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ORE Catapult Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Leven, Fife, Scotland

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Testing capabilities

  • Electrical, power and batteries
  • Functional and integrated-system testing

Services

Open-access live offshore-wind turbine testbed for technology demonstrations, validation of sensors and monitoring systems, and aerial, surface and subsea robotics trials; supports academic and SME product-development work.

Equipment

7 MW demonstration turbine with 800+ sensor outputs reported by the operator; connected to shore by a short ramp. No additional test-system limits stated on the current page.

Standards

No facility-specific accreditation or test standard stated on the cited page.

Contact

Organisation-wide contact: Email: info@ore.catapult.org.uk

Approximate location

Leven ยท Town location

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