The five deployments were completed in partnership with EOLOS with an average LiDAR data availability of 94 per cent at a 140-metre measurement height, said TGS.
A range of wind and metocean data was collected at each site, including wind speed and direction across a range of turbine hub heights, wave heights, and ocean current data across the full water column.
Additionally, four out of five buoys were equipped with in-air acoustic recording devices to monitor bird and bat activity, seabed-mounted sensors to measure additional metocean parameters, and whale and porpoise acoustic monitors to identify marine mammal vocalisations.
Data were continuously acquired and quality-controlled throughout the deployment, with customers receiving daily access via the Wind AXIOM platform, TGS’s site evaluation, and wind data analytics tool.
“The combined measurement campaign and its baseline model derivatives are designed with longevity in mind, providing a premier baseline dataset for wind resource analysis for future lease sales and project construction over the next 15 years,” said TGS.
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