Kerlink Gateways Power LoRaWAN® Network In North Sea Offshore Wind-Energy Farm
Thorigné-Fouillard, France – April 20, 2022, 6:00 p.m. CEST – Kerlink (AKLK – FR0013156007), a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that its Wirnet™ iStation gateways are helping to power multiple LoRaWAN® networks in wind-energy parks, high above the North Sea in the Netherlands.
One of the LoRaWAN® gateways installed on the Borssele Alpha platform, managed by Dutch transmission system operator TenneT Holding BV, links 700 MW of offshore wind farms to the Dutch power grid. The LoRaWAN® network, which was deployed and is operated by SkyLab B.V., Kerlink’s partner in the Netherlands, enables a variety of safety applications, such as search and rescue (SAR) systems, life jackets with precision location capabilities, emergency-location beacons, and buoy trackers.