Two powerhouses in wind-farm design, modeling, and operational planning, Youwind and Shoreline Wind recently announced a strategic partnership and product integration to deliver a full lifecycle planning solution for all wind energy businesses.
Moving forward, the integration will provide an uninterrupted digital trace running from the initial site screening and design phase, right through to operational “go live” stage and beyond, including the deployment of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
Shoreline Wind and Youwind share a common goal to support and accelerate the development of efficient clean wind energy. Youwind is a market leader in early-phase wind farm (turbines and electric system) layout, design, and yield optimization software.
Developers, consultancies and project planners use Youwind’s platform to support rapid selection of suitable locations as well as building a robust business case for new and repowered wind projects. Shoreline Wind specializes in AI-native simulation and optimization software used to accelerate timelines, reduce cost, manage risk, and maximize performance across wind-farm design, construction, and maintenance.
Wind customers will benefit from a seamless and bilateral product integration between Youwind’s cloud-based platform for onshore, offshore wind and BESS project development and Shoreline Wind’s AI-powered platform.
For example, customers looking to progress forward with project plans created within Youwind, such as wind-farm layouts or hybrid wind + storage configurations, can now digitally migrate these plans to Shoreline’s AI-powered platform, ensuring no loss of important data and improving forecasting reliability.
Youwind’s platform will also benefit from drawing down on enhanced turbine related data modeled by Shoreline, such as (turbine) availability data, as well as expected OPEX of any given turbine layout and hub. This will enhance customers’ early-stage yield assessment’s accuracy, hybrid project evaluation capabilities, and overall business case, while supporting a more connected workflow between project development, construction and operations.
“This partnership represents a powerful step change for the wider industry, supporting the efficient planning and development of new wind farms, as well as maximizing the potential of legacy wind farms by developing optimal repowering strategies,” said Ole-Erik Endrerud, Founder & Chief Product Officer at Shoreline Wind. “Combining Youwind’s front-end design and yield optimization capabilities with Shoreline’s deep execution and operational intelligence, we are delivering a significantly stronger end-to-end value proposition. Together, we enable wind energy developers and operators to maximize business case accuracy and minimize engineering friction.”
“This powerful partnership will help developers create more robust project plans; stress test the viability of new and repowered sites and streamline the transition from planning to construction,” said Anna Rivera Jové, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Youwind. “By creating a digital record and handover process, it will also improve continuity and collaboration across the supply chain.”
The wind industry has historically struggled with fragmented workflows between pre-construction engineering and long-term asset operation.
By aligning the respective products and technologies from Youwind and Shoreline Wind, this gap is closing, helping new and repowered wind projects to be planned more accurately and commissioned on schedule.
To ensure the integration seamlessly supports real-world engineering workflows, the companies have collaborated with several shared marquee customers, bringing together active users from both platforms to refine the integration features based on real-world operational workflows.
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