SPOOR

Spoor was engaged by Ørsted to deliver an AI-driven bird-monitoring pilot at the 752 MW Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Norwegian software company provides AI bird-detection technology that identifies and tracks individual birds using off-the-shelf high-resolution camera hardware, an architecture that is materially cheaper than radar-based monitoring and capable of detecting birds at long distances from a turbine in offshore conditions. Under the engagement announced on 17 March 2025, three high-resolution cameras have been installed at two of the project's 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines. The cameras perform continuous daytime monitoring of bird flight behaviour, with data collection at Borssele planned to continue for at least one year to capture seasonal variations in bird activity. The pilot extends an existing strategic relationship - Ørsted previously invested in Spoor in June 2022 as part of a technology-development partnership to improve birdlife data from its offshore wind portfolio. Outputs from the Borssele pilot are intended to inform avoidance-behaviour and collision-risk understanding across Ørsted's offshore farms and feed into conservation and mitigation measures applicable both at Borssele and at other operational and future Ørsted sites.