Robust Installation Planning of Offshore Wind Farms
conference paper
The main risk in the installation of offshore wind farms is caused by unfavorable weather conditions, which can delay the entire installation plan up to several months and hence, increase the installation costs significantly. Currently, there is no study available to model the entire installation procedure of offshore wind farms, considering all the associated delays, costs and risks. In this paper, a generic model for the complete supply chain of offshore wind farms installation is discussed, which can be used for robust installation planning of support structures, turbines and cabling of offshore wind farms, considering delays caused by adverse weather conditions and weather limits of vessels and equipment in far offshore or at the harbour. With this model, its possible to calculate the costs and delays associated with offshore wind farm installation and thereby, arrive with solutions to mitigate the project risks and reduce the installation costs. This model is in the developing phase by the name of ECN Install߿ݠas part of the Dutch FLOW program.
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TNO Identifier
848967
Publisher
ECN
Collation
8 p.
Place of publication
Petten
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