Reducing offshore wind uncertainty with dual scanning lidar
3 pm Paris (CET), 9 am New York (EST)
As offshore wind projects move farther from shore, turbines grow taller, and investor requirements tighten, traditional point-based measurements and met masts alone are no longer sufficient to deliver truly bankable offshore wind resource assessments.
In this webinar, experts from Vaisala and 2EN show how dual-scanning lidar (DSL) provides high-quality spatial wind measurements to offshore from the shore -projects, reducing uncertainty without the cost and complexity of offshore masts. You’ll hear results from a recent campaign near Alexandroupolis in northern Greece, including DNV-verified performance beyond “excellent,” near-100% system availability, and 85–90% usable data.
The session also highlights how 2EN’s off-grid power concept enables reliable DSL operation in remote, grid-less locations, and shares practical guidance on campaign design, gate length, turbulence intensity, and data quality—based on real projects in Europe and Japan.
What you’ll learn
- How dual-scanning lidar works and why spatial wind measurements are critical for modern offshore wind resource assessment, illustrated through real DSL project examples and key lessons learned
- How verification results from DNV and an 80 m wind mast demonstrate accuracy beyond traditional cup anemometers and support bankable energy yield assessments
- What real offshore DSL campaign results look like in practice, including system availability close to 100%, 85–90% usable data, and insights into gate length (100/200 m) and offshore turbulence intensity
- How 2EN’s off-grid power supply concept enables dual-scanning lidar deployments in remote offshore locations without grid connection
Register now to learn how dual scanning lidar can turn offshore wind uncertainty into bankable resource assessments.
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Webinar speakers
Clémènt Toupoint
Science & Application Research Engineer, Vaisala
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Clément Toupoint is a research engineer at Vaisala, specializing in meteorological applications of wind lidars. He earned his PhD in 2018 with a thesis in Fluid Dynamics. Following his doctorate, Clément completed postdoctoral research at Physics Laboratory of ENS Lyon, focusing on multiphase flows and imaging thermal convection using Laser Induced Fluorescence, and at ENSTA Paris, where he studied interactions between turbulence and inertial particles. Since joining Vaisala in 2023, he has developed expertise in lidar-based atmospheric measurements, with a particular interest in turbulence measurement.
Ioannis Panourgias
Managing Director, 2EN
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Ioannis Panourgias is Managing Director and owner of 2EN, a company he has led since 2001 that specializes in wind potential measurements, wind atlas projects, vertical and scanning lidars, and energy yield assessments in Greece and abroad. A physicist by training from the University of Athens, he has worked in the wind energy sector since 1988, including roles at PPC, the Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, and IVECO, where he was part of the negotiation team for the first power purchase agreement between the private sector and PPC and contributed to the first wind farms in Greece. Under his leadership, 2EN has installed around 1,500 wind masts and several lidars and scanning lidars. Company employs 25 people and operates as a Measnet member with ISO 17025 certification.