AXYS Technologies Inc. has been awarded a contract to supply its WindSentinel floating LIDAR system in the U.S. AXYS did not disclose the customer's name, simply saying that it was a ‘major eastern U.S. energy company.’ The system will be used as part of a research and development project supporting offshore wind generation.
‘One of the key objectives of this project is demonstrate how wind power can be generated offshore in the United States at a cost comparable to conventional generation sources,’ says Chad MacIsaac, international accounts manager at AXYS.
The WindSentinel is expected to be deployed in the first quarter of 2015 and will gather comprehensive wind speed and wind direction data up to heights of 200 meters, along with metocean data. AXYS says this information will help the project stakeholders understand the wind resource available at the proposed development location and lay the groundwork for future offshore wind development at a commercial scale in the region.
