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Garrad Hassan is to provide short-term forecasting services to the Kashmina Wind Farm. The farm is owned by Summit Energy Holdings, part of the Sumitomo Corporation, and will benefit from both the high degree of accuracy associated with Garrad Hassan’s forecasting model, GH Forecaster, and access to recent forecasts via Garrad Hassan’s new online service.

Garrad Hassan’s Japanese client base receives forecasting services with a Mean Absolute Error of 14.5%, based on a forecasting horizon of one day ahead. This level of accuracy matches the highest levels achieved by NEDO, Japan’s New and Industrial Technology Development Organisation, during a recent study to test a broad range of forecasting models.

For a demonstration of Garrad Hassan’s new online forecasting service please open:

www.garradhassan.com/services/ghforecaster/demo.php

About Garrad Hassan (GH):
Garrad Hassan and Partners Limited was established in 1984 to answer a growing need for independent expert advice on wind energy. GH now employs over 270 full time staff working in the wind energy and marine renewables industries around the world and is recognised as the leading independent authority. Services include:

Wind Farm Development and Analysis Services:
- Wind farm site selection and micrositing
- Wind speed and energy output analysis
- Contractor selection and contract specification
- Due diligence
- Electrical system design and analysis
- Monitoring of construction and operation
- Independent SCADA system
- Warranty testing
- WindFarmer software
- Wind turbine design and certification services
- Blade design
- Mechanical components
- Electrical system
- Control system design
- Load calculations
- Wind turbine certification
- Bladed software a design tool for wind turbine performance and loading