Sennen has updated its real time weather and weather forecasts module that will enable it to display even more accurate weather predictions, such as the chance of lightning and fog, for the 630MW London Array.
With the next generation of wind farms being built further and further offshore, route planning and forecasts for critical O&M weather windows are crucial, requiring extremely accurate predictions of the weather windows available for each operation.
The update has been driven by Sennen’s integration with software firm DHI and StormGeo, the renewable energy industry’s respected leader in weather intelligence and advanced data science.
Sennen has now integrated StormGeo’s wind models, lightning risk data and forecaster adjusted data four times a day for London Array’s primary forecast sites.
DHI use the same data, running through their models to produce detailed per location forecasts.
This leads to the delivery of high-quality data via a consistent and robust API service that is fully integrated with Sennen, the company said.
All available signals in the API have been integrated into the Sennen platform (e.g., wave height/direction, water depth, current speed/direction, fog risk).
Sennen chief technology officer and co-founder Paul Grimshaw said: “Navigating offshore wind operations and maintenance make great demands on weather, waves and currents – and therefore on the weather forecasts.
“Offshore wind farm accessibility and costs of offshore activities are heavily driven by the expected number of operational hours offshore and waiting times for weather windows, suitable for offshore operations.
“Our partnership with DHI and integration with StormGeo will provide more reliable weather window estimates.
“Having more reliable weather forecasts will result in better wind farm accessibility predictions for our clients.
“O&M becomes more efficient and more cost-effective through reduced project interruptions and downtime, and advanced reporting and analysis.”