Conjointly Developed by Meteodyn and CLS, the SARWind TIMESERIES Service Offers Long-Term, High-Resolution Wind Data Dedicated to Offshore Wind Farm Developers for Wind Resource Assessment Studies

Vattenfall, one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and a company committed to fossil freedom, has independently validated the SARWind TIMESERIES data. This validation follows a five-year period benchmark (2018–2022), during which METEODYN provided Vattenfall with hourly wind speed and direction time series at a height of 100 meters, derived from satellite-based SAR observations, for the entire period. This data was then compared by Vattenfall to mast measurements at one offshore site in the North Sea. The results of this comparison demonstrate strong alignment with reference data

High-resolution data: SARWind TIMESERIES outperforms mesoscale models This benchmark reveals that SARWind TIMESERIES notably outperforms mesoscale models by reducing the estimation error of Annual Energy Production (AEP) by 1.42%. This makes it a more precise and reliable alternative for planning offshore wind projects. In addition to wind speed, SARWind TIMESERIES also captures the wind direction distribution and annual and diurnal wind cycles more accurately, providing developers and operators with comprehensive, high-resolution insights. 

Figure 1 - Wind rose of SARWind TIMESERIES derived from SAR observations 

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