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Masoud Masoumi
The continuous advancement within the offshore wind energy industry is propelled by the imperatives of renewable energy generation, climate change policies, and the zero-emission targets established by governments and communities. Increasing the dimensio...
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Raj Kiran Balakrishnan and Sung-ho Hur
Operating wind turbines together as a wind farm can be more advantageous and economical. As a result, onshore and offshore wind farms are being built at a rapid pace around the world. Wake effects, which have a negative impact on overall wind farm electr...
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Victor Ramos, Gianmaria Giannini, Tomás Calheiros-Cabral, Mario López, Paulo Rosa-Santos and Francisco Taveira-Pinto
The combined exploitation of wave and offshore wind energy resources is expected to improve the cost competitiveness of the wave energy industry as a result of shared capital and operational costs. In this context, the objective of this work is to explor...
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Lei Xue, Jundong Wang, Liye Zhao, Zhiwen Wei, Mingqi Yu and Yu Xue
Wake effects commonly exist in offshore wind farms, which will cause a 10?20% reduction of whole power production as well as a 5?15% increase of fatigue loading on the wind turbine main structures. Obviously wake interaction between floating offshore win...
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Vincenzo Piscopo, Antonio Scamardella, Giovanni Battista Rossi, Francesco Crenna and Marta Berardengo
The fatigue assessment of mooring lines for floating offshore wind turbines represents a challenging issue not only for the reliable design of the stationkeeping system but also for the economic impact on the installation and maintenance costs over the e...
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Ning Li, Li Li, Yongqian Liu, Yulu Wu, Hang Meng, Jie Yan and Shuang Han
The actuator disc model (ADM) incorporated into the k-e turbulence model of EI Kasmi is able to simulate the wind farm wakes with high fidelity, which is essential for layout optimization and the evaluation of power production in modern wind farms. Howev...
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Gerard Lorenz D. Maandal, Mili-Ann M. Tamayao-Kieke and Louis Angelo M. Danao
The technical and economic assessments for emerging renewable energy technologies, specifically offshore wind energy, is critical for their improvement and deployment. These assessments serve as one of the main bases for the construction of offshore wind...
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Mario López, Noel Rodríguez and Gregorio Iglesias
To mitigate the effects of wind variability on power output, hybrid systems that combine offshore wind with other renewables are a promising option. In this work we explore the potential of combining offshore wind and solar power through a case study in ...
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Mário Vieira, Miguel Viana, Elsa Henriques and Luís Reis
Monopiles for offshore wind are the most used foundations by farm operators due to their low production costs, when compared to other bottom-fixed or floating foundations. In this research, a monopile foundation for offshore wind power was evaluated for ...
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Gordon Rae, Gareth Erfort
In the context of the Anthropocene, the decoupling of carbon emissions from electricity generation is critical. South Africa has an ageing coal power fleet, which will gradually be decommissioned over the next 30 years. This creates substantial opportuni...
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