Metocean & Environmental Studies

An accurate understanding early on of metocean and other environmental conditions (wind, waves, sea levels, currents, etc.) is of great importance to achieve a technically feasible and cost-effective coastal and/or offshore project design.

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130 Offshore Wind
Projects

16 Countries

38.4GW Total Capacity

With that in mind, LOC Renewables has grown an in-house team of metocean and coastal engineering specialists to support clients in assessing the environmental conditions of locations across the globe, using a combined approach of fit-for-purpose tools and long-term project expertise in the renewables sector.

Qualified metocean hindcast databases and satellite observations are used to directly assess metocean climate or to force detailed numerical local models.

Advanced statistical analyses are performed to define typical (i.e. annual/seasonal regime, weather downtime, stand-by windows, etc.) and extreme (i.e. extreme storm characteristics, maximum wind and waves, tropical cyclones, tsunami, etc.) conditions affecting the project site.

High quality data and specifically tailored analysis are managed to satisfy and support our Clients on a joint approach all along the entire project life cycle.

Services offered include:

Desktop and feasibility metocean studies
Numerical wave and hydrodynamic modelling
Assessment of metocean design criteria
FEED and detailed design metocean reports
Metocean statistics (i.e. weather downtime analyses and persistence analyses) to assess risk to marine operations
Route criteria for sea transport and tow
Spot location report
Independent third party metocean review
Assessment of tropical cyclone design conditions
Seabed evolution and mobility studies