OUR GREAT MINDS

    by Tina Olivero

    TECH ADVANCE: Reduce light pollution

    Leading meteorological specialist Biral, alongside a local aviation warning light manufacturer, has won the first wind turbine project in Canada to incorporate automatic warning light dimming using visibility sensors.

    The Mont Sainte-Marguerite (MSM) wind farm in Quebec, has installed technology which has been in use across much of Europe for many years and greatly reduces the environmental impact of light pollution from the warning lights on local residents. The aviation warning lights have to be very bright so that they can be seen by aircraft from several kilometres away. However, in very clear atmospheric conditions (no low cloud, no fog or rain) these lights can have their brightness reduced, down to as little as 10% output, without compromising their effectiveness. Conversely, in foggy or poor visibility conditions, the lights’ brightness can be turned up to the maximum output to ensure that they can be seen.

    Biral Aviation Lights Sensors

    The Biral visibility sensors are mounted on the top of the turbines and monitor the atmospheric conditions in real-time. They then adjust the lights’ brightness depending upon these atmospheric conditions and thereby reduce any light pollution caused to a minimum.

    Biral sensors have been used across Europe for several years in this application and are a standard fit for most of the world’s largest turbine manufacturers.

    Biral is the manufacturer of the VPF and SWS Visibility and Present Weather sensors which are used worldwide. The renowned VPF range of visibility and present weather sensors are the most durable on the market, with a proven track record of more than 20 years, and are designed for use in safety-critical applications.

    Biral VPF sensors are used to automate visibility and present weather measurements in a wide range of applications, providing improved safety and reduced costs. They are well known for their high durability, reliability and accuracy. A VPF sensor will provide many years of problem-free operation requiring minimal attention and use Forward Scatter Meter (FSM) technology to calculate the Meteorological Optical Range (MOR).

    The SWS sensor series was introduced in 2009 and shares much of the advanced technology used in the VPF range. With a powder coated, all-metal enclosure, the sensors are proven to be reliable for extended periods of operation. All SWS series visibility and present weather sensors meet ICAO and WMO requirements for use in national meteorological networks as well as aviation applications such as RVR and AWOS systems.

    Tina Olivero

    30 years ago, Tina Olivero looked into the future and saw an opportunity to make a difference for her province and people. That difference came in the form of the oil and gas sector. Six years before there was even a drop of oil brought to the shores of Newfoundland, she founded The Oil and Gas Magazine (THE OGM) from a back room in her home on Signal Hill Road, in St. John’s, Newfoundland. A single mother, no financing, no previous journalism or oil and gas experience, she forged ahead, with a creative vision and one heck of a heaping dose of sheer determination. With her pioneering spirit, Ms. Olivero developed a magazine that would educate, inspire, motivate and entertain oil and gas readers around the world — She prides herself in marketing and promoting our province and resources in unprecedented ways. The OGM is a magazine that focuses on our projects, our people, our opportunities and ultimately becomes the bridge to new energy outcomes and a sustainable new energy world. Now diversifying into the communications realms, a natural progression from the Magazine, The OGM now offers an entirely new division - Oil & Gas Media. Today, The Oil and Gas Magazine is a global phenomenon that operates not only in Newfoundland, but also in Calgary and is read by oil and gas enthusiasts in Norway, Aberdeen, across the US and as far reaching as Abu Dhabi, in the Middle East. Believing that Energy is everyone’s business, Ms. Olivero has combined energy + culture to embrace the worlds commitment to a balance of work and home life as well as fostering a foundation for health and well being. In this era of growth and development business and lifestyle are an eloquent mix, there is no beginning or end. Partnering with over 90 oil and gas exhibitions and conferences around the world, Ms. Olivero's role as a Global Visionary is to embrace communication in a way that fosters oil and gas business and industry growth in new and creative ways.

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