DeepCLiDAR – Stage 2 Carbon Trust Certified Floating LiDAR

DeepCLiDAR, designed and built by CLS (a subsidiary of the French Space Agency), in partnership with the University of Maine, has obtained Stage 2 Carbon Trust Certification, making CLS a unique global provider of integrated in-situ, radar satellite, and high-resolution modeling wind solutions for the offshore wind industry.

CLS, a global leader in Earth Observation and surveillance solutions, proudly announces the certification of its DeepCLiDAR Floating LiDAR technology. This achievement allows CLS to offer wind industry operators a unique, comprehensive, and ultra-precise combined wind resource measurement and energy assessment solution. The DeepCLiDAR innovation, extensive experience of in-situ metocean data collection, satellite radar observations, data derivation, and high-resolution wind field modeling, all combine into its SARWind offering. This offering creates a unique suite of services in offshore wind resource assessment.

The global CLS Group has over 30 years of international expertise in site-specific metocean data collection across 5 continents, including Europe, the USA, South Africa, Australia, and Brazil. Experts stationed on each of these continents create a strategic global footprint, enabling CLS to deliver an efficient, agile, and sustainable wind resource assessment solution to the offshore wind community. With decentralized expeditions spanning the globe, CLS ensures flexibility in deployments while maintaining a commitment to sustainability.

The company has established its production facility in Cape Town, achieving self-sufficiency in its production capacity and the ability to offer a solution with the best technical features at the most competitive price. This helps cement CLS’ position as an industry pioneer while reinforcing its dedication to providing cost-effective, cutting-edge solutions for a sustainable future.

Mauricio Fragoso, Director of Energy & Infrastructure – CLS:

“I am extremely proud of our teams who have worked hard and passionately in the offshore energy market over the past 30 years, giving CLS the opportunity to provide the offshore wind community this unique and precise range of services. We are able to address the needs and challenges that we all face in this crucial global phase of the transition towards decarbonized energy. Today, we are ready to deploy our DeepCLiDAR buoys and SARWind services wherever our clients may need them, along with the rest of our solutions that make us a reliable and experienced technical partner for offshore wind farm developments.”