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Technology Pro? les (Photo: Fugro) 1GW of Of shore Wind Data

Oldbaum Services has deployed two pretation and consultancy services that 3D WINDCUBE 400S Scanning Li- ef? ciently complement Leosphere’s

DARs as part of the wind resource as- scanning LiDAR, allowing Oldbaum sessment campaigns the company is to design and implement cost effective currently conducting at two French off- wind resource assessment campaigns shore wind sites. It is the ? rst time that to establish the offshore wind regime such long range scanning systems are from onshore for future wind farms as deployed for operational campaigns, af- well as optimise their layout design. The ter having successfully completed third instrumentation Oldbaum selected for party validation tests with DTU and the job includes the 3D WINDCUBE

DNV GL. Oldbaum’s work will contrib- 400S Scanning LiDAR from Leosphere, ute signi? cantly to making best use of which is able to scan hemispherically up the wind resource available at both loca- to a distance of 10 km. It scans the wind tions to reduce the costs associated with out to sea, providing Oldbaum with a offshore wind development. comprehensive picture of the wind re- data using low risk cost effective mea-

Oldbaum provides wind data inter- source available at both sites, returning surements.

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