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Wind. It means the world to us.

SiteHunt® Advanced analysis that adds certainty to your business case Reduce the time to bring your project to market Getting your wind energy project up and operating as quickly as possible is fundamental to its long-term success. One of the first and most important steps is to identify and secure the most suitable location for your wind power plant as early as possible, thereby providing a solid foundation for your business case. This is where SiteHunt® comes in. SiteHunt® is an advanced analytical tool that examines a broad spectrum of wind and weather data to evaluate potential sites...

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Unleash the global potential of wind power.

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More data, more analysis, less risk Siting is of crucial importance in the total cost of energy over the full operating lifecycle of a wind power plant. Siting has to be taken into account when calculating the overall costs of harvesting the wind, including wear and tear on the turbines, and achieving the highest possible return on your investment in wind power. With SiteHunt®, Vestas can give unique insight into critical meteorological parameters relating to operating costs, ensuring that you benefit from a holistic cost-of-energy approach that increases your business case certainty....

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End-to-end process Unique global database Nobody can offer you greater knowledge of the wind power industry than Vestas. SiteHunt® involves an exhaustive analysis that considers a wide range of factors that might have an effect on the suitability of a site and the performance of your wind power plant. The SiteHunt® database holds a global record of hourly wind conditions in a global resolution grid ranging from 10m x 10m to 27km x 27km, starting from January 2000 and updated every day. Plant Siting and Forecasting You benefit from the industry’s largest community of siting engineers,...

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Your partner in planning Use CFD to model local topographical conditions The CFD software that we use for SiteHunt® was originally developed in the aerospace industry to analyse airflow around aircraft designs. Once a suitable site location has been chosen, our SiteDesign® service allows you to assess and configure the site to maximise the output and value; the process is based on optimising the relationship between long term operational costs as well as the value of estimated energy production. CFD is a branch of fluid mechanics used to identify problems that involve flows in different...

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+35,000 SiteHunt® analyses data relating to operating conditions in all environments utilising long term observations from more than 35,000 meteorological stations across the world.

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©Vestas 2011 This document was created by Vestas Wind Systems A/S and contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information. All rights reserved. No part of the document may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means such as graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping or information storage and retrieval systems, without the prior written permission of Vestas Wind Systems A/S. All specifications are for information only and are subject to change without notice. Vestas does not make any representations or extend any warranties, expressed...

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