Telecommunications provider Vilicom has selected Mavenir to deliver wireless internet technology at Ocean Winds’ 950MW Moray East offshore wind farm off Scotland.
The system will be the UK’s first offshore private LTE network for wind farm communications and connectivity, the company said.
Mavenir said its “Open Virtualised RAN (Open vRAN)” is a cloud-based system that will act as a private internet access network for the project allowing faster communication between operating sea vessels and workers.
“Building efficiencies into the construction and operations of a windfarm is a challenge without superfast and reliable connectivity. Vilicom will provide network connectivity to all project operating sea vessels and provides functionality that enables communication not only between workers at sea but also communication back home and for use in leisure time,” states Sean Keating, CEO of Vilicom.
Stefano Cantarelli, Chief Marketing Officer of Mavenir, said: “Mavenir is delighted to partner with Vilicom for this important and equally complex private network system. Private networks are increasingly becoming more prevalent and we look forward to collaborating with Vilicom to develop further such use cases and applications. This project highlights the relevance and importance of advanced communications in a real application scenario.”