10 Years: 10 Lessons report from pioneers in wind GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest renewable energy advisory organization and part of the recently merged DNV GL Group today published a landmark document providing exclusive insight into the last ten years of offshore wind. ‘10 Years: 10 Lessons’ is a series of ten thought-provoking essays…
GL Garrad Hassan commissioned for “FINO Wind” research project
DWD (the German Weather Service) has commissioned GL Garrad Hassan for an extensive sub-project within the scope of the “FINO Wind” research project. This involves taking an inventory of the metadata, utilization and collection of LiDAR wind measurement data for the correction of mast effects, as well as the uncertainty estimation and assessment of the…
GL Garrad Hassan continues to help unlock new capital for offshore wind
With the support of technical due diligence advice from GL Garrad Hassan, Sumitomo Corporation and its subsidiary Sumitomo Corporation Europe last week agreed to invest significant amount of equity in two Belgian offshore projects. The Belwind 1 operational wind farm and Northwind project together account for 127 wind turbines and 381 MW of generating capacity…
GL Group strengthens offshore wind leadership team
The GL Group has recently strengthened its offshore team with two appointments: David Robertson who takes on the role of Head of Practice for the UK Marine and Offshore Project Management Services and Elaine Greig who is the new UK Head of Offshore at GL Garrad Hassan. David Robertson’s career in renewables began after 13…
GL Garrad Hassan publishes landmark offshore wind operations and maintenance guide
GL Garrad Hassan has produced a new paper detailing the offshore wind operations and maintenance sector. “A Guide to Offshore Wind Operations and Maintenance,” which was jointly funded by The Crown Estate and Scottish Enterprise, gives a clear account of the relevant concepts, trends and players in this rapidly developing sector. “Offshore wind O&M is…
GL Garrad Hassan Project FORCE to accelerate cost reductions for offshore wind
GL Garrad Hassan has launched an ambitious project to bring fresh thinking to the design of offshore wind turbines. Project FORCE (turbine optimization FOr Reduced Cost of Energy) will build on GL Garrad Hassan’s expertise in turbine design, control system engineering, and structural modeling. The project will systematically consider new technologies that can be applied…
GL Garrad Hassan recognizes outstanding wind power PhD thesis
The GL Garrad Hassan PhD Award has been presented to Iñigo Martínez de Alegría of the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, for his thesis “Study on Full Direct Current Offshore Wind Farm.” Dr Andrew Garrad, Non-Executive Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, awarded the prize to Mr Martinez in recognition of his outstanding…
New GL Garrad Hassan analysis questions wave and tidal risk profile
GL Garrad Hassan has carried out new analysis questioning the perception that the risk profile of wave and tidal projects is primarily driven by technical challenges. The work was launched today as part of RenewableUK’s Annual marine energy report: “Conquering challenges, Generating Growth,” at the industry association’s 10th Wave and Tidal conference. Adopting a ‘bird’s…
GL Garrad Hassan’s Bladed celebrates its 20th birthday
At the EWEA Conference in Vienna, GL Garrad Hassan marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of Bladed, the wind turbine design software used by manufacturers and certification agencies around the world. Over the last two decades, as commercial wind turbines have grown in scale, from 500kW to over 7MW, GL Garrad Hassan wind energy…