TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, today announced that the world’s most extensive multi-client floating LiDAR and metocean campaign has reached its two-year milestone.
The buoys offshore Germany are equipped with a multitude of sensors, allowing detailed measurements of wind, metocean and environmental data. Collected data is streamed to shore and used to enhance decision-making to support several current and future wind lease rounds in the German Bight.
This milestone demonstrates the reliability of TGS’ wind and metocean measurement capabilities in one of Europe’s most active offshore wind markets. Since deployment, both LiDAR buoys have delivered more than 96% data availability, supporting technical, commercial and regulatory use.
The TGS multi-client approach, where multiple customers can subscribe to the same floating LiDAR and metocean data, significantly advantages offshore wind developers by reducing development costs and timelines and providing a unique, early opportunity to minimize uncertainty in future energy generation.
Operating two systems concurrently also enabled TGS to identify and quantify long-distance wake effects from neighboring wind farms, an increasingly important factor as offshore regions become more densely developed.
Several offshore wind developers are using TGS data to advance their German Bight projects. The full 24-month dataset is now available for licensing to additional developers and other stakeholders.
In addition to wind speed measurements from two floating LiDAR buoys, the TGS data package includes 12 months of critical metocean data, such as significant wave heights and ocean current profiles, acquired via Directional Waverider buoys and seabed-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers.
'TGS is committed to supporting the growth of global offshore wind energy with data and insights. High-quality wind and metocean data significantly mitigate investment risks and empower informed decisions across the wind development lifecycle,' said Ivar Slengesol, VP Wind & Metocean at TGS. 'Detecting wake effects and making the data available for licensing demonstrates the value of long-term measurements.'
TGS also noted formal recognition of its floating lidar provider, Green Rebel, which achieved Carbon Trust Floating Lidar Stage 3 accreditation for the buoys used in the campaign. Stage 3 is the highest certification level and further supports the dataset’s bankability.
For more information about licensing the Germany floating lidar dataset, please contact TGS.
Source: TGS
