wind and solar resource assessment
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Wind and Solar Assessment cababilities including MET Tower installation and full monitoring campaign.TRANSCRIPT
RENEWABLE POWER
42CAPA031/10/2010
RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
Resource assessment is critical for the development of a successful wind or solar power project. The detailed evaluation of the wind regime and solar irradiation at a power project site enables accurate energy yield and financial projections.
Hatch’s expertise was recently strengthened through the acquisition of GPCo, a leading international consulting firm that provides wind engineering services, installation and operation of meteorological monitoring stations, wind resource assessments and project development support, and solar and technology consulting.
Hatch provides a full range of resource assessments for renewable energy projects including:
• Site prospecting and identification
• Meteorological mast installation and operation
• SODAR and LYDAR installation and operation
• Full wind and solar resource assessments
• Rigorous quality control of wind and solar data
• Detailed uncertainty analyses to deduce (P50 and P99 Energy)
• Photovoltaic (PV) system modeling
• Wind farm and PV layouts and optimization
• Analysis of visual and noise impacts
• Evaluation of electricity generation
• Financial analyses (with RETScreen or Hatch’s advanced tools)
• Project development support including land permitting, community relations
• Due diligence review.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• More than 250 measurement campaigns completed using 50-m, 60-m, 80-m and 100-m towers, both tubular and lattice, tilt-up or assembled by crane
• Conducted more than 10,000 MW of wind project feasibility studies including energy projection, micrositing, and visual and sound impact assessments. Supported the development of more than 1300 MW now under contracts (PPAs) with Hydro-Québec, Ontario Power Authority, Nova Scotia Power, New Brunswick Power, Maritime Electric and ISO New England
• International project management and energy assessments in Senegal, Mexico, Ghana, Vietnam, South Africa, Gabon and the Bahamas
• Authored key modules of RETScreen International and provided training throughout Canada, in Korea, the Netherlands, Ghana, Lebanon and Serbia
Hatch provides a full range of services for renewable energy project resource assessments
CONTACTS
Ray KavanaghGlobal Director, Wind Power Tel: +1 403 920 [email protected]
Rod LydanGlobal Director, Solar PowerTel: + 1 905 469 3400 x [email protected]
Michel CarreauDirector, Renewable PowerTel: +1 514 864 5500 x [email protected]
Louis AugerGeneral Manager, Wind Resources AssessmentTel: +1 514 864 5500 x [email protected]
Tim DwyerManager, Wind ResourcesTel: +1 801 649 [email protected]
Ron HigsonDirector, Renewable PowerTel: +61 7 3166 [email protected]
RENEWABLE POWER
RESOURCES
• Tools developed in-house for rigorous wind data quality control.
Detailed tests
measure inconsistencies such as tower shading and icing
• Towers, instruments and other equipment including all NRG
systems, Campbell
Scientific, RM Young, Met One, AAT, Risoe, Second Wind, Vaisala and
Rotronic
• SODAR analyses with Atmospheric Research & Technology, Triton
and AST
SODAR
• Autonomous power supply (wind/batteries) for heated instruments
designed
and built in-house
• Simulation software including WAsP, WAsP Engineering, MS-Micro
and
Anemoscope, PVSYST, HOMER, Hatch advanced Tools
• Micro-siting software including WindFarm, WindPro and WindFarmer
• GIS software
ArcGIS, Autocad, Micro-Station
In-house software (WindPlanner)
WAsP map editor
Global Mapper
PRIVATE SECTOR CLIENTS:
• Independent power
producers/wind developers
• Engineering and construction
companies
• Financial institutions/energy
funds
• Turbine manufacturers
• Private land owners
• Industrial facilities
PUBLIC SECTOR CLIENTS:
• First Nations communities
• Various federal and
provincial
ministries and departments
• United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)
• World Bank
• Municipalities
RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS CONTINUED
Sodar measurement campaigns
Wind flow modeling and GIS mapping