Life Cycle Assessment of Floating Offshore Wind Farms: The Case of Hywind Tampen in Norway
Omid Lotfizadeh,
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Zahir Barahmand,
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Hadi Amlashi
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et al.
Linköping electronic conference proceedings,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
211
Published: Jan. 13, 2025
To
address
climate
change
and
energy
security
issues
from
fossil
fuels,
wind
power
is
a
promising
renewable
source,
projected
to
grow
significantly
by
2050.
Offshore
energy,
especially
floating
offshore
farms
shows
great
potential
due
higher
more
consistent
speeds
at
sea.
However,
these
turbines
have
negative
environmental
burdens
throughout
their
life
cycle.
This
The
present
study
focuses
on
comprehensive
cradle-to-grave
cycle
assessment
of
the
Hywind
Tampen
farm
in
Norway.
covers
all
stages
manufacturing,
transportation,
installation,
operation,
maintenance
decommissioning,
utilizing
openLCA®
software
ecoinvent
3.9
database
with
ReCiPe
2016
impact
method.
Key
findings
indicate
that
manufacturing
primary
contributor
total
emissions,
followed
operation
maintenance.
emphasizes
necessity
developing
sustainable
methods,
designing
are
efficient
versatile,
better
forecasting
planning
order
minimize
turbines.
Language: Английский
Towing Resistance and Design of a Towing Scheme for a Floating Wind Turbine
Pengfei Gao,
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X. Q. Yuan,
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Zhongshu Li
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et al.
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(4), P. 789 - 789
Published: April 16, 2025
Towing
operation
is
an
important
part
of
the
transportation
and
installation
offshore
floating
wind
turbines.
The
study
towing
resistance
great
significance
to
efficient
construction
turbine
towing.
This
paper
takes
model
designed
by
“China
Energy
Construction
Group
Guangdong
Electric
Power
Design
Institute
Co.,
Ltd.”
as
research
object,
uses
STAR-CCM+
2302
software
establish
computational
domain
towing,
compares
it
with
existing
physical
experimental
results
empirical
formula
calculation
verify
accuracy
CFD
prediction
method;
then
method
used
calculate
still
water
new
large-megawatt
at
different
drafts
speeds,
according
results,
integrated
system
established
in
ANSYS-AQWA
(Version
2023
R1),
influence
environmental
loads
on
analyzed,
selection
basis
tugboat
proposed.
show
that
closely
related
draft,
speed,
foundation
configuration
platform.
In
order
ensure
safety
system,
speed
should
be
kept
below
4
kn.
are
compared
verified
this
close
values
values,
which
realizes
rapid
provides
guidance
for
Language: Английский