Details of a novel three-year project to enhance the energy assessment and revenue forecasting for the proposed Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm 15km off the Angus coast in the East of Scotland demonstrates significant benefits of adopting bespoke technology to gather data. A ZephIR wind Lidar system was installed on an existing lighthouse structure thanks…

Results now published confirm the lidar was available for 100% of the time and correlations to the met mast were found to be excellent and at least as good as variations between individual anemoneter cups.

By replacing a fixed met mast, ZephIR Lidar will gather a greater range of relevant wind data for use by Infinis engineers in site performance analysis and production forecasting. The lidar will provide wind speed and direction readings up to and beyond the height range of a traditional mast. “We can achieve this from ground level,…