Catapult installs new sensor system on two Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm foundations

As another giant structure makes its way up the River Tyne before being installed, this concrete gravity-based foundation (GBF) destined for the EDF Energy Renewables ( EDF ER) Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm has been fitted with a groundbreaking sensor system designed by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.

This is the first time that sensors have been installed in a gravity-based foundation and used to analyse the performance of the foundations in the challenging conditions they will be exposed to in the real-world.  The data collected from the sensors will be synchronised with ORE Catapult’s met mast, located three nautical miles off the Blyth coast. The sensor system, installed on two of the five foundations,  is part of the... ... More: Official Press Release ORE Catapult

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foundation, Catapult, gravity-based foundation, GBF, offshore, Blyth, UK, demonstrator