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About us

Decades of research into laser applications has been undertaken by many of our team between 1980 and 2000, led by Dr. Michael Harris, our Director of Science.

“This, combined with the emergence of the commercial telecomms industry resulted in the opportunity for a low-cost Lidar product to remotely sense wind characteristics via measurement of the Doppler shift of light emitted by the Lidar and scattered back from particles in the atmosphere such as dust, moisture and pollen.

Following initial development by the team, Zephir Ltd. was founded in 2007 and our sole shareholder is the UK-based company Fred. Olsen Ltd, founded in 1963 with global outreach.

Fred. Olsen-related companies operate across a diverse set of industries, but a backbone of renewable energy industry organisations including consultants, wind farm development, installation vessels and operation & maintenance teams has helped inform and advise our
own Lidar organisation.”

Our Wind Lidars can be deployed onshore, offshore and mounted on structures such as wind turbines for wind energy and meteorological applications.

Rapid growth in the wind industry combined with our innovative Continuous Wave Lidar technology triggered a chain of products and partnerships.

Our vision statement from the outset has been simply: a wind Lidar on every commercial wind project and integrated into every large wind turbine – a Big Hairy Audacious Goal that we all believe in, from the first employee of Zephir Ltd., Ian Locker – our Managing Director – through to each and every member of the ZX Lidars Family.

After our first successful decade we started out on a new adventure – to re-invest Zephir Ltd.’s (Z) 10+ years (X) of experience to completely re-imagine our Lidar system and make a Lidar ‘platform’. A platform that can be tailored to so very many applications and customer needs. All based on the core, proven and accepted Lidar technology that has featured since day 1.

How it all started

Our commitment to our vision is demonstrated through more than a decade of trail-blazing and Blue Ocean market creation.

03
2003

The first wind lidar to make upwind measurements from a turbine nacelle.

04
2004

The first and original commercially available lidar for the wind industry. The first wind lidar to investigate the behaviour of turbine wakes.

05
2005

The first wind lidar to be deployed offshore – both on fixed platform (2005) and floating platform (2009).

07
2007

The first wind lidar to take measurements from a turbine spinner.

08
2008

The first wind lidar to be signed off against an industry-accepted validation process.

09
2009

The first wind lidar to be deployed offshore on a floating platform (SeaZephIR).

10
2010

The first wind lidar to re-finance and re-power a wind farm.

11
2011

The first wind lidar to be proven in a wind tunnel.

12
2012

The first wind lidar to be used with very short masts and secure project financing.

13
2013

The first wind lidar to provide true dual mode functionality in one platform (ZephIR DM).

14
2014

The first wind Lidar to be subjected to more than 170 performance verifications against an IEC compliant test site.

16
2016

The first wind Lidar to be integrated into a wind turbine OEM’s SCADA system.

17
2017

The first wind Lidar to be deployed across a whole wind farm on a Lidar-per-turbine basis.

18
2018

The first wind Lidar to meet all conditions for Classification to IEC 61400-12-1: 2017.

19
2019

The first wind Lidar to be flown on a Drone (UAV)

20
2020

The first wind Lidar to be accepted in complex terrain standalone (without a met mast)

21
2021

The first wind Lidar to attract more than £100m+ of investment in to wind energy projects.

 
THE ADRIAN COFFEY PROJECT

A charitable endeavour supporting local communities and sustainable initiatives globally

At ZX Lidars we support charitable giving, we reserve a proportion of our annual profits for our ZX Corporate Social Responsibility programme. The Adrian Coffey Project, a charitable endeavor supporting local communities and sustainable initiatives globally. We encourage our employees to nominate the charities we support on an annual basis.

Charities we have supported in 2024 include:

our ACCREDItations

We are certified in ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and are a member of the Achilles Network.

Find The Right Lidar for you

We can help you find the right Lidar for your needs by answering a few questions

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What do you need wind data for?

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Site Assessment

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Operational Measurements

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Other

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Where do you need to gather data?

Offshore

Onshore

Both onshore and offshore

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How long do you need this data for?

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PERFECT FOR:

Small scale projects

Temporary events

Less than 1 year

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PERFECT FOR:

Small scale projects

Temporary events

1-2 years

3+

PERFECT FOR:

Long term projects

Operational measurements

3 years +

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Our Recommendation
ZX Lidars - ZX Measurement Services

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Our Recommendation
ZX Lidars - ZXTM

Validate your wind turbine performance and reach financial close with nacelle based Lidar Power Performance Testing. Optimise asset performance with operational power curve and yaw measurements. Develop wind farm Lidar control strategies with wake steering and load control.

Power Performance Measurements and Testing to IEC standards including IEC 61400-50-3:2022

Accepted by all major turbine OEMs

Unique measurements of wakes and complex flow

True wind shear and wind veer measurements across the whole rotor

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Our Recommendation
ZX Lidars - ZX300M

Reduce your offshore wind farm project and financial uncertainty by measuring wind characteristics higher than a met mast and by mobilising measurements across a whole site with wind Lidar. Integrated in to all major Floating Buoy platforms.

Wind resource assessment and measurements offshore

Responsible for 95%+ of all new offshore wind measurements globally

£150bn of finance invested in clean energy from ZX 300M data

10-300m range - the widest range available of any Lidar

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Our Recommendation
ZX Lidars - ZX300

Reduce your onshore wind project and financial uncertainty by measuring wind characteristics higher than a met mast and by mobilising measurements across a whole site with wind Lidar. Be flexible within your planning applications by using a low visual impact, low height device.

Wind resource assessment and measurements onshore

Bankable standalone wind data in simple and complex terrain

Extreme environments, proven operation for 10 years

10-300m range - the widest range available of any Lidar

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