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• Analysis shows that reliance on European wind speed modelling approaches in Asia-Pacific’s complex conditions can lead to both over- and underestimation of annual energy production (AEP) for sites in development
• Developers in APAC need to invest earlier in high-resolution Time Series data to understand the local wind resource – and the future financial performance of their sites
• Youwind collaborates with Vortex to provide accurate early-stage wind modelling capabilities for APAC projects

As the offshore wind industry continues to evolve, floating offshore wind farms are gaining traction, particularly in areas where seabed depth makes traditional fixed-bottom turbines impractical. Floating turbines, tethered to the seafloor using anchors, offer a solution for harnessing wind energy in deeper waters, where wind speeds are often stronger and more consistent. However, the complexities of floating wind farms present unique challenges that require advanced geospatial intelligence to ensure successful site selection, construction, and operation. 

 

“While at Youwind I get to work with many of the technical aspects of wind park planning and design, the field that still feels closest to me is that of wake modelling and wind farm control”.

“Wind farm control has been the central topic of the first 10 years of my career, in my R&D positions at TU Delft, NREL, and Siemens Gamesa where I had the chance to work on wake steering control, pioneering the first high-fidelity simulations on NREL’s supercomputers, the first engineering model dedicated to the method (FLORIS), and developing the industrial park-level control algorithms (SGRE’s WakeAdapt). This brought the wake control techniques from desktop and wind tunnel tests to the first industrial applications. During the same period, the interest in the field grew and many researchers from academia, national labs, and industry contributed to enhancing the modelling and algorithms”. Pieter Gebraad

 

The Youwind Model is a powerful web-based application designed to optimise offshore wind projects by providing key financial and engineering insights. With its extensive library of customisable components and flexible data inputs, the model enables users to estimate critical indicators such as CAPEX, OPEX, and Levelised Cost of Energy (LCoE). By combining geospatial data with the Youwind Model, offshore wind developers can significantly improve project feasibility, reduce risks, and optimise performance throughout the project lifecycle. 

 

We have recently launched one of our biggest updates so far and we’re excited to show you our new module Pixel+, the solution for early-stage offshore wind projects. Building on the success of our previous modules, Pixel and Pixel Park, we have designed Pixel+ to offer a more intuitive, organised, and customisable experience. 
Pixel+ takes the best of our previous modules Pixel and Pixel Park, merging them together so that it is more intuitive, organised, and customisable than our original packages. You will be able to seamlessly move between your area screening process, to your layout design phase, to calculate the electrical cable efficiencies all in one place. 

 

Why do we measure? 

To get a representative and accurate characterisation of an offshore site conditions, developers carry out on site measurement campaigns.  

Investors, financial institutions, and authorities, in consonance with industry standards, assess projects’ feasibility and outcomes based on the so-considered bankable data.  

Bankable means reliable, trustable, transparent, reproducible, and aligned with the best practices and quality requirements set by the industry.