Offshore wind energy generation has huge potential

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
International Energy Agency ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Chinese Firms ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wind Energy Generation ◽  
Cost Reductions ◽  
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Subject Offshore wind costs and potential. Significance The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report on October 25 estimating that offshore wind capacity will rise 15-fold over the next two decades. Costs have been falling ahead of expectations and further cost reductions will help the sector to build more momentum. Impacts North European turbine producers and wind project developers see huge export potential, but Chinese firms will provide stiff competition. Offshore construction vessels will support rising offshore wind deployment and help to bolster currently weak shipyard order books. Governments and regulators will create supportive policies for offshore wind, but this will occur gradually and differently across regions.

A Risk Framework for Munitions and Explosives of Concern in Support of U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Carton ◽  
Carter DuVal ◽  
Arthur Trembanis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Hazard Assessment ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Energy Generation ◽  
Operation And Maintenance ◽  
Risk Framework

AbstractMunitions and explosives of concern (MEC) in U.S. waters can present a risk to the development and operation of offshore wind energy resources. Therefore, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management requires offshore wind energy developers to evaluate the risk MEC poses to the development, operation, and maintenance of offshore wind energy generation and transmission systems. This article describes an MEC risk management framework consisting of the following steps: (1) MEC hazard assessment, (2) MEC risk assessment, (3) MEC risk validation, and (4) MEC risk mitigation. The MEC hazard assessment involves historical research to identify MEC potentially present in the development area. The MEC risk assessment evaluates the development activities and provides a relative MEC risk ranking for those activities. The developer determines the acceptability of these risks, and any potentially unacceptable MEC risks undergo risk validation through field surveys. The developer then considers the tolerability of the validated risks and develops and implements an appropriate MEC risk mitigation strategy based on actual site conditions. A risk framework provides a structured method to plan and operationalize the identification, evaluation, and mitigation of MEC risk throughout the development, operation, and maintenance life cycle of an offshore wind energy generation and transmission project.

A Review of Floating Platform Concepts for Offshore Wind Energy Generation

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. P. Thiagarajan ◽  
H. J. Dagher
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Floating Platform ◽  
Offshore Structure ◽  
Wind Energy Generation

Literature relating to offshore wind energy generation is produced at a significant rate as research efforts are diverted to the emerging area of future clean energy. This paper presents an overview of recent research in the specific area of floating offshore structure design for wind energy. Earlier literature has broadly grouped these platforms into three categories based on their source of stability: (1) ballast stabilized (low center of gravity), e.g., spar, (2) mooring stabilized, e.g., tension leg platform, and (3) buoyancy or water-plane stabilized, e.g., semisubmersible. These concepts were modifications of similar structures used in the offshore oil and gas industry. Recent papers have presented further improvements to these designs, including active ballasting and control systems. These are examined for stability and global performance behavior and ease of operability and maintenance. The paper also attempts to examine efforts to bring such concepts to fruition. This paper sets the stage for other papers in the Special Session on University of Maine/DeepCWind Consortium within the Offshore Renewable Energy Symposium at OMAE 2012, which are archived in the special section of the Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.

Innovation collaboration in the renewable offshore wind energy sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 664-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tove Brink
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Offshore Wind Farm ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Network Learning ◽  
Academic Researchers

Purpose This paper aims to reveal how larger enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can enable innovation collaboration for enhanced competitiveness of the offshore wind energy sector. Design/methodology/approach The research is based on a longitudinal qualitative study starting in 2011 with a project-based network learning course with 15 SME wind farm suppliers and follow-up interviews with 10 SMEs and continued with interviews conducted with 20 individual enterprises within operation and maintenance conducted in 2014-2015. Findings The findings reveal challenges as well as opportunities for innovation collaboration between larger enterprises and SMEs to contribute to the innovation and competitiveness of the offshore wind farm sector. A glass ceiling is revealed for demand-driven positions if the SME does not possess rare and specific valuable knowledge. There are opportunities revealed in general for supplier-driven positions if SME suppliers can collaborate and develop interesting solutions for larger enterprises. If SMEs succeed in either of these aims, the SMEs have an opportunity to attain partner-driven collaboration. However, challenges are present according to the understanding of the different organisational approaches in SMEs and larger enterprises and in the different business approaches. Research limitations/implications The research is limited to the offshore wind energy sector. Further research is needed for verification of the findings in other energy sectors. Originality/value A fourfold contribution is made to enhance the understanding of innovation collaboration and to enable competitiveness for the offshore wind energy sector. SMEs, larger enterprises, academic researchers and policy bodies are provided with a model for action within the four positions for innovation collaboration.

