Garrad Hassan cuts wind farm design time and improves mapping capability with the latest release of its wind farm design software, GH WindFarmer 4.1.
The new release provides a performance boost and introduces new features that build on the technology of its predecessor. The power of parallel processing has been used to cut calculation times, bringing significant time savings to the designers of today's large wind farms.
Garrad Hassan, a GL company, is the world's largest independent technical and engineering consultancy for renewable energy, serving the onshore and offshore wind, wave, tidal and solar sectors. The company offers a full service to stakeholders at all stages of the renewable energy project lifecycle which includes engineering, consultancy services, industry standard technology products and professional training courses.
The previous version of GH WindFarmer saw the introduction of support for geo-referenced map data; this new release supports the reading of an increased number of file formats and is compatible with most of the world's standard map formats.
Support for international standards has been maintained with the latest IEC calculation for estimates of design equivalent turbulence – an important tool when selecting turbines for a site.
GH WindFarmer is developed by the world's largest renewable energy consultancy, Garrad Hassan, and professionals around the world rely on it to design both onshore and offshore wind farms of all sizes. This powerful software tool integrates all aspects of wind farm energy and environmental assessments with wind farm layout design and data handling.
It is acknowledged for its user-friendly interface and the speed and accuracy of provision of calculations; it is also unrivalled in the transparency of its data models, providing confidence to users who need to understand the decision-making that sits behind the solutions it provides.
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