AXYS Technologies (AXYS) announced it has met all of the Stage 3 performance criteria outlined in the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator Roadmap for Floating LiDAR Technology (OWA Roadmap). Since the initial deployment of the flagship FLiDAR system in 2009, along with the acquisition of FLiDAR NV in September 2015, AXYS’ FLiDAR buoys have successfully completed…
AXYS to participate in first stage of wind development in Port-La Nouvelle France
AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) has announced its participation in French EolMed wind development initiatives in the zone between Port-La Nouvelle and Gruissan. This marks the first stage of floating offshore wind development in that area and will gather essential preliminary environmental data to support future design and financing decisions. An AXYS WatchKeeper buoy will be deployed…
World’s first floating microwave radiometer complements measurements of floating LiDAR
AXYS Technologies Inc. has announced that design work with Boulder Environmental Sciences & Technology (BEST) is underway to deploy the world’s first buoy-based microwave profiling radiometer on a floating platform, the FLiDAR WindSentinel. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the BEST Marine Profiling Radiometer (MPR) is the world’s first microwave profiling radiometer specifically designed for…
TRIAXYS wave buoy now available with AIS Aid to Navigation
AXYS Technologies (AXYS) has added AIS vessel tracking to the company’s signature wave buoy series, TRIAXYS. The SRT Chronos Aid to Navigation (AtoN) AIS is an IALA and IEC compliant device that broadcasts buoy position and weather information to local vessel traffic. This new feature protects the buoy from collision by notifying vessels of its whereabouts and…
TRIAXYS Wave Buoys selected for Rampion Offshore Wind Farm
AXYS Technologies Inc. has announced that three TRIAXYS Wave & Current Buoys were selected by Partrac Ltd as part of their recent metocean support services contract for the Rampion Offshore Wind farm. Partrac has been contracted to manage the supply, deployment, maintenance and delivery of metocean monitoring buoys throughout the wind farm’s construction phase. The TRIAXYS wave buoys…
AXYS leads the way to commercial acceptance of floating LiDAR
AXYS Technologies recently completed another two successful validation campaigns for its FLiDAR 6M wind-assessment platform. This latest achievement marks the ninth and tenth independently reviewed offshore validations undertaken by AXYS to advance the commercial acceptance of its FLiDAR technology for offshore wind resource assessment in support of project financing. The latest validation campaigns took place at FINO 1 in the North Sea and…