Siemens Wind Power has hired Houlder Advanced Analysis Group to provide software to model project logistics for turbine installation at the 660MW Walney 3 offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
The software virtually models the entire process from components leaving the factory to final installation and commissioning of the turbines offshore, Houlder said.
Siemens are provided with a 3D-visualisation of the entire process, the company added.
Siemens Wind Power project manager for Walney 3 Robin Odlum said: “Unpredicted delay, for any reason, is incredibly costly. We therefore can’t rely on estimations, however carefully made, to achieve our aggressive schedules and budgets.
“We need a high degree of confidence in our logistics planning, which is why we turned to statistical modelling.”
Siemens will deliver 47 7MW machines for the second phase of the Walney 3 project, with MHI Vestas supplying 40 V164 8MW turbines with a power mode to push capacity to 8.25MW for the first phase.
Image: Siemens
Siemens takes 3D view at Walney 3
Houlder software employed to model turbine installation at 660MW project
By EBS