Second Wind has become a different kind of company...

A truck owning company! After nearly 28 years with no form of vehicle at all, we are now a company that owns two trucks.

Truck #1 resides in Somerville, and is a silver Toyota Tundra. That one was purchased by the Consumer Reports aficianados here at Second Wind world HQ. It has 4WD and a huge engine and is ready to haul Tritons anywhere on the East Coast. Our Triton service team here reports that the new truck is much more comfortable on long trips than the truck we were renting.

The first order of businesss was of course to remove the tailgate. It was surprisingly easy to remove and even replace.

Truck #2 resides in Texas, and is a white Ford F250. Truck #2 was specified by Ruben, our Western operative. It's got diesel, for (marginally) better gas mileage, and tons of power for handling challenging wind sites. Truck #2 made its first official road trip to Kansas last week, and its itinerary is already filling up for the month.

Now that we have a truck at our disposal, I keep thinking of truckly activities, like piling the whole company into the bed and heading for the beach.

Triton now commercially available

We proudly sent the first commercial Tritons on their way to their new homes last week. This momentous (to us, anyway) event did get some good coverage:

North American Windpower

http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.2018

Windtech International
http://www.windtech-international.com/content/view/1702/1/

Wind Today
http://www.windtoday.net/articles/Second_Wind_Reports_Triton_Sonic_Wind_Profiler_is_Now_Commercial-55368.html

Renewable Energy World.com
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/story?id=52047

Photovoltaicus (blog)
http://www.photovoltaicus.com/2127/a-new-tool-for-sodar-based-wind-assessment-now-commercial-windtech-international/

Triton in the Cranberrry Bog

Glen Berkowitz of Beaufort Wind is an early adopter of Triton and has become a Friend of Second Wind. He's using Triton to assess the potential for utility-scale wind in a Massachusetts cranberry bog. Like other agricultural wind projects, his offers the opportunity for an additional revenue stream for farmers. We think this is very cool and are also benefiting from a Massachusetts test site for Triton.

His project was recently featured in an article in South Coast Today, which covers the greater New Bedford area. There are more photos in this September article.

Season's Greetings, everyone!

We'll be sending our holiday card by email again this year (both environmentally sensitive and cost-conscious) but I couldn't resist sharing this fantastic image on our blog:

Separated at Birth?

Earlier this year, guerilla advertising for the Cartoon Network show Aqua Teen Hunger force shut down most of the Boston when the lighted devices were confused with terrorist bombs.

Now Aqua Teen Hunger Force character "Shake" may have subliminally influenced the Triton designers. What do you think?