MIKE by DHI UK and Ireland Blog

We win a high-profile bird collision avoidance study in the United Kingdom

In collaboration with NIRAS and BirdLife Denmark, we’ve been awarded a high-profile research project focusing on the collision risks of birds at offshore wind farm.

Part of the Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP), this technically challenging project will quantify and interpret avoidance behaviour of key marine bird species. The results of the study will be used to obtain a more realistic estimate of bird collisions with offshore wind farms. Read more >>>

Additional project information

• Bird collision avoidance study

Providing the modelling software for a project using drones to analyse coastal erosion

We are a partner on the Innovative Methodologies for Coastal Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (MIRAMar) project in Italy. Researches will use our MIKE by DHI software for the modelling portion of the study.

The MIRAMar project is examining new ways to survey, monitor and analyse the effects of strong wind and waves on shorelines using small, remote-controlled, camera-equipped drones. A team of scientists, including Alessio Rovere (Junior Research Group Leader, the Centre of Marine Environmental Sciences and the Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology, University of Bremen) and Elisa Casella (Environmental Engineer, University of Genoa, Italy) are working on the project. Read more >>>

Additional project information

• MIRAMar project website

Evaluating the future impact of land-use and development policies for the Elbow River Watershed

We helped Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) and the University of Calgary develop an integrated dynamic modelling system for the Elbow River watershed.

This system will help stakeholders understand the potential impact of land-use changes and climate change scenarios on the Elbow River Watershed’s hydrological processes. Read more >>>

Additional project information

• Case story

Conducting a flooding study for Jaslovske Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant in Slovakia

We helped Jaslovske Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant ensure it has adequate flood prevention measures in place in the event of extreme rainfall.

The tsunami that severely damaged Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant on 11 March 2011 highlighted the global concern for ensuring the safety of nuclear power plants. After the tsunami, crisis managers in the nuclear energy sector started to prepare and upgrade risk studies, taking all possible sources of risk into account. Read more >>>

Marine Renewable Energy



Dredging and Fine Sediments



Please note: The above videos are presented in a DRAFT form for information purposes only.

Development of new modelling tools for national marine water planning based on ECO Lab

Our ecological modelling software, ECO Lab, will be used in a new project with the aim to develop an advanced set of dynamic modelling tools, which will be the official tools for marine water planning in Denmark in the coming years.

The project is initiated as a collaboration between DHI and Danish Centre for Environment and Energy (DCE). The project will develop and apply ecosystem models by using our MIKE by DHI software, ECO Lab, and addressing the governing coastal processes and ecosystem services such as sediment processes, sea grass, algal growth and oxygen depletion.

For more information, click here or contact Anders Erichsen, DHI.

You can also read more about ecological modelling by clicking the links below:

• Applying ECO Lab for solving ecosystem challenges
• Modelling the behaviour of organisms with ABM Lab in response to the environment

Read the full November 2013 Edition of the MIKE by DHI NetWork newsletter here.

Enabling optimised construction of the London Array offshore wind farm

Our real-time system provided accurate forecasts of Metocean conditions on a detailed spatial and temporal scale for the world’s largest wind farm – London Array. This enabled London Array Ltd. – the consortium behind the wind farm – to optimise the construction of the offshore wind farm. The result: minimised delays and ensured safety for those working on the project.

Situated in the outer Thames Estuary, is the world’s largest offshore wind farm: the 1 GW London Array. Weather conditions in this area are often challenging, which made construction and installation of the wind farm difficult. As such, high-quality and reliable Metocean data was vital for the successful planning and installation of London Array’s foundations and turbines.

London Array Ltd. needed to be able to predict available weather windows. We used our 30 years of experience in Metocean forecasting for this purpose. This ensured that the London Array project benefitted from the most up-to-date and advanced technologies, combined with local experience of forecasting techniques and equipment.

By assisting London Array Ltd. with forecasting Metocean conditions, our system helped keep delays to a minimum during the construction phase. In addition, our system also enabled London Array Ltd. to efficiently plan maintenance work during the operations phase.

Read more.

