COMPANY PROFILE BUOY
Successful trial results of the next generation of multi-purpose buoys tailored for the renewable energy industry have led to recent orders from operators in the wind energy sector.
Dutch energy company Eneco has purchased Fugro’s new wind LiDAR buoy whilst a Japanese company is to deploy their buoy close to a floating power generation system.
COST-EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE Fugro recently developed an accurate and cost-effective alternative to the traditional method of wind profile measurements for offshore wind farms.
In January 2014 Fugro’s SEAWATCH wind LiDAR buoy was deployed 75 kilometres off the coast of Ijmuiden in The Netherlands where wind data will be compared with data from three levels on a met mast at the site, together with data from a LiDAR mounted on the mast.
MOUNTED LIDAR PROVIDES COST-EFFECTIVE MEASUREMENT SOLUTION
EARLIER FIELD TRIAL
This testing will enhance a field trial which took place off the coast of Norway in spring, 2012. The testing and results will be verified by DNV GL Energy, the world’s largest independent renewable energy consultancy.
CONVENTIONAL DATA GATHERING Wind data collected conventionally, using cup anemometers mounted on a wind mast is susceptible to distortion from the sensors and the mast itself - typically around 80 metres high.
ACCURATE MEASURING The SEAWATCH wind LiDAR buoy accurately measures the speed and direction of wind across the diameter of wind turbine rotors in profile up to heights of 300 metres, whilst additional oceanographic sensors measure waves, current profile and other metocean parameters. Being a small platform, it can also be easily relocated.
PRIORITY
Lasse Lønseth, Project Manager at Fugro OCEANOR said, “Developing a multi- purpose buoy for wind profiling, wave measurements and current velocity profiling has been a priority for us. Through a comprehensive research project various alternatives have been tested and in our opinion we have combined the best in this buoy.”
ABOUT FUGRO OCEANOR The company specialises in the design, manufacture, technological development, installation and support of private and public sector environmental monitoring, ocean observing and forecasting systems and is part of the Fugro Group of companies which is located within their main office in Trondheim.
They have over 25 years of international experience and a staff with multi- disciplinary backgrounds within marine technology, hydrology and instrumentation including engineering, electronics, marine surveying and operations, applied meteorology, oceanography, mathematics and software development.
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