Blogs and cases
Blogs and customer cases
Cold/Hot Spots: How Many Probes Are Really Needed for Stability Chamber Monitoring?
- Life Science
We recently received a question about placing temperature and humidity probes for monitoring stability chambers, based on where the hot and cold...
Vaisala Partners with GE on Pan-Canadian Wind Integration Report
- Renewable energy
- Wind energy
Wind research findings, released today by CanWEA and GE, will inform key energy infrastructure planning and accelerate the integration of wind...
Tool for Enthusiasts and Experts Alike
- Innovations and Inspirations
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
The Vaisala Open Weather Data Challenge competition challenged students and professionals to come up with creative and innovative ways to...
Open Weather Data Challenge Runner-Up Predicts Flash Floods
- Environmental and Public Health Protection
- Weather & Environment
- Meteorology
- Innovations and Inspirations
The Vaisala Open Weather Data Challenge competition challenged students and professionals to come up with creative and innovative ways to...
Focus on High-quality Measurement
- Innovations and Inspirations
- Wind energy
Vaisala and MIKES Metrology, now part of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, share a long history of cooperation already from the...
Ventilation system clears the air in turkey farm
- Industrial Measurements
Breeding turkeys indoors requires careful control of air quality, ventilation and heating. Proper control using CO2 sensors can result in...
Monitoring CO2 in Wineries
- Food & Beverage
- Industrial Measurements
Exposure to high levels of carbon dioxide (CO 2) can be dangerous to workers in wineries. Care must be taken to protect workers from over...
Extended Trials Illustrate Operational Robustness of Enhanced C-Band Weather Radar Capabilities
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
Vaisala and Eigenor, together with the University of Helsinki, achieved a six-month milestone in their extended operational trials that pave the...
Open Weather Data Winner: RainMiner
- Environmental and Public Health Protection
- Weather & Environment
- Meteorology
- Innovations and Inspirations
The Vaisala Open Weather Data Challenge competition challenged students and professionals to come up with creative and innovative ways to...
Is Your Wind Portfolio Climate Resilient?
- Environmental and Public Health Protection
- Renewable energy
- Wind energy
Extreme low wind events in the U.S. during 2015 and their subsequent effect on local power output served as a strong reminder of the risks...
UVIG Awards Vaisala for Leadership in Wind Integration Research
- Renewable energy
- Wind energy
This week UVIG, the Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group, announced its 2016 Technical Achievement Honorees, which recognized groups...
Utility-Scale Solar Surpasses Wind in California for First Time in 2015
- Renewable energy
- Solar energy
High penetration of grid-connected utility solar increases market demand for accurate regional solar forecasting tools to manage energy...
Turkey Sees Elevated Wind Speeds Following Lull
- Renewable energy
- Wind energy
Latest Vaisala analysis reveals Q1 jump following low wind trend, underscores need for emerging Turkish wind industry to understand climate...
Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), Site Acceptance Test (SAT), Japan & GAMP for Monitoring Systems
- Industrial Manufacturing and Processes
- Life Science
Recently our Regulatory Expert gave a training session on Annex 15 in Japan and was asked this question: "Regarding qualifying environments for...
Vaisala Supplies Data to Endurance for Innovative Wind Hedge
- Renewable energy
- Wind energy
Long-term contract affords Australian electricity supplier Meridian Energy protection against production and earnings volatility Vaisala is...
U.S. 2015 Solar Plant Underperformance: Operational Issues or Just Bad Weather?
- Renewable energy
- Solar energy
Did your plant underperform expectations last year? If so, you may currently be under pressure to evaluate and fix any of a mirade of possible...
The Importance of Open Weather Data
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
- Renewable energy
The weather data collected every day can have a range of new benefits if it is made open and interpreted in the right way. A surprisingly vast...
Got Snowcat?
- Sustainability
- Weather & Environment
Vaisala Field Service teams are occasionally signed up to provide service to many environmental measurement systems located in extremely remote...
Day-to-day Benefits of Weather Detection
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
- Wind energy
Studies in 2006 showed that weather information had an average value of $109 per US household each year. This equates to an overall economic...
Monitoring in a Harsh World
- Aviation
- Weather & Environment
Imagine for a minute living in a place with temperatures of -10°C (14°F) to 55°C (131°F) in the same month, and the temperature in the morning...