Offshore wind consultancy OWC has been awarded a contract by Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) to analyse and assess wind conditions for two future German offshore wind tendering sites.
OWC has assembled a team of internal experts and external cooperation partners, including Fraunhofer IWES and ProPlanEn, to assess the historic wind potential across the German Exclusive Economic Zone in the North Sea.
The study’s outcome will be published by BSH and can then be used by project developers, energy suppliers and banks in conjunction with the project financing of the offshore wind farms.
“The team we bring to this project includes experts with over 20 years of experience in modelling wind resource for offshore wind farms, and in the implementation of measurements with LiDAR technology and the evaluation of corresponding data,” said Okan Sargin, global head of wind and site at OWC, who will head up the work.
The German Renewable Energy Sources Act for offshore wind energy has set an adjusted target of 20GW by 2030.
The goal is to be achieved through tenders in accordance with the Offshore Wind Energy Act (Windenergie-auf-See-Gesetz)
The BSH plays a central role in the tendering process as it draws up site development plans for the sites to be auctioned.
Preliminary investigations are carried out for suitable sites and their results published as part of the tenders.
As part of the bid calculation, the bidder needs as detailed information as possible about the wind conditions in the target site to design a wind farm and create a yield forecast on this basis.
To support BSH, OWC will create the wind condition reports for target sites N-6.6 and N-7.2.
“We are delighted that we have been requested to deliver this important work for BSH and help support the German federal government’s goal of achieving 20GW of offshore wind by 2030.
“We will base our wind potential analyses on measurements completed on and near-site, corrected for wake impacts and supplemented by mesoscale modelling,” added Sargin.