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Offshore renewables
The Met Office has decades of experience working with energy companies in the UK and across the globe in both offshore and onshore renewable energy projects.
As the industry grows, we can work in partnership to provide tailored solutions to the challenges ahead and help reduce risks with our expert advice during planning, construction and operations.
We can help you throughout the lifecycle of your renewables projects, to help optimise return on investment.
For the early stages of site selection, we can help recognise weather trends by:
- analysing historic/hindcast data on site-specific locations to determine their suitability.
- deploying buoys to capture real-time wind and wave measurements offshore.
- estimating of wind resource to help determine economic viability.
- providing metocean information to enhance engineering design.
Supporting your operations
| Project planning | Construction | Exploration and production | Decomissioning | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility design, operational and maintenance schedule planning | Detailed site investigation, surveys | Subsea e.g foundations, trenching, diving, pipe laying | Floaters e.g heavy lifts, crane barges | Material and personnel transfer e.g helicopter or vessel | Subsea e.g diving, ROV | Fixed platforms e.g. routine maintenance, over-the-side work | Floaters semi-submersibles, FPSOs support vessels | Drilling operations | Heavy lifts, diving, rig tow | |
| Five day ahead site specific forecast (tab and graph) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Forecaster deployment | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| 14 day ahead probability forecast | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| Spectral wave data | Y | Y | Y | |||||||
| Current/tidal forecasts | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| Tow/move forecasts | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Warning services | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Consulting | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Safesee™ | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Buoy | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| Real-time forecasts | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Forecaster briefings | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
1 Vessel only
Further information on our marine solutions for the offshore renewables industry.
Alternatively, for more information on our how our marine forecasts can help your operations, call 0870 900 0100 or +44 01224 629805 for international enquiries.
You can also email us on marine@metoffice.gov.uk.
