Exprodat have launched a new software product, Windfarm Analyst. It is designed to help windfarm planners streamline the complex process of offshore windfarm design (also called ‘micro‑siting’) to maximise the likely energy output produced by a design while reducing its likely operational costs. Uniquely, Windfarm Analyst enables users to holistically plan windfarm layouts by integrating seabed environment data, wind characteristics and electrical cable routing within the market-leading ArcGIS Pro data integration and analysis software.

Traditional windfarm planning processes are often complex, time‑consuming and data‑intensive – involving separate siloed processes for turbine placement optimisation, wake effect analysis and cable array design. Windfarm Analyst integrates these three analytic processes using smart geospatial algorithms to improve windfarm design. 

Overview

For use in offshore wind development and planning, Windfarm Analyst for ArcGIS Pro enables windfarm developers and operators to holistically plan developments in order to optimize design parameters to maximize energy production and minimize operational costs.

Using Windfarm Analyst, you can dramatically cut complex, time-consuming and data intensive windfarm planning workflows by using smart geospatial algorithms to:

• Rapidly assess the power potential from proposed windfarm locations.
• Plan multiple iterations of wind turbine patterns in order to find the optimal design layout.
• Evaluate wake interference with industry standard wake model calculations and 3D visualisations.
• Generate the most efficient cable array to reduce build and maintenance costs.

Windfarm Analyst is available to trial now on the ArcGIS Marketplace – experience its capabilities risk‑free

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