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Course length: Half day (two modules) or full day (four modules).

Location: Courses can be held in the excellent Met Office College facilities at our Exeter headquarters or at a location of your choice.

Aim: To help professionals in the renewable energy industry better understand and interpret meteorological information, so they can optimise operations and site safety.

Modules available:

• Core module - weather regimes and fronts
• Weather hazards
• General wind effects
• Localised wind effects
• Sea state
• Met Office forecasts

Those that use the following Met Office services can have modules added to understand more about them and how to get more from them.

• VisualEyes^TM: a web-based weather alert system to help monitor wind farm assets in the UK and Europe.
• Virtual Met Mast^TM:a site-specific, hub-height wind prediction tool specifically designed for wind farm developers and consultants.
• Wind Production Forecast: a site-specific weather forecast to help customers accurately forecast future power outputs from wind farm assets.