Utilities of NeoWins and floating lidar technology for offshore wind development

Abstract

NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) has developed and published a web based offshore wind map named “NeoWins (NEDO Offshore Wind System)”in which we can browse various beneficial information for offshore wind development such as simulated wind condition, natural and societal environments, and calculation of electric-generating capacity. This paper presents features of NeoWinds and introduces a floating lidar system which is one of the most promising methods for wind measurement as well as its trend in European offshore wind market.