FALX, South Africa
Two systems for renewable energy operators.
SkySentinel protects priority bird species on wind farms while minimising the impact on power generation. P-ZERØ forecasts what your wind and solar sites will generate. Both are designed, built and supported by our team in South Africa.
- Bird detection and per-turbine curtailment for wind farmsExplore SkySentinel
Generation forecasts for wind and solar, from the next hour to 16 days aheadExplore P-ZERØ
Animated 3D illustration of a wind and solar site at dusk. Eagles and vultures soar over the wind farm, each framed by a classifier box labelled with its species and confidence, as SkySentinel's cameras identify them. One Cape Vulture glides past a turbine, which slows to a stop while it passes and then returns to full speed. Streaks of wind blow across the site and through the turbines, the weather P-ZERØ forecasts generation from.
SkySentinel
Avifauna and bat detection, curtailment and monitoring data for wind farms.
Camera-only systems lose birds in low visibility, and radar-only systems curtail for every bird they can’t identify. SkySentinel detects birds with radar, identifies them with cameras and makes the call per turbine, so you protect priority species and keep generating. Before construction, the same system builds the long-term flight record that feeds your collision risk modelling.
- Up to 5 km radar detection, day and night
- Species-level identification by camera, up to 2.5 km
- Per-turbine curtailment
- 24/7 flight data for pre-construction collision risk modelling
- 1
Detect
Radar nodes scan 360° around the site, day and night, picking up large birds up to 5 km out and tracking up to 100 targets at once.
- 2
Classify
The nearest camera node locks onto the radar track and our AI models identify the species.
- 3
Assess risk
For priority species, the flight path is projected against every turbine, and the risk is assessed from the bird’s movement and the site’s conditions. Other birds are logged, not acted on.
- 4
Curtail
Only the turbines in the bird’s path are curtailed, and only for as long as it is at risk.
- 5
Report
Every event is logged with imagery 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 16 days ahead. Fewer imbalance penalties, better bids and a clearer view of what each site will deliver.
- 90 m, 5 minute weather resolution
- Every percentile from P10 to P90, not a single guess
- Wind and solar PV sites, up to 16 days ahead
| 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 | — |
