Metocean conditions for the design of a floating power plant
- Apr 11, 2024
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Updated: May 29, 2024
Nouméa - New Caledonia
Client : Nouvelle Calédonie Energie
Date of completion : 2021
Modelling inside the lagoon 
Study area in the Nouméa Bay
In the purpose of the design of the new floating power plant of Noumea deemed to be installed in the Bay, Globocean has performed a metocean desktop study in order to assess the non-cyclonic and cyclonic extreme winds , waves, currents and sea levels expected in the study area.
The following steps were followed for the realization of this study :
Implementation of a high resolution wind model inside the lagoon of Noumea (CFD software MeteoDyn)
Set-up of a parametric cylonic wind model (Holland empirical formulation)
Modelling of the offshore swell (software WaveWatchIII)
Implementation and execution of a wave propagation model within the lagoon taking into account the wave breaking effect on the coral belt
Implementation and execution of a 3D hydrodynamic model in the lagoon of Noumea
Assessment of the non-cyclonic and cyclonic extreme conditions at the pre-defined study points (EVA sofware, POT methodology)
