Blue Gem Wind has deployed a floating LiDAR system at the proposed Valorous project site to continue an offshore metocean campaign in the Celtic Sea.
Blue Gem Wind delivery manager Alfie Wisdom said: “The LiDAR will provide us with wind, wave and current data from the proposed Valorous project site, further adding to information already collected from our test and demonstration project, Erebus.
“This will allow us to undertake engineering and environmental studies with greater confidence in the site conditions and wind resource.”
Blue Gem Wind is also making weather data from the LiDAR available for public use on its website.
Blue Gem stakeholder manager David Jones added: “As someone who gets out on the water as much as possible I know how useful local weather information can be, particularly wave data for surfers at Fresh West.
“Having in insight into wave height and period from a buoy 50 km offshore is really helpful in planning a trip down to the beach.”
Valorous is the second floating offshore wind project being progressed by Blue Gem Wind in the Celtic Sea with the proposed site approximately 50 km south-west of the Pembrokeshire coastline.