Floating LiDAR
Validation Service
Service Sheet
Remote sensing technologies and their application in the offshore
environment are becoming a key area of focus for the industry in
order to reduce costs.
ORE Catapult’s open access offshore anemometry platform located three nautical miles off Blyth, Northumberland
offers developers and manufacturers an excellent opportunity to compare and trial new techniques and
technologies against traditional wind measurement methods to measure the wind resource offshore.
The high quality meteorological and ocean sensors installed on the platform are used to study the sensitivity of
floating LiDAR measurements to waves and atmospheric conditions. This service allows clients to validate new
devices and demonstrate the reliability and resource measurement accuracy of floating LiDAR against existing
methods in a remote offshore environment representative of round three conditions.
We provide a turnkey commercial service that offers a full range of operational, logistical and technical support
which can be tailored to meet individual customer requirements; helping to reduce the costs of consenting,
build-out and operation of offshore renewables.
Validation service options include:
• Consenting and permits
• Device deployment, maintenance and retrieval
• Preparation of a verification report
• Metocean raw data licence
• Project management
To discuss your floating LiDAR validation
requirements in more detail please contact:
John Watson, Business Development Manager
Tel: +44 (0)1670 543 025
Email: [email protected]
ORE Catapult
National Renewable Energy Centre
Offshore House, Albert Street, Blyth
Northumberland NE24 1LZ
Additional onshore facilities
• Operational technical support team
• Engineering support team
• Indoor and outdoor assembly area with crane
• Exclusive and secure onsite office and workshop facilities
• Full health and safety support
• Controlled wave flume
• Onshore LiDAR
• Secure storage
• Quayside access
• Site equipment includes a 30 tonne truck mounted mobile crane, cherry picker, 5 tonne forklift, and tele-handler
T +44 (0)1670 359 555
F+44 (0)1670 359 666
[email protected]
ore.catapult.org.uk