How long will it take to complete the proposed foundation installation campaign? Which months are the best for blade repair? How much weather downtime did your contractor calculate into the lump-sum price? Use ESOX to run weather downtime simulations across global offshore sites – easy and free.
Free, easy-to-use tool combined with at global re-analysis database.
Excel based - intuitive to use if you are familiar with Excel.
The Excel file can be copied, saved and e-mailed.
The downloaded tool works offline.
We have developed the weather downtime simulatation tool ESOX after a decade of experience working with planning, simulation and execution of offshore wind projects. The tool is mainly used for the analysis of transport, pre-assembly, load-out, transit, installation, commissioning and operation activities.
Identify the most cost-effective installation setup by exploring what activities are causing the most downtime and by analyzing how changes in operational constraints impact downtime.
Identify critical weather variables for each installation scenario by using the breakdown of how individual weather variables contribute to the total downtime.
Generate monthly weather calendars for Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
Quantify seasonal variations in weather downtime to identify the preferred installation periods.
Estimate completion dates for each position for any confidence (percentile) value. Example displays forecasted completion dates for a construction campaign with 70 positions, starting January 1st.
No black-box modelling: see how the simulation works and double check your campaign assumptions.
The capabilities of ESOX cover the needs of most offshore wind project projects. However, for more challenging, niche simulation cases, LAUTEC’s specialists analyze high-complexity scenarios using the advanced ESOX Python tool on a consulting basis.
