METMASTS FEATURE
NAREC
GEARED UP FOR OFFSHORE
The build-out of Narec’s proposed 99MW Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Site is their largest project to date and requires investment of between £300-£400 million.
the demonstration project is the final piece in the jigsaw providing the UK with world-leading integrated research, testing and demonstration facilities.
LEADING THE WAY Leading the way for the development of what is the largest planned demonstration site in UK waters, the site will accommodate the demonstration of up to 15 turbines, foundations and associated electrical infrastructure in 3 arrays in water depths between 35m - 55m. the Narec offshore Anemometry Hub (NoAH) is the first structure installed offshore to support this project.
MPI ADVENTURE AND SEAROC NoAH located 3 nautical miles off blyth, Northumberland was installed in November last year by MpI Adventure, fresh from its deployment on the London Array wind farm. The contract for the complete installation works was awarded to SeaRoc and included transport of the foundation to the quayside, full load-out and offshore installation of the foundation, three pin piles, grouting and full topside.
The structure’s 53m-high tripod foundation, weighing 635t, 100t platform and a 25t meteorological mast were assembled offshore after being collected from the manufacturers on the River Tyne.
TALLEST METMAST IN UK WATERS At a height of 104m above mean sea level, the met mast is amongst the tallest planned for offshore wind in the UK. the fixed structure’s prime purpose is to collect wind resource data providing a benchmark for tenants to monitor the performance of turbines to be installed on the demonstration site for next generation turbines up to 8MW.
LATEST TECHNOLOGY Fitted with the latest technologies, the platform will also be used as an open-access facility for research purposes, such as trialling new technologies and processes, observing environmental conditions and collecting wildlife data to reduce the timescales and costs of consenting, build-out and operation of offshore renewables.
Remote sensing technologies such as fixed and floating LiDAR could provide significant cost savings for developers during the consenting stage of offshore wind projects. The facility will allow developers of these technologies the opportunity to validate new devices against traditional methods, demonstrate the reliability, data availability and performance of their product offshore in a remote environment whilst allowing Narec to build up vital industry knowledge of the offshore environment.
TEST FACILITIES UPDATE Meanwhile onshore, Narec has built a new 100m blade test and 3MW drive train test facilities for the accelerated life testing and development of larger offshore wind turbines, wind turbine blades and tidal energy devices.
A 15MW capacity drive train test facility is also under construction and will be operational by Summer 2013. these facilities are world- leading in their own right, but the potential to combine offshore demonstration with accelerated life testing in facilities onshore provides a unique proposition to support the growth of the industry in the UK.
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