Case Study: Mainstream Renewable Power achieves faster offshore wind route planning with Optioneer from Continuum Industries

Mainstream Renewable Power studies 100 million routes with Continuum Industries

Mainstream Renewable Power, a developer of offshore wind farms, faced the challenge of efficiently studying over 100 million potential cable route and grid connection scenarios under a strict Irish planning deadline. To manage this immense complexity and avoid major project delays, they turned to Continuum Industries and its Optioneer platform to automate their optioneering process.

Continuum Industries' Optioneer platform automated the route assessment, enabling Mainstream to study the vast number of scenarios while simultaneously evaluating environmental, social, engineering, and cost criteria. The solution significantly accelerated the project, reducing route design time from an estimated 9 months to just 3 months and cutting full-time resource time required from 216 days to 72 days, giving Mainstream the confidence to submit stronger planning applications.

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