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Research on Operation Safety of Offshore Wind Farms

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021
The operation of offshore wind farms is characterized by a complicated operational environment, long project cycle, and complex vessel traffic, which lead to safety hazards.
Junmin Mou   +3 more
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Spatial analysis of fish distribution in relation to offshore wind farm developments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In an effort to support the Kyoto Protocol, the government of the United Kingdom has targeted a goal of obtaining 15% of its electricity supply from renewable sources by 2015.
Gay, Marybeth Eshleman
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Development and evaluation of an aerodynamic model for a novel vertical axis wind turbine concept [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
There has been a resurgence of interest in the development of vertical axis wind turbines which have several inherent attributes that offer some advantages for offshore operations, particularly their scalability and low over-turning moments with better ...
Shires, A, Andrew Shires, Shires, Andrew
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Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and wind farms: a case study in the Dutch North Sea

open access: yes, 2011
The rapid increase in development of offshore wind energy in European waters has raised concern for the possible environmental impacts of wind farms. We studied whether harbour porpoise occurrence has been affected by the presence of the Dutch offshore ...
Scheidat, M.   +7 more
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Relating onshore wind turbine reliability to offshore application [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
With the award of the latest Round 3 offshore wind farm sites around the UK coast the wind industry is moving from the operation of near inshore to truly offshore wind farms.
RICHARDSON, PAUL
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Power electronics options for large wind farm integration : VSC-based HVDC transmission [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper describes the use of voltage source converter based HVDC transmission (VSC transmission) system for grid integration of large wind farms over long distance.
Xu, Lie   +8 more
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Operational strategies for offshore wind turbines to mitigate failure rate uncertainty on operational costs and revenue

open access: yes, 2014
Several operational strategies for offshore wind farms have been established and explored in order to improve understanding of operational costs with a focus on heavy lift vessel strategies. Additionally, an investigation into the uncertainty surrounding
Dinwoodie, Iain Allan, McMillan, David
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On the optimization of offshore wind farm layouts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Layout optimization of offshore wind farms seeks to automate the design of the wind farm and the placement of wind turbines such that the proposed wind farm maximizes its potential.
Pillai, Ajit Chitharanjan
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Enhanced design basis for offshore wind farm load calculations based on met-ocean data from a floating lidar system

open access: yes, 2022
Art. 012008, 13 S.A design basis is an essential part of planning and realising an offshore wind farm project. Based on the data of local environmental conditions and the results of load calculations, wind turbine system and support structure designs are
Wolken-Möhlmann, G.   +4 more
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Improved Methodology of Weather Window Prediction for Offshore Operations Based on Probabilities of Operation Failure

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2017
The offshore wind industry is building and planning new wind farms further offshore due to increasing demand on sustainable energy production and already occupied prime resource locations closer to shore. Costs of operation and maintenance, transport and
Tomas Gintautas   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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