State-of-the-art assessment of environmental conditions
Our Site Conditions Assessment services extend beyond the characterisation of the metocean conditions for design of offshore wind support structures.
Our key in-house capabilities:
An accurate description of the Site Conditions is a cornerstone in evaluating risks in the overall support structure design and wind turbine site suitability. C2Wind has a strong track record in delivering certified Site Conditions Assessments for offsore wind farm projects throughout the world.
We also assist with activities related to the Site Conditions Assessment:
- Planning and designing in-situ measurement campaigns.
- Acquiring suitable hindcast metocean data, including model validation.
- Assessments of all soil-related Site Conditions.
- Analysis and data quality assessment of met masts, LiDARs, wave buoys, and ADCPs.
- Sea-Ice assessments.
- Assistance with certification.
Let us provide you with an all-encompassing Site Conditions Assessment for your next offshore wind farm project - allowing for a cost-optimised design and an uncomplicated and easy certification process!
Contact us: Let us know what we can do for your project
Martin Juul Krogstrup
Senior Specialist
+45 3113 6394
MJK@C2Wind.com
Our expertise in SCA and Hindcast Models
The specialists at C2Wind have extensive expertise in determining the design-driving environmental parameters to be used as input for Integrated Load Calculations. Our certified Site Conditions Assessments have been used as input for the Design Basis for numerous Offshore wind farms across the world.
Leveraging our extensive expertise, we specialize in procuring high-quality local hindcast models, essential for conducting Site Conditions Assessments. The value of the output is determined by the quality of the input. This is why our commitment to quality ensures reliable inputs for accurate analysis of any kind. All metocean hindcast models rely first and foremost on the input wind forcing. At C2Wind we know the strengths and limitations of the available wind-forcing models, which improves the hindcast model calibration and increases the model capabilities. We have significant experience with reanalysis-, mesoscale-, and hindcast models such as:
- CFSR and CFSv2
- ERA5
- MERRA-2
- NORA3 and NORA10
- COSMO-REA6
- MÉRA
- Metocean-On-Demand
We know measurements
We provide comprehensive assessments of measurement data collected from Lidars, met masts, buoys and ADCPs, using proprietary Client measurements or our vast internal database of trusted measurements. Our team of experts specializes in analyzing and interpreting oceanographic and atmospheric data to provide accurate, reliable assessments for various applications such as hindcast model validation, studies on turbulence intensities, or providing installation weather windows. With state-of-the-art methods and rigorous quality control processes, we ensure that our clients receive the highest standard of data analysis to inform their critical decisions.
In conjunction with our services concerning Integrated Load Calculations and Foundation Design, our Site Conditions services deliver a holistic risk overview, alongside opportunities for optimizing support structure costs.
