Keep the turbines turning. Keep the birds flying.
SkySentinel tracks birds around your wind farm in three dimensions and slows only the turbines in their path, for only as long as it takes.
Animated 3D illustration of a wind farm on a ridge at dusk. Birds are tracked as glowing paths that change from pale to red as they approach a turbine. When a bird nears a turbine, that turbine slows to a stop, then returns to full speed once the bird has left.
Two systems for renewable energy operators.
FALX builds SkySentinel, for wildlife protection on wind farms, and P-ZERØ, for forecasting what your wind and solar sites will generate. Both are designed, built and supported from Cape Town.
SkySentinel
Bird detection and smart curtailment for wind farms.
Blanket shutdown rules cost energy every time a bird is in the area, whether it is at risk or not. SkySentinel watches the airspace around each turbine and makes the call per rotor, so you protect priority species and keep generating.
- Up to 3 km detection range per camera unit
- Under 30 s from detection to a rotor at idle
- Per-turbine curtailment, not site-wide shutdowns
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Detect
Camera units on the turbine towers, with radar where the site calls for it, pick up birds as they approach.
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Track in 3D
Each bird gets a position, altitude and heading, so the system knows where it is going, not just where it is.
- 3
Assess risk
Flight paths are projected forward against every rotor on site and scored by species and distance.
- 4
Curtail
Only the turbines in the bird’s path slow down, and only for as long as the bird is at risk.
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Report
Every event is logged with video and flight data, ready for your environmental officer and the regulator.
Power generation forecasts for wind and solar.
P-ZERØ turns high-resolution weather data and your plant’s own history into generation forecasts, from the next hour to the next week. Fewer imbalance penalties, better bids and a clearer view of what each site will deliver.
- 90 m, 5 minute weather resolution via our Meteomatics partnership
- P10 to P90 ranges, not a single guess
- Wind, solar PV and hybrid sites
| Hour | P10 | P50 | P90 | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -30 h | 35 | 41 | 46 | 38 |
| -24 h | 44 | 52 | 60 | 51 |
| -18 h | 47 | 58 | 68 | 62 |
| -12 h | 70 | 84 | 96 | 86 |
| -6 h | 50 | 66 | 80 | 73 |
| 0 h | 17 | 36 | 52 | 33 |
| 6 h | 22 | 43 | 62 | — |
| 12 h | 14 | 38 | 59 | — |
| 18 h | 12 | 38 | 61 | — |