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Floating LiDAR deployed at East Anglia One

By: Tom Russell 18/01/2016 ScottishPower Renewables - edited by 4C Offshore

General Windfarms

Fugro has installed a floating LiDAR device on ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia ONE wind farm zone. ScottishPower Renewables has deployed and installed a floating LiDAR device at the East Anglia 1 offshore wind farm site in the UK. The monitoring device has been installed as part of a programme, managed by the Carbon Trust, to assess the cost effectiveness of liDAR technology.

East Anglia Hosts OWA Trials Of Pioneering Offshore Wind Monitoring Technology

East Anglia Hosts OWA Trials Of Pioneering Offshore Wind Monitoring Technology

The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme will monitor, test and validate wind, wave and climate data which floating LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) system has been deployed to collect. The programme aims at assessing whether floating LiDAR devices can replace the need for traditional steel lattice meteorological masts. Trials must prove to be successful, and show that cost reductions can be achieved.

The trials will take place for a period of 6 months, and data will be tested against readings from the existing meteorological mast to ensure accuracy. Initial data suggests that the installation has been a success.

Fugro is supplying all the equipment being used in the test project. Previously the company has undertaken investigative work on the East Anglia ONE windfarm site, including a shallow geological survey of the export cable route and along the 26 miles to shore, and deeper geotechnical investigations for the turbine foundation design.

Local vessel, Suffolk Spirit, assisted with the installation process, which was also supported by Small & Co, a Lowestoft-based marine engineering company.

Charlie Jordan, ScottishPower Renewables project director for East Anglia ONE, said: “The floating LiDAR concept has the potential to deliver major benefits for the entire offshore wind industry, not least by offering substantial cost reductions. We are committed to driving down costs in all aspects of delivering an offshore windfarm, and this trial project in East Anglia will play a key role in proving the advantages of the new technology.

“We were also very pleased to work with a number of local companies to successfully install the device, which highlights the range of businesses working in the East Anglia region that can offer support to all aspects of an offshore windfarm project.”

The Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator has published a roadmap for commercial acceptance of floating LiDAR technology. This document describes three stages of commercialisation in terms of accuracy and availability Key Project Indicators. The three stages include Stage 1 baseline through to Stage 2 pre-commercial and finally Stage 3 commercial.

East Anglia ONE will see the installation 102 wind in the southern North Sea, approx. 26 miles off the coast. The overall investment is valued at £2bn (€2.69bn), and the project is planned to meet the annual electricity demands of around 500,000 homes.

The project was awarded consent in June 2014. ScottishPower Renewables, the project's owner, signed a thirty year deal, valued at £25m (€33m), with The Port of Lowestoft to act as a construction and operations hub for the East Anglia ONE project.

A Final Investment Decision (FID) for the East Anglia ONE project is expected to be made in March this. Following the FID onshore construction is scheduled to begin in 2017 with offshore construction following in 2018.

To find out more about the East Anglia ONE project please follow the links provided. Alternatively you can view the project on our interactive map.

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