Canada’s AXYS Technologies has cleared a key performance hurdle for its floating light detection and ranging systems, known as lidars, which are used to provide wind measurement data.
The products, first developed in 2009, have met all of the third-stage performance criteria outlined in the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator Roadmap for Floating Lidar Technology, the company said.
AXYS buoys have either successfully completed or are currently engaged in 20 commercial offshore wind farm campaigns and 16 meteorological masts validations in Europe, North America and Asia.
The company has consequently accumulated the equivalent of more than 200 months of operational experience at sea.
Last week, the Carbon Trust said it had completed a four-year trial of floating lidars, boosting the case for their use as a source of wind measurement data.
Lidar systems are cheaper to install than meteorological masts, but their widespread use has been restrained by a previous lack of validated data on their accuracy levels.
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