Providing metocean data for the Princess Elisabeth Zone

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The Belgian federal government is aiming to increase the total capacity of operational offshore wind energy from 2.2 GW currently to 5.4-5.8 GW by 2030 at the latest, through the development of new offshore wind farms within the three parcels of the Princess Elisabeth Zone (PEZ).

To be able to realize the largest possible share of additional offshore renewable electricity production at the lowest possible social cost the Belgian government requested the team of Deltares, HKV and Haedes to perform a detailed metocean study for each of the three parcels within PEZ and to also develop an online data-portal through which the high-resolution metocean data, derived within the metocean study, could be made freely available to the public.

By providing high-quality metocean data within a morphologically active area with large sand banks beforehand to the market, the costs for the development of the additional capacity and the amount of materials needed can be substantially reduced making sure that the OWFs within the three lots are not designed using overconservative environmental conditions. From this online dataset future tenderers can extract the data (timeseries and statistics) at the exact location they require and use it as input for design. Furthermore, as the PEZ metocean dataset reaches further than the limits of the development area itself, the metocean data could also be used for a multitude of other purposes by the general public.

Metocean gegevens voor de Prinses Elisabeth Zone

De Belgische federale overheid streeft ernaar om de totale capaciteit van operationele offshore windenergie te verhogen van de huidige 2,2 GW naar 5,4-5,8 GW uiterlijk in 2030, door de ontwikkeling van nieuwe offshore windparken binnen de drie kavels van de Prinses Elisabeth Zone (PEZ).

Om een zo groot mogelijk aandeel van extra offshore hernieuwbare elektriciteitsproductie te kunnen realiseren tegen de laagst mogelijke maatschappelijke prijs heeft de Belgische overheid het team van Deltares, HKV en Haedes gevraagd om een gedetailleerde metocean-studie uit te voeren voor elk van de drie percelen binnen de PEZ en hierbij ook een online dataportaal te ontwikkelen waarmee de metocean-gegevens met hoge resolutie, afgeleid binnen de metocean-studie, gratis beschikbaar kunnen worden gesteld aan het publiek.

Door metocean-gegevens van hoge kwaliteit binnen een morfologisch actief gebied met grote zandbanken vooraf aan de markt te verstrekken, kunnen de kosten voor de ontwikkeling van de extra capaciteit en de hoeveelheid benodigde materialen aanzienlijk worden verlaagd, waardoor ervoor wordt gezorgd dat de OWF's binnen de drie percelen niet worden ontworpen met behulp van overconservatieve omgevingscondities.

Uit deze online dataset kunnen toekomstige inschrijvers de data (tijdreeksen en statistieken) verkrijgen op de exacte locatie die ze nodig hebben en deze gebruiken als input voor het ontwerp. Maar aangezien de PEZ metocean-dataset verder reikt dan de grenzen van het ontwikkelingsgebied zelf, kunnen de metocean-data ook voor een set aan andere doeleinden door het brede publiek worden gebruikt.

Fourniture de données météo-océaniques pour la Zone Princesse Elisabeth

Le gouvernement fédéral belge vise à augmenter la capacité totale de l'énergie éolienne offshore opérationnelle de 2,2 GW actuellement, à 5,4-5,8 GW d'ici 2030 au plus tard, grâce au développement de nouveaux parcs éoliens offshore dans les trois parcelles de la Zone Princesse Elisabeth (PEZ).

Afin de pouvoir réaliser la plus grande part possible de la production supplémentaire d'électricité renouvelable en mer au coût social le plus bas possible, le gouvernement belge a demandé à l'équipe de Deltares, HKV et Haedes de réaliser une étude métocéanique détaillée pour chacune des trois parcelles de la ZPE et de développer un portail de données en ligne grâce auquel les données métocéaniques à haute résolution, dérivées de l'étude métocéanique, pourraient être mises gratuitement à la disposition du public.

En fournissant au préalable au marché des données métocéaniques de haute qualité dans une zone morphologiquement active avec d'importants bancs de sable, les coûts de développement de la capacité supplémentaire et la quantité de matériaux nécessaires peuvent être considérablement réduits, ce qui garantit que les OWF dans les trois lots ne sont pas conçus en utilisant des conditions environnementales trop conservatrices.

À partir de cet ensemble de données en ligne, les futurs soumissionnaires peuvent extraire les données (séries chronologiques et statistiques) à l'endroit exact dont ils ont besoin et les utiliser comme données d'entrée pour la conception. En outre, comme le jeu de données métocéaniques de la PEZ dépasse les limites de la zone de développement proprement dite, les données métocéaniques pourraient également être utilisées à une multitude d'autres fins par le grand public.

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