Services
Wind Resource Assessments
Accurately assessing meteorological factors and a comprehensive analysis of wind resource are essential for minimizing risks and ensuring the viability and efficiency of wind energy projects.
As a member of the MEASNET laboratory network, Barlovento Applus+ ensures the highest quality of measurements and wind resource analysis:
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+ –Wind Resource Measurement Campaigns
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+ –Wind Resource Analysis
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+ –Post-Constructive Analysis
Wind Resource Measurement Campaigns
With our laboratory accredited by ENAC (Accreditation Nº473/LE 1004), we carry out terrestrial and marine measurement campaigns around the world complying with the standards of the wind industry.
We manage measurement campaigns from meteorological towers, as well as through remote sensing equipment, such as SoDAR/LiDAR, to measure and characterize wind conditions in a proposed location for the development of wind projects.
The service includes the entire process, from site selection, permit management, installation, data analysis and disassembly.
Barlovento Applus+ has its own software for the automatic management of measurements, GESMED®, which allows immediate control of the status of the stations and makes the verified data available to the client in a very agile way.
Wind Resource Analysis
Wind resource analysis is a fundamental process for the planning and development of wind energy projects. Our team of experts carries out wind resource and production studies for onshore and offshore wind farms based on our own measurements or on data provided by the client, evaluating the wind conditions in a specific location and its potential to generate energy.
In addition, we carry out preliminary studies of wind resources without measurements, based on meso- and microscale models and we develop customized plans for governments, public administrations, energy entities and local communities.
Likewise, we develop regional maps of wind resources, even without prior measures, as well as maps of environmental and other types of restrictions (noise restrictions, shadow flicker, electrical…), definition of wind farms and solutions for electrical connection.
Post-Constructive Analysis
Analysis of Exploitation results
Assessment a High level data review of all operational information and data: aggregated production, production by turbine, monthly operating reports, availability, performance, power curve measurement test, wind data from permanent and measurement masts, suitability, availability of neighbouring wind farms, etc.
Long-term assessment of operational WFs
Independent energy production assessment including
- Central estimation of energy production: forecast of the long-term energy production of the WF, based on data recorded or any correlation needed, including explanation of all loss factors considered.
- Uncertainties and deviations: Uncertainty in the net annual energy production will be predicted and probability exceedance levels of 99%, 95%, 90%,75%, 65%, 55% and 50% will be provided for each wind farm for 15-year, 10-year and 1-year scenarios will be analysed.
Analysis of causes of deviation from pre-constructive energy yield assessment
Detailed analysis of potential causes of underproduction; including WT alarms (by type), power curve incompliance, extreme wind or environmental conditions, power curtailment, wake model deviations and analysis of the uncertainty associated with each of the causes of underproduction.
Wind site conditions for life-extension
Analysis of the different environmental parameters of the site according to IEC 61400-1 and MEASNET (Evaluation of site-specific wind conditions V3), including Weibull distribution at wind turbine positions, turbulence analysis, effective turbulence (ambient IT + wake), vertical profile, extreme speeds, atmospheric density, topography, indicators of complex terrain and wind flow inclination (Upflow).