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Software for the Optimal Place Calculation for WIND-farms
Project Information
Project Acronym
SOPCAWIND
Project Number
296164
Project Status
Execution
Project Budget
2,468,785 Euros
EC Contribution
1,950,000 Euros
Funded By
EU 7th Framework Programme, Theme ICT
Start Date:
End Date:
Duration: 24 months
Partners
6 (1 research institute, 1 university, 4 companies)
The Sopcawind project aims at developing a new service achieved through the development of a software tool for optimal wind farm design based on a large and heterogeneous set of digitalised data containing information from different fields (wind climate, geography, environment, archaeology and land ownership), that will be treated, validated, standardised and converted to this end.
The installation of wind farms has grown sharply in recent years, and is expected to continue this increasing trend due to the Governments' concern with the global climate change and environmental awareness.
Sopcawind optimizes the location of windfarms by considering several criteria such as wind power, local environment characteristics, potential interference on communication systems, visual impact or the existence of archaeological sites.
Two main services will be developed during the project::
The Sopcawind Data Pool for consulting processed data stored in the system and
The Sopcawind Tool for windfarm optimization. .
Contact Details
Coordinator
Mr. Valentín Sánchez T
Project Office
Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation
Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia Ibaizabal Bidea – Edificio 202 Zamudio, Spain
Project Website
Project Partners
Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation (coordinator), SPUniversidad del País Vasco EHU UPV, SPEUROHELP Consulting SL, SPGEOX Terinformatikai KFT, HUANEMOS Gesellschaft für Umweltmeteorologie mbH, GE3E N.V., BE
STREP project supported by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme