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MET MASTS FUTURE OFFSHORE POSSIBILITIES
Nachaat Tahmaz, Forewind Project Manager said that the lidar was installed as it offered the best solution to ensure there was no break in the wind data collection.
“We captured wind data using the lidar which, when compared to that gathered by the met masts, showed a strong correlation and opens up possibilities for future lidar use offshore.”
WORKING TOGETHER
SeaRoc has worked with Forewind since March 2013, managing the complete installation works of both the east mast which is located approximately 81 nautical miles (150 kilometres) from the UK coast, as well as the sister mast to the west.
In March 2015, SeaRoc collaborated with its sister company to design the installation of the ZephIR Lidar at what is thought to be the furthest offshore lidar deployment in the world. Due to its remote location an extremely reliable and very low maintenance power and communications solution was required. The ZephIR Lidar has the ability to record data from up to 300m high from installed location, right down to just 10m.
IN SUMMARY
Ian Locker, Managing Director at ZephIR Lidar commented: “The results at this landmark offshore development confirm the real opportunity for the pragmatic use of wind lidar offshore and its potential to replace fixed met mast structures for wind measurement while delivering significant cost-savings and health and safety advantages.
“The ZephIR 300 wind lidar allowed for there to be no gap in wind data during the mast maintenance period and has essentially extended the height of the mast significantly. It produced high availability and high accuracy of data and was perfectly reliable, confirming that it could be used alone for wind data collection at a fraction of the cost.”
SeaRoc has now installed three Z300 lidars offshore: the NaREC metmast, Dogger Bank and the SeaZephIR, a floating platform, installed off the US East coast for a period of almost 3 years.
ZephIR Lidar SeaRoc Group
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