PROJECT PLANNING WEATHER MONITORING Accurate weather monitoring is crucial for planning within the renewable sector.
Precise wind measurements ensure the correct location is selected and with increased knowledge of the site’s wind resource and variation, the financial risk of a new site is reduced and the energy output potential maximised. Furthermore, once up-and-running, offshore sites’ daily operations rely on accurate understanding of the weather patterns to support safety planning, maintenance and cost-efficiency.
SAVING COSTS AS WELL AS LIVES For example, the valuable information that the Met Office provides to organisations not only helps with long-term cost saving, but the up to the minute, detailed reporting of potential weather events may save lives when it becomes apparent that a weather event can pose an immediate risk.
CHALLENGE
Currently, the political and financial incentives to get Round 3 projects off the ground present one of the biggest challenges faced by the renewable sector – yet the UK’s progress in developing Round 3 sites is admirable and makes the UK a European leader in renewable energy.
EXISTING DATA
Planners can help prepare for the conditions offshore by using existing data and insights available from the UK oil and gas industry. The Met Office has strong partnerships with industry and the benefit of local knowledge, which ensures potential forecasting solutions and insights are relevant to customer needs.
WORLD-CLASS SCIENCE AND SUPERCOMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Excellence in this area must be underpinned by world-class science and supercomputer technology. The Met Office’s Hadley Centre that has been recognised as the number-one geosciences research centre in the world.
The World Meteorological Organisation who compare statistics from national weather services globally confirm that the Met Office is consistently one of the top two operational weather services in the world.
INDUSTRY SUPPORT
This expertise will help support the UK’s renewable sector plan to expand in scale and efficiency over the coming decades.
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