The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult is allowing companies to test and verify new lidar technologies onshore at the 7MW Levenmouth demonstration wind turbine in Fife, Scotland.
ORE Catapult said the turbine’s onshore met mast enables the testing, demonstration and validation of lidar systems, by providing wind resources and environmental data to compare with new remote sensing techniques.
It added that the new onshore offering will complement the Catapult’ existing offshore floating lidar verification service off the coast of Blyth in Northumberland, England.
ORE Catapult operational performance director Chris Hill said: “Our unique facilities at the 7MW Levenmouth turbine, and at our test centre in Blyth, allow innovators to develop, test, demonstrate and validate new technologies and we are always expanding our facilities and capabilities to meet industry need.
“In this case, our met mast at Levenmouth represents the only coastal location in the UK that offers lidar verification services, making it ideal for developers to test and verify their remote sensor technologies.”