HEVERLEE: Technology industry collective Sirris plans to build a first-of-its-kind testing centre on the Belgian coast to trial large next-generation offshore wind turbine components. The organisation is scouting locations for the Sirris Offshore Renewable Energy Lab (Sorel). Sirris envisages the centre having several 2.5MW turbines, as well as: n a lidar (light detection and ranging) facility to translate measurement of local wind resources into meteorological data sets and models;.
Lab takes it to the limit
Proposed centre will create a hostile offshore environment to trial turbines
10 March 2011 23:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 15:23 GMT
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