ABPmer investigating metocean conditions for Celtic Sea wind installations

Blue Gem Wind (BGW) has commissioned a metocean study to support the design of the first floating offshore wind projects offshore Wales.

BGW, a joint venture between Simply Blue Energy and TotalEnergies, is the developer behind the Erebus and Valorous projects in the Celtic Sea.

ABPmer, a subsidiary of Associated British Ports Holdings, will deliver the certifiable metocean design bases to support the FEED and detailed design for the projects, including the production of fully-calibrated spectral wave and hydrodynamic hindcasts.

Heidi Roberts, head of Modelling and Physical Processes at ABPmer, said: “We will refine our existing models using ABPmer’s SEASTATES hindcast database, enabling us to fully represent the regional oceanographic conditions and nearshore processes, providing a bespoke 40-year hindcast of both hydrodynamics and waves.

“Detailed metocean analysis will then be completed on the calibrated hindcast and metocean design bases produced.”

The aim is to provide extreme and operational metocean criteria for the array and export cable corridors for both projects, with delivery scheduled later this summer.

Source: Offshore Magazine