The
devices
–
supplied
by
UK
engineering
giant
Babcock
International
and
Belgian
start-up
FLiDAR
–
will
be
moored
some
16km
offshore,
near
the
development’s
existing
met-masts.
Powered
by
PV
panels
and
micro
wind
turbines,
the
Lidar
devices
are
being
looked
to
as
a
“simpler,
quicker,
more
effective
and
cheaper
alternative”
to
met-masts
during
offshore
wind
development.
The
tests
are
being
carried
out
under
the
aegis
of
the
UK
Carbon
Trust’s
Offshore
Wind
Accelerator
programme,
which
aims
to
cut
the
cost
of
offshore
wind
power
by
10%
by
2015.
First
results
from…
