to use and move from site to site. Remote sensing is used in various
other industries such as water resource management, military, weather stations, agriculture, and
bioenergy. Remote sensing devices coupled with off-grid technologies are used to acquire accurate data
with the help of images taken from space using satellites or using aircrafts.
Wind energy is becoming a prevalent source of renewable energy based power generation for electricity in
windy areas. Wind resource assessment is an essential and necessary step for appropriate wind turbine
selection. A typical wind energy development project has three important aspects of measurement:
quantification of available wind resource, study of geographical and geological conditions of the project
site, and wind turbine power curve. The wind energy assessment process could include usage of remote
sensing data to assess any of the components such as precision of extrapolations from tower data, shear
coefficients to be used with tower data, hub-height wind speeds and directions, and wind resource
variability across the site. Remote sensing equipment such as SODAR and LIDAR are used to support wind
resource assessments. These provide wind turbine hub-heights, wind speeds and direction, vertical wind
speeds, and wind shear and veer above the heights of typical meteorological (met) tower measurements.
Other end-user industries where remote sensing is used through off-grid power systems include water
resource management, forestry, agriculture, military, and weather stations. Different data sources such as
field survey, aerial photography, and satellite imagery are used to gather various information requirements
in forest management, depending upon the level of details required and extension of the area under study.
Key players in the global off-grid power systems for remote sensing market include Acumentrics Holding
Corporation, Tycon Systems Inc., UPS Systems Plc., Timber Line Electric and Control Corporation, SFC
Energy AG, Victron Energy B.V., HES Energy Systems Pte. Ltd., Ensol Systems Inc., Evergreen Energy
Technologies Inc., and Energy Solutions (UK) Ltd. The report provides an overview of these companies,
followed by their financial revenues (on availability), business strategies, SWOT analysis, and recent
developments.
The off-grid power systems for remote sensing market has been segmented as:

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