Engineering to reduce the cost of wind energy
BEIS grants £10 million to advance SENSE PelaStar project
Pioneering installation and O&M technology receives £10 million grant for upcoming floating offshore wind demonstration project in Scotland.
SENSEWind has built a working demonstrator of the SENSE Up-Tower system. This video shows it in action installing a full rotor nacelle assembly from the base up.
Development of the SENSEWind demonstrator is supported by funding from an Energy Entrepreneur Award, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and all its Partners and Collaborators.
Lower cost
of energy
of energy
Eliminates need for expensive specialised cranes and vessels
Safer,
Quicker
Quicker
Automated heavy lifts, rapid installation
Higher
availability
availability
Quicker and easier exchange of major components
The Challenge:
Demand for wind energy continues to grow year-on-year, wind turbines are getting ever bigger, and sites are moving further out to sea. This is increasing the costs and the technical challenges of installing and servicing wind farms onshore and offshore as current installation methods require ever more expensive and specialised vessels and cranes, many of which are not yet built or available.
The Solution:
SENSE is a Self-Erecting Nacelle and Service System that installs and services large wind turbines without special cranes or crane vessels.
SENSE can be used for all onshore and offshore turbines on taller towers, in deeper waters and further offshore.
SENSE simplifies operations and reduces costs during development, construction and operations, and increases revenue through higher availability throughout the life of a project.
See how SENSE works
ONSHORE
reduces installation costs
reduces operations costs
increases availability and revenue
no special cranes
reduced size of hardstand
no lengthy mobilisation/ demobilisation
allows your project to go higher and more remote
OFFSHORE
reduces installation costs
reduces operations costs
increases availability and revenue
no jack-up cranes
no limit to water depth
less dependence on weather windows
allows your project to go deeper and further offshore
ONSHORE
reduces installation costs
reduces operations costs and lost revenue
no special cranes
reduced size of hardstand
no lengthy mobilisation/ demobilisation
allows your project to go higher, more remote
OFFSHORE
reduces installation costs
reduces operations costs and lost revenue
no jack ups
no limit to water depth
less dependence on weather windows
allows your project to go deeper, further offshore
