The MoU is part of a research collaboration into wind turbine power characteristics and design improvement. The research collaboration between NCEPU and SgurrEnergy will provide important findings to inform improvements to control systems and overall design of wind turbines in China. The project is set to last up to three years and SgurrEnergy’s scope of services will include the deployment of its remote sensing lidar device, Galion Lidar, as well as technical assistance, data collection and analysis.

SgurrEnergy highlighted that this collaboration marks the first research project by a reputed Chinese university using scanning lidar technology to assess wind turbine design and performance and analyse onshore and offshore wind. To its credit, NCEPU is the first university in China to set up a renewable energy college.

The first trial test at NCEPU’s state laboratory facility in North China will be a measurement campaign with SgurrEnergy’s Galion Lidar on NCEPU’s own 1.5MW wind turbine.