Comprehensive expertise for wind power performance
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In partnership with Collineo Inc. and Cartier Énergie Éolienne, Nergica has developed a robotic telescope for detecting wind turbine blade defects, using artificial intelligence algorithms to create a damage classification system.
Technological innovation
From concept optimization to market preparation.
Accelerating and implementing technological innovations
We help you accelerate the development and implementation of your innovative technologies, from concept to market. Technical analysis, technology maturity assessment, risk management, prototyping and technology watch: our support helps structure and secure each stage of development. Real-life testing validates the durability, performance and safety of your technologies before they are deployed.
Technology validation and demonstration
Validate the performance of your technologies and accelerate their deployment thanks to a concrete and flexible test environment. Backed by infrastructures compatible with a wide range of systems, our team carries out tests, comparisons and performance validations under real-life conditions. Case studies, technical audits and sensor validation enable you to reduce risk, document performance and demonstrate the value of your solutions for implementation.
Support for technology adaptation and development
Through technical assistance, modeling and customized solutions, we support the adaptation and development of renewable energy technologies. From infrastructure and sensor optimization to deployment, we help improve system reliability and performance. Our cutting-edge expertise in cold climates enables us to adapt technologies rigorously and sustainably to real-life operating constraints.
Obtaining financial assistance
We work with you to facilitate access to financial aid and support the development of your innovation projects. Thanks to our ongoing monitoring of funding programs, we can help you identify opportunities, prepare applications and submit dossiers, including access to tax credits. As a member of the Tech-Access Canada network, we also offer free coaching to eligible organizations.
Optimization, operation and maintenance
Optimize, operate and maintain high-performance systems thanks to our team, which combines applied research and field experience.
Optimizing renewable energy production - expertise in complex terrain and cold climates
Maximize your renewable energy production while reducing your operating costs. Our multidisciplinary team draws on expertise in modeling, performance analysis, electrical and mechanical engineering to offer concrete solutions tailored to your installations.
Supporting the integration of renewable energies and storage technologies into distributed generation and microgrids
From design to operation, we support the integration of renewable energies and storage in microgrids and distributed generation. Design and sizing, commissioning, optimization of hybrid systems (wind, solar, diesel, storage), real-time modeling and digital twins: our expertise, backed by a real microgrid, helps to master storage constraints and active/reactive power flow dynamics for reliable, high-performance, sustainable systems.
Support for strategic decisions and pre-project studies
Rigorous analysis and data transformed into concrete strategic advice that can be applied to your projects.
Evaluation and selection of technologies for renewable energy production
Support your strategic decisions with a rigorous, objective assessment of renewable energy technologies. Thanks to independent, comparative analyses, we can steer pre-project studies towards robust solutions tailored to your objectives, context and constraints.
Characterization and climatic analysis of energy potential
We assess a site's energy potential based on rigorous climatic analyses. This includes analysis of average and extreme conditions, climatic variability and the influence of topography to inform your decisions, optimize renewable energy production and better anticipate the risk of energy losses.
Assessing the impact on renewable energy production and adapting technologies to climate change
Support your decisions in the face of climate change by assessing its impact on renewable energy production. We analyze climate scenarios, resource evolution and associated uncertainties to anticipate long-term effects and adapt technologies to ensure the sustainability and performance of systems.
Capacity development and networking
Enhanced skills, accessible knowledge and key connections to support the deployment of renewable energy projects.
Popularizing science
We transform technical and complex content into clear information, adapted to your audiences and your challenges, including the drafting of data sheets. This popularization encourages the development of skills, the appropriation of technologies and better-informed decisions, for teams, partners and communities alike.
Customized training and knowledge transfer
Develop your teams' skills through customized training and knowledge transfer rooted in practice. As a CCTT with close ties to education, Nergica designs and runs training activities tailored to your needs, with access to full-scale facilities and equipment. We host cohorts at our research sites, organize tours of regional renewable energy players, and collaborate with the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles to offer hands-on workshops and demonstrations.
Support for social acceptability initiatives
We put our scientific expertise at the service of social acceptability initiatives, notably through literature reviews and analyses of renewable energy technologies, in order to enlighten discussions and respond to community concerns. Working closely with communities and organizations' community relations teams, we offer support that fosters understanding and dialogue around renewable energy projects.
Business networking
Take advantage of our network to multiply opportunities for business meetings, notably through our events and our partnership with Nuvéo. We promote exchanges and connections between companies, organizations and key players in the renewable energies ecosystem, to stimulate collaborations and bring concrete projects to fruition.
Our infrastructure
State-of-the-art infrastructure on a research site under real-life conditions
Our achievements in wind energy
Wind power
Strategic mapping of Quebec's wind energy ecosystem: a directory of local suppliers for wind turbine manufacturers
Wind power
Development of a wind turbine blade fault detection tool integrated into a maintenance plan
Wind power
Development and validation of an icing prediction model for wind farms
Wind power
Evaluating the performance of meteorological sensors in icing conditions
Wind power
Evaluation of the LIDS variable-intensity lighting system
Wind power
Performance evaluation of ice detectors on wind turbine rotors
Wind power
Optimizing wind resource assessment in the preconstruction phase
Wind power
Optimal control of a wind turbine with a de-icing system using icing forecasts and observations
Wind power
Installing FeatherEdge® technology
Wind power
International Energy Agency Working Group on the Use of Lidar in Wind Energy
Wind power
Field evaluation of Voltra's DRH4 system for active supervision of high-voltage transformers
Wind power
Feasibility study on adapting sensors for wind power in cold climates
Give your projects a boost, contact us!
By supporting companies and communities in their transformation, we contribute directly to stimulating innovation in the renewable energy sector. We are the partner of choice for Canada's energy transition.
Nergica stands out for its internationally recognized expertise in cold-climate wind power, as well as its know-how in optimizing the performance of wind power plants. We support you throughout the entire wind energy production cycle: from potential assessment to plant deployment, including technology selection, retrofitting and continuous asset improvement. Developers, operators and manufacturers rely on our expertise for strategic decisions.
Our team has solid experience in applied research and innovation in the wind energy field. You benefit from our unique, highly instrumented, full-scale research site, including a fully operational wind farm in real northern conditions and complex terrain. Technology development and validation, innovative solutions: we help you make the most of the wind, anywhere, anytime.
Nergica is also an active member of International Energy Agency (IEA) expert groups, notably Task 54 - Wind power in cold climates, Task 41 - Decentralized wind power generation and Task 52 - Lidar in wind power. We also participate in collaborative research projects with local and international partners, to make a tangible contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the sector.