Satellite-Data-Enhanced Environmental Monitoring Strengthens Wind Power Sustainability

As part of InnoWind's WP6, researcher Giang Tran, supervised by Xiaoshu Lu, developed and ran a sector-wide survey of Finnish wind energy companies to assess how satellite data could support environmental impact assessments (EIA) and life cycle assessments (LCA). The 25-question survey found that early-stage environmental studies face persistent data bottlenecks, that voluntary LCA remains underused due to resource and methodological constraints, and that companies see clear promise in satellite data for land-use monitoring, vegetation mapping and long-term environmental change detection—while also flagging barriers such as limited in-house geospatial expertise and a need for user-friendly rather than raw data tools. The results give WP6 a validated survey instrument, documented industry interest, and 3–5 identified pilot collaboration opportunities, laying a practical roadmap for more efficient, transparent and satellite-data-supported environmental reporting in Finland's wind power sector.