Editor’s note: The Energy Department (DOE) recently deployed the AXYS WindSentinel buoy off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The buoy is intended to help researchers gather data for planning future offshore wind projects in the U.S. Here’s the release from the DOE. The United States is one step closer to harnessing the vast amount of…
World-first and new standard achieved in floating offshore LiDAR
AXYS Technologies (AXYS) has achieved a world-first that is likely to become the new standard in floating LiDAR devices by deploying a dual ZephIR 300 arrangement on the leading WindSentinel buoy. The WindSentinel ‘floating laboratory’ delivers a customized full suite of meteorological and metocean data, in addition to the wind speed and direction data used…
Fugro’s Seawatch Wind LiDAR Buoy provides bankable measurements for offshore wind farm
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Navitus Bay Development Ltd to provide real-time bankable wind profile data for a 12-month period using the Seawatch Wind LiDAR Buoy. The LiDAR buoy has achieved close to 100% data availability despite experiencing several storms since its deployment at the beginning of February. This compact and robust multi-purpose…