Vilicom has announced it is providing a cloud-enabled private mobile network for the Moray East offshore wind farm for Vestas.
Vilicom has designed a network based on cloud network techniques that combine the reliability of always-on IT systems, with new innovations in the field of Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) and Core Network Function Virtualization. The private network will be managed 24/7/365 from Vilicom’s onshore network operations centre. Currently in its construction phase 20 miles off the Scottish coast, the Moray East wind farm will comprise of 100 V164-9.5 MW units, giving a combined total power output of 950MW.