A wind-lidar buoy for offshore wind measurements: first commissioning test-phase results

Abstract

This paper presents the development of a new commercial floating lidar system aimed to measure the wind resource and other environmental variables at candidate wind farm locations. This work describes this new lidar system along with the pilot validation trial (IJmuiden, North Sea) carried out. The two main algorithms developed to correct and qualify wind data to fulfill Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of wind industry are also presented. The two data-processing algorithms are: homodyne wind-direction correction and outlier data filtering. Finally, results of this pilot validation trial are discussed, showing fulfillment of the wind industry requirements for acceptance of commercial floating lidars.