CARM wins Australia’s national Environmental Engineering Excellence Award

On 20 November 2013, the Institution of Engineers Australia awarded the Computer Aided River Management (CARM) project the Environmental Engineering Excellence Award. This prestigious award honours the top achievements in environmental engineering and the sustainable use of natural resources. The award was received by our client State Water Corporation of New South Wales.

Our software is the backbone of CARM – a Decision Support System (DSS) based on MIKE CUSTOMISED by DHI components. CARM gives State Water Corporation an insight into the current and forecasted state of the Murrumbidgee River. It utilises a suite of MIKE by DHI models to reproduce key catchment and river processes for the entire 1,600 km river system, and combines them with real-time measurements. This allows river operators to combine dam releases with natural tributary inflows to deliver the right amount of water when and where it is needed.

For more information on the CARM project, click here

Read the October 2013 Edition of the DHI Group newsletter here.

TeraWatt : A collaborative research project funded under the EPSRC Grand Challenge

A general overview of the TeraWatt project and wider context (MASTS, EcoWatt2050), followed by a description of the model domain, boundary conditions, calibration points, and so on as presented by Arne Vögler (UHI).

Photos from the first day (21st March 2013)!


Thanks to everyone who participated!

Metocean Modelling for Marine Renewables (Thematic Course)

On the 21st and 22nd March 2013 we will be holding a public training course on ‘Metocean Modelling for Marine Renewables’ in Shropshire, UK.

This two-day, thematic hands-on course introduces modelling and analyses of relevance for marine renewable energy projects. It enables the practitioner to understand the benefits and limitations of metocean design data and provides guidelines on how to develop these. The course is focused on our ‘Best Practices’ for coastal and offshore projects for wind turbines wave and tidal power and marine infrastructure projects.

The course will cover the following topics: -

• Metocean data sources and quality assessment
• Recognised standards and guidelines
• Introduction to wave modelling using MIKE 21 models
• Introduction to flow modelling using MIKE 21 models
• Metocean modelling
• Model calibration and skill assessment
• Hindcast and forecast simulations
• Analysis and presentation of metocean data
• Yield estimation for wave and tidal power plants

The course is directed towards project engineers, who need an introduction to off-shore metocean modelling and analysis, or project managers with a need to understand the advantages and limitations of best practice methods in the establishment of normal and extreme environmental parameters.

For more information please download the course flyer here. Alternatively, please telephone the UK Team on +44 (0) 1189 000745 or e-mail mikebydhi.uk@dhigroup.com.

The above training course is placed in continuation of the UK User Group Meeting at the same venue. Course participants are welcome to join the User Group Meeting free of charge!

Transforming abandoned mining pits into new lake districts

The mining industry can have severe consequences for regions and the surrounding landscape, impacting vegetation and wildlife negatively when mining production is abandoned. Rehabilitating old mining areas can be a highly difficult challenge and few succeed.

However, with the right strategies and tools available, abandoned mining pits can be turned from lifeless landscapes into prosperous manmade lake districts. This is what has been done in Eastern Germany, where DHI-WASY was able to provide accurate analysis and the right strategies for creating a new lake. For this purpose, integrated groundwater modelling was essential using among other products FEFLOW 6.1 and MIKE 11.

Click here to read more.

Read the full November 2012 Edition of the MIKE by DHI NetWork newsletter here.

Dynamic response of floating offshore wind turbines



As a member of the HYDRALAB-IV consortium, we offer access to research groups to conduct experimental studies in our wave basins. One of the projects selected by HYDRALAB's user selection panel for Transnational Access to our facilities concerns 'Dynamic Response of Floating offshore Structures under Random Waves and Wind Action'.

Other recent DHI news stories

• We support IMPAQ in investigating zooplankton impacts on larval fish growth
• Development of innovative technology for treatment of hospital wastewater
• Testing floating wind turbines in DHI’s offshore basin
• We sign a new real-time forecasting contract with Slovenia
• EUPORIAS – the next step in seasonal forecasting
• Decommissioning a former nuclear weapons manufacturing facility
• We help to drive European wave and tidal power generation forward

Marine Renewable Energy - Meeting the Need
University of Plymouth
Monday 01 October 2012

The delegate pack for the above event - including the special Conference Newsletter - can be viewed below (click 'slideshare' to enlarge): -



A copy of the Conference Newsletter will be made available for download soon.