Wind Energy Ships: Global Analysis of Operability
Most offshore wind farms are bottom-fixed at sites with less than 50 m of water depth. For deeper waters, floating platforms are economically viable and, for many countries that have steep continental shelves, this is the only option for developing offshore wind farms. If wind energy is being harves...
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| author | César Vidal Pascual