- Garrad Hassan
Infobox_Company
company_name=Garrad Hassan
company_type=Partnership
foundation=Bristol,United Kingdom (1984 )
key_people=Andrew Garrad, co-founder
num_employees=300
Industry=Renewable energy
Services= Engineering consulting, Owner's Engineer, Software, SCADA
homepage= [http://www.garradhassan.com/ www.garradhassan.com]Garrad Hassan (GH) is the world's leading wind energy consultant. ["Garrad Hassan and Partners Ltd. joins Danish Wind Industry Association", http://www.windpower.org/composite-813.htm] GH also consults in offshore wind, marine renewables, and solar energy. GH was founded in 1984 by Dr. Andrew Garrad and Dr. Unsal Hassan and has since grown to be comprised of about 300 employees with offices in 18 countries.The company has acted as the Owner's Engineer for over 18,000 MW of wind projects and has carried out energy assessments for over 50,000 MW. [Garrad Hassan Corporate Info http://www.garradhassan.com/corporate/profile.php]
GH has developed the industry standard wind turbine design and analysis software
GH Bladed and a leading wind energy analysis program calledWindFarmer . GH also offers the leading third partySCADA systemGH SCADA , which has been used to streamline operations for large wind farms with multiple turbine types (each with its own SCADA system).GH Forecaster is now used for over 3,000 MW of wind plant in at least 9 countries around the world ["Garrad Hassan breaks the 3GW mark with GH Forecaster", http://www.windfair.net/press/4403.html] . GH Forecaster serves 30% of Texas' wind power generation and can be combined with GH SCADA to enhance the forecasting capability and provide ease of operation to the end user. ["Garrad Hassan now forecast for 30% of all Texan wind farms", http://www.windtech-international.com/content/view/1297/2/]As the wind industry matures, GH is leveraging its expertise in wind operations (with 20% of the world's wind farms analyzed) ["Garrad Hassan Launches New Asset Management Group", http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/story?id=50393] to position itself to fill a foreseen growing need for wind plant asset management. Asset Management and Optimization Services (AMOS) have thus been developed as a
value added forwind power managing owners seeking to identify significant sources of lost revenue. ["Operating wind farm monitoring and performance optimization", presentation given at Sandia National Laboratories, September 2007, http://www.sandia.gov/wind/2007ReliabilityWorkshopPDFs/Mon-12-AnneMarieGraves.pdf] In efforts to address other rapidly growing renewable energy fields, GH is modifying its GH Bladed software for the marine renewables industry to create GH Tidal Bladed and is also developing its consulting business for the solar industry.ee also
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External links
[http://www.garradhassan.com Garrad Hassan website]
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