Unravelling institutional work patterns: Planning offshore wind farms in contested space

On maintenance optimization for offshore wind farms

On maintenance optimization for offshore wind farms FRANÇOIS BESNARD Abstract The maintenance cost is known to be an important part of the levelized cost of energy generated by wind parks. Operational costs can be significantly reduced by optimizing decisions for maintenance strategies, maintenance support organization and maintenance planning. This is especially important for offshore wind pow...

Mapping Seabird Sensitivity to Offshore Wind Farms

We present a Geographic Information System (GIS) tool, SeaMaST (Seabird Mapping and Sensitivity Tool), to provide evidence on the use of sea areas by seabirds and inshore waterbirds in English territorial waters, mapping their relative sensitivity to offshore wind farms. SeaMaST is a freely available evidence source for use by all connected to the offshore wind industry and will assist statutor...

Optimal Maintenance Management of Offshore Wind Farms

Nowadays offshore wind energy is the renewable energy source with the highest growth. Offshore wind farms are composed of large and complex wind turbines, requiring a high level of reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS). Firms are employing robust remote condition monitoring systems in order to improve RAMS, considering the difficulty to access the wind farm. The main obje...

Transmission systems for offshore wind farms in the Netherlands

In this paper a detailed technical analysis is presented for connecting three different sizes of wind farms (100, 200 and 500 MW) considering three different transmission solutions: 150 kV AC, 400 kV AC and ±150 kV VSC-HVDC. After a brief overview of the features of the possible connection solutions, the related operational aspects have been evaluated. A comparative economical assessment is mad...

Assessment of the Effects of Offshore Wind Farms on Birds