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Two MVP30-350 Systems for Geological Survey of Ireland

Targetless Laser Sensor for Offshore Wind Farms will help complete a large scale project to map all Irish waters by 2026. GSI is working on the project in partnership with the Marine Institute of Ireland un- der the joint program INFOMAR. The ? rst of the two systems was commis- sioned aboard RV Mallet in Novem- ber 2018, with delivery of the second

MVP30-350 for RV Keary to occur in 2019.

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Targetless Laser Sensor for

Offshore Wind Farms

The SceneScan Monopole laser sensor has been developed for offshore wind farm applications to eliminate the need

Photo: Wärtsilä Image: AML Oceanographic for installing ? xed re? ective targets.

Advanced software allows the measure- The system underwent sea trials ear-

This technology was designed and de- veloped by Guidance Marine (acquired ment of range and bearing to the off- lier this year on board the purpose-built by Wärtsilä in 2017) to increase safety shore wind turbine, independent of the SOV Windea La Cour owned by Bern- on board service operation vessels use of targets and GPS. hard Schulte Offshore. The vessel is ? t-

The ? rst SceneScan Monopole was de- ted with other Wärtsilä sensor solutions, (SOVs), since vessel positioning sensors livered in summer 2018 for a Chinese including the RangeGuard Monopole, that rely on targets ? xed to the structure, are often unreliable because of poor SOV newbuild project carried out by the ? rst targetless local position refer-

GE Power Conversion, a subsidiary of ence sensor based on radar technology.

placement, poor quality and obscure-

General Electric. www.wartsila.com ment by workers on the platform.

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