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By: Matthew White 20/07/2018 Kinewell Energy

Cables General Windfarms

The KLOC software was initially launched as a consultancy tool for Kinewell Energy in 2015 after two years of R&D. Using KLOC, Kinewell Energy has since delivered numerous projects adding value to clients.

In a case study of the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, the software was able to realise savings of £2.2m, or 3% of the installed cable cost.

Kinewell Energy Managing Director, Andrew Jenkins, said “We have developed our world leading inter-array cable layout optimisation solution into a licensed product following requests from clients. This enables clients to harness the power of the KLOC software in-house.

"We are thankful to the recently launched £30m National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) hosted at Newcastle University for their support during this development.”

The KLOC software designs an inter-array cable layout design for an offshore wind farm based on the locational and cost data it is presented with. The software prioritises the optimisation of capital cost against operational costs such as electrical distribution losses and unavailability losses due to cable faults. In addition the KLOC optimisation engine has a multi-run functionality.

Kinewell say that a multi-run can determine cost sensitives using automated incremental changes to input data on each run.

Similarly, any input data can be varied and thus Kinewell state KLOC can determine the cost sensitivities of using different turbine types, different sets of cable types, operating voltage, the cost of capital, and different installation methodologies in each area of the development site, amongst others.

Andrew added “Prior to the availability of the KLOC software, such optimised inter-array cost sensitivity analysis was not possible due to the prohibitive time and cost of undertaking such a calculation.”

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