Akrocean has completed the second validation stage for its floating lidar device, according to the UK Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator roadmap.
The offshore trials performed by the Windsea lidar system in the English Channel, which began in 2018, have been independently reviewed by DNV GL.
The six-month trial was performed against a trusted reference source at the offshore meteorological mast, fitted with a fixed lidar, at Fecamp with the support of the Eoliennes Offshore des Hautes Falaises consortium comprising EDF, Enbridge and WPD Offshore.
DNV GL offshore wind farm engineer Pierre-Emmanuel Brichet said: “The report highlights an excellent compliance to the acceptance criteria defined in the Carbon Trust roadmap, exceeding best practices in terms of accuracy.”
Akrocean chief operating officer Matthieu Blandin said: “This is a great satisfaction to reach this milestone after being set up only 18 months ago.
This enables our strategy with our two major partners GEPS Techno and Valemo to become a major actor in the field of metocean and environmental data collection.
We have received also a great support during these trials from our lidar supplier Leosphere.
The Windsea floating lidar uses passive stabilisation. Wave tanks dampen the platform movements and electricity is generated based on GEPS Techno’s technology.
The system is remotely supervised through Valemo’s onshore control centre in Bordeaux, France.