Orchestration of dynamic capabilities for competitive advantage

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 960-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tove Brink
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wind Park ◽  
Multiple Case

Purpose This paper aims to shed light on how offshore wind park business networks can orchestrate dynamic capabilities to enable innovation for the competitive advantage of renewable offshore wind energy. Design/methodology/approach The research is based on a qualitative multiple-case study of operation and maintenance activities in offshore wind parks, starting in June 2014 with a pilot qualitative case study and the main qualitative multiple-case research conducted via in-depth interviews with 20 enterprises. The preliminary findings were presented for the qualitative triangulation of comments in a seminar in May 2015. Findings The findings explain the need for collaboration across the business network through the use of an open innovation platform for orchestrating dynamic signature capabilities in combination with ordinary capabilities. Both locally distributed leadership and central leadership in knowledge creation are necessary ingredients. The model developed from the research findings shows the need to change the competitive advantage criteria within business networks to VRIS (valuable, rare, imitable, substitutable) in contrast to the traditional criteria for individual enterprises of VRIN (valuable, rare, imperfectly imitable, non-substitutable). Research limitations/implications The research is focused on offshore wind park business networks, and therefore, the generalizability of this qualitative case study to other contexts can be limited. Further research is thus needed to verify the findings. Originality/value A three-fold contribution is made to the understanding of the integrated combination of orchestrating dynamic capabilities in the offshore wind energy sector. Business networks, academia and policy bodies are given a model for enacting the competitive advantage of renewable offshore wind energy for the benefit of society.

Reducing cost of energy in the offshore wind energy industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Stentoft ◽  
Ram Narasimhan ◽  
Thomas Poulsen
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Scientific Models ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cost Of Energy

Purpose To support ongoing industry efforts to reduce the cost of energy (CoE) of offshore wind compared to other types of energy sources, researchers are applying scientific models and thought processes to identify potential areas of improvement and optimization. This paper aims to introduce a conceptual framework from a supply chain management (SCM) perspective, aimed at promoting the reduction of CoE in the offshore wind energy industry. Design/methodology/approach Using conceptual arguments from current academic literature in SCM, a comprehensive framework is presented that clarifies how SCM practices can be used by offshore wind energy industry to reduce CoE. Findings The offshore wind energy sector is a young industry that must reduce CoE to compete with other forms of energy. Applying a supply chain perspective in the offshore wind industry has hitherto been limited to the academic community. This paper offers a SCM framework that includes three interdependent aspects of reducing CoE – innovation, industrialization and supplier partnering – to guide the industry towards sources to reduce CoE. Research limitations/implications SCM is a broad research area; thus, the presented framework to reduce the CoE is open for further development. Practical implications The paper provides insights into how the CoE can be reduced through innovation, industrialization and partnering in the offshore wind energy supply chain. Originality/value The paper offers a seminal contribution by introducing a SCM framework to understand sources and approaches to reduce CoE in the offshore wind energy industry.

Operations and maintenance issues in the offshore wind energy sector

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Baagøe-Engels ◽  
Jan Stentoft
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Offshore Wind Farms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Operations And Maintenance

Purpose There is increasing research interest in the expansion of the offshore wind energy sector. Recent research shows that operations and maintenance (O&M) account for around 20-35 per cent of the total energy costs in this sector. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of O&M issues in the offshore wind energy sector to propose initiatives that can help reduce the cost of energy used by offshore wind farms. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on an in-depth literature review and a Delphi study of a panel of 16 experts on O&M. Findings Consisting primarily of conceptual papers and/or modelling papers, the extant literature identifies several challenges for O&M in the offshore wind energy sector. These challenges can be grouped into four categories: issues related with industry immatureness; distance/water depth; weather window; and policy issues. The Delphi study identified three other major issues that lead to increased O&M costs: too many predefined rules that limit development; lack of coordinated planning of the different services offered at the wind farms; and lack of a common approach on how O&M should be managed strategically. Research limitations/implications The present study is based only on Danish respondents. Future research needs to include various respondents from different countries to identify country-specific contingencies. Practical implications The paper provides an overview of the O&M issues in the offshore wind energy sector to prioritize where future resources should be invested and, thus, reduce O&M costs. Originality/value This is the first paper on O&M issues that bridges both literature studies and industry expert opinions.

Offshore Wind Energy Generation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olimpo Anaya-Lara ◽  
David Campos-Gaona ◽  
Edgar Moreno-Goytia ◽  
Grain Adam
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Energy Generation

scholarly journals Coastal and Offshore Wind Energy Generation: Is It Environmentally Benign?

Energies ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 1383-1422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer C. Wilson ◽  
Mike Elliott ◽  
Nick D. Cutts ◽  
Lucas Mander ◽  
Vera Mendão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Environmentally Benign ◽  
Offshore Wind Energy ◽  
Wind Energy Generation
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