Engineering company Hatch acquires US wind resource assessment consultant GPCo

8 February 2010

Global engineering consultant Hatch has acquired US wind resource assessment company GPCo from its founding principals, and said it plans to expand its wind advisory services globally.

Hatch said it has been involved in more than half of the wind developments in Canada, while GPCo has specialised in wind measurement campaigns in both Canada and the US.

‘GPCo’s resource skills, experience and technologies can be applied anywhere in the world,’ says Michel Carreau, renewable power director at Hatch. ‘We intend to introduce GPCo to our clients on six continents.’

‘All large industry and mining companies can benefit by adding wind to their renewable-energy mix,’ added Christine Sura of GPCo. ‘And we can help them with their decision-making process by providing key data on their potential resources.’

GPCo was founded in 1994 and has installed meteorological towers, assessed and monitored wind power at more than 200 sites. The company also said it has supported the development of wind projects of more than 1,300MW that are currently under contract with Hydro Québec, Ontario Power Authority, Nova Scotia Power, New Brunswick Power and Maritime Electric.

GPCo said it has developed several proprietary wind resource assessment technologies that provide detailed analyses of wind reliability, force, and seasonal patterns, which GPCo stores in its extensive WinDB database made accessible to clients. The company installs wind towers to prepare wind resource data and provide energy production estimates.

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