Wind Engineering
Offshore wind energy is experiencing rapid growth and is projected to play a significant role in the global energy mix by 2050. The offshore wind’s contribution to the wider energy mix is expected to increase substantially, reaching about 40% of total wind production. This growth is characterized by a significant scaling of global installed offshore wind capacity, from 29 GW in 2019 to a projected 1,748 GW in 2050. Such expansion aligns with recent industry reports, which forecast global offshore wind energy capacity to reach between 422 GW and 492 GW by 2035.
The rapid growth of offshore wind is further emphasized by projections indicating that it will account for more than 60% of energy generated by 2050, rivaling the energy production of offshore oil and gas. This substantial increase in offshore wind capacity underscores its growing importance in the global transition towards renewable energy sources and highlights the sector’s potential to become a major contributor to the world’s energy supply.
Offshore wind farms are primarily categorized into two types: bottom-fixed for shallow water and floating for deep water. The economic viability of bottom-fixed turbines typically extends to water depths of approximately 70 meters, beyond which floating turbines become more suitable. This distinction aligns with industry standards, where fixed-bottom turbines are commonly used in depths up to about 60 meters while floating wind technology is crucial for harnessing wind resources in deeper waters.
Dynaflow offers its services for both types of offshore wind farms and has developed a particular specialization in floating wind turbines through its partnership with Seawind Ocean Technology. The company provides comprehensive services including detailed assessment and integration review of wind turbines with their foundations and subsea elements. Dynaflow delivers necessary design and engineering services, including pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) and FEED, for both bottom-fixed and floating wind turbines and their support structures. This expertise is crucial in the offshore wind industry, where the choice between fixed-bottom and floating wind farms depends on factors such as water depth, seabed conditions, and economic considerations.
Dynaflow’s services extend beyond technical design to encompass the entire lifecycle of offshore wind projects, from feasibility studies to operation. Dynaflow profiles the value increase of projects through each phase, including Feasibility, Permitting, Final Investment Decision (FID), and Operation. This approach aligns with industry best practices in project development and planning, which typically involve site selection, feasibility studies, and navigating complex permitting and compliance activities.
Dynaflow models the economic viability of commercial wind plants, coupled with necessary sensitivity analyses. This process involves the systematic identification, measurement, and valuation of inputs and outcomes of alternative scenarios, followed by comparative analysis. Such comprehensive economic assessment is crucial in the offshore wind sector, where projects require significant investments and must demonstrate long-term viability.
By providing these services, Dynaflow contributes to the industry’s growth and helps ensure that offshore wind projects are developed efficiently, operate reliably, and contribute significantly to the renewable energy mix.
Wind Engineering Services
Key Wind Engineering Expertises
The right decisions start with the right data. The PMIP platform is the cutting-edge PaaS service we provide for the wind industry. The decision-making on every activity must be based on solid and reliable information and data. Every aspect of the operation in wind, especially offshore is complex, and that entails risk for all the different parties.
To control and mitigate that risk, we streamline every activity and every type of operation in offshore wind. By streamlining, we standardize. By standardizing we significantly de-risk the overall operation and activity. The PMIP platform is the streamlining and control tool made by Seawind Ocean Technology and Dynaflow Research Group, powered by Microsoft.
Our study provides a detailed analysis that considers all of the critical aspects of a proposed commercial offshore wind plant to determine its technical and financial feasibility. Feasibility may be defined primarily by return on investment, meaning that the project will generate enough profit to justify the investment.
Our dedicated experienced teams define all requirements for the front-end engineering design (FEED) and critically assess all wind supplier options for the selection of the right technology for the wind turbine units.
We gather historical wind speed and metocean data on site conditions and surroundings to evaluate whether the site poses a feasible potential location and environment for an offshore commercial wind plant and/or whether further investigation is needed.Â
We assess in detail the different layout options for commercial offshore wind plants. We compare the different layouts and we minimize expansion expenses by creating space for the sea and air fauna and wind flow within the given limits of the offshore wind plant.
The optimal layout process includes allocating space and arranging the offshore structures and other physical assets in such a way that the capital and operating costs are minimized and process efficiencies are maximized.
Using our in-house developed software tool BOSwind we can optimize the site layout based on both technical and economical parameters. This results in the most optimal site layout for a given set of parameters.
We investigate, assess in detail, and execute all processes required for the permitting of offshore wind projects that vary across applications and geographic areas.
While we progress with the permitting of each project, we provide a well-delivered stakeholder management plan with local content that offers significant opportunities for engagement and enhancement of the social and economic feasibility of the commercial offshore wind plant. Local content refers to the value brought through project employment, development of the local workforce, and procurement of local goods and services.Â
The scoping we undertake entails the process of determining the content and extent of the matters that should be covered in the environmental impact assessment to be submitted to the competent permitting authorities of each country where the offshore commercial wind plants are planned. Impact assessments that are carried out on offshore commercial wind projects are expected to have significant economic, social, or environmental impacts.
We assess in detail the different layout options for commercial offshore wind plants. We compare the different layouts and we minimize expansion expenses by creating space for the sea and air fauna and wind flow within the given limits of the offshore wind plant.
The optimal layout process includes allocating space and arranging the offshore structures and other physical assets in such a way that the capital and operating costs are minimized and process efficiencies are maximized.
Using our in-house developed software tool BOSwind we can optimize the site layout based on both technical and economical parameters. This results in the most optimal site layout for a given set of parameters.
