Wind resource assessment
Wind resource and site suitability analysis for onshore wind projects.
Wind resource assessment
We analyse the wind resource and assess site suitability for onshore wind.
Wind speed, shear and turbulence are characterised.
Scope in detail
Wind analysis
We analyse wind speed, shear and turbulence intensity from the available mast or remote-sensing data, characterising how the resource varies with height, direction and season across the site rather than reducing it to a single mean speed. Shear and turbulence in particular drive turbine loading and suitability decisions, so we treat them as first-class outputs of the analysis, not secondary statistics.
Data sources
Met mast measurements are combined with long-term reanalysis data to extend a typically short on-site measurement period into a statistically representative long-term wind record, using the correlation methodology appropriate to the data available. We assess mast data quality — sensor calibration, siting, data completeness — before relying on it as the basis for the long-term correction.
Suitability
We assess turbine suitability against the site's measured wind class, turbulence intensity and extreme wind conditions, checking the proposed turbine's design class against IEC 61400-1 site classification rather than accepting the developer's turbine selection without independent verification. Where a turbine's design class doesn't comfortably cover the site's actual conditions, we flag it as a material technical risk.
Resource report
Findings are consolidated into a wind resource assessment report documenting the measurement campaign, long-term correction methodology and resulting wind resource characterisation, prepared to the standard a lender's independent engineer expects to see. The report is structured so every figure can be traced back to its source data and the specific method used to derive it.
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