Company expands agreement with ZX Lidars by distributing and supporting Vertical Wind Profiler ZX 300 through its extensive reseller network
September 16, 2019, Hinesburg, Vermont, USA – NRG Systems, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of smart technologies for a range of wind, solar, and meteorological applications, has reached an agreement with Lidar OEM ZX Lidars to distribute the ZX 300 onshore vertical profiler globally through its Value Added Reseller network. NRG Systems announced in March 2019 that it would sell and support ZX Lidars in North America.
The expanded agreement with ZX Lidars means that NRG Systems is now the only company to offer complete met mast systems as well as complete Lidar solutions on a global scale. By coupling these technologies with installation and maintenance services provided by its worldwide partner network, NRG Systems offers customers end-to-end solutions tailored to fit all projects, no matter where they are or what their measurement requirements may be.
Gregory Erdmann, NRG’s Vice President, Global Sales, said, “The NRG global sales channel is very excited about offering ZX Lidars to the wind energy market to round out our complete wind measurement solutions. By extending our reach beyond the North American market, we are certain that our worldwide local support network will leverage our vast Lidar experience to help customers acquire reliable, bankable data for their wind energy projects.
Ian Locker, Managing Director of ZX Lidars, said, “Further to a decade of NRG’s overall experience with Lidar, we are delighted that within a relatively short period of time they have requested to, and indeed been authorized to, support ZX Lidars globally. This agreement greatly enhances our existing global distribution and regional support network by delivering an even greater customer experience around the world for our Continuous Wave Doppler Lidar ZX 300 – a DNV GL Stage 3, IEC compliant bankable wind sensor.”
Please contact sales@nrgsystems.com for more information, including a list of NRG Systems’ Value Added Resellers in your region.
About NRG Systems, Inc.
NRG Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE), revolutionized the way wind resource assessment was done more than 36 years ago. Today, this heritage of innovation drives everything they do. The company is dedicated to designing and manufacturing smart technologies for a more sustainable planet –that means more renewable energy, cleaner air, and a safer environment for all. Their measurement systems, turbine control sensors, Bat Deterrent Systems, and Lidar remote sensors can be found in more than 170 countries. For more information, please visit nrgsystems.com.
About ZX Lidars (formerly ZephIR Lidar)
ZX Lidars provides industry-leading wind lidar products, ZX 300, ZX 300M and ZX TM for wind energy and meteorological applications. These Lidars deliver accurate wind measurements in both onshore and offshore applications at measurement heights / ranges across the full swept area of the blades of modern wind turbines, and beyond. With more than 10 million hours of operation in the field and over 1000 deployments (and counting), ZX Lidars has pioneered the use of Lidar in the wind industry. The company is proud of the many world firsts it has achieved with customers including: upwind measurements from a turbine nacelle, turbine wake studies, offshore deployments of both fixed and floating wind lidar, an industry-accepted validation process, re-financing and re-powering of a wind farm, successful demonstration of measurement accuracy in a wind tunnel and total wind project financing from a lidar without need for a met mast. For more information, please visit zxlidars.com.
