Siemens Gamesa has installed new wind lidar technology on its 14MW offshore wind turbine.
The ZX TM Continuous Wave lidar is installed on the SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine and is now a standard option for the turbine allowing for a fully IEC compliant power curve measurement to be undertaken without the need for a met mast.
This lidar solution is fully approved and validated and supports the release of Siemens Gamesa’s 14MW turbine, operational at the Østerild Wind Turbine Test Field, Denmark.
In addition, this lidar’s “unique ability” to see the wind ahead of the turbine across 50 points distributed across the whole rotor “unlocks additional value” throughout the lifetime of the turbine, optimising customer assets offshore based on the wind conditions observed on site, ZX stated.
Ever increasing rotor diameters require appropriate measurement systems that “see” and characterise the wind shear and veer – the change in wind speed and wind direction – across the rotor swept area.
The 14MW Siemens Gamesa turbine is one of the largest on the market with a 222-rotor diameter.