Renewable energies

The world of renewable energies is gravitating from a subsidised environment to a grid parity scenario, where the different technologies compete with each other and strive to ramp efficiencies up and installation and operation costs down.

In all stages of a plant lifespan, no matter the technology,simulation and mathematical modelling have a role to play. During concept assessment stage, FEA and CFD analyses can direct the development efforts to the most promising technology avoiding the need of expensive concept prototypes and tests. During development stage, iterative design costs and times can be dramatically reduced thanks to the power and versatility of simulation tools.

Finally in the asset management and operation stages, failure spots and failure modes can be investigated using simulation, guaranteeing the optimal solution to be applied reducing maintenance costs and keeping generation down time to the minimum.

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