The sea-trials, carried out under the UK Carbon Trust's Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, point to the laser-based wind data collection technology "progressing well towards being effectively deployed" as an alternative to fixed meteorological (met) masts at offshore wind farms, at less than a tenth of the cost to install.
“Constructing offshore wind farms is immensely challenging and expensive, and will continue to be so as projects move into deeper waters," says RWE Innogy director of offshore wind Paul Cowling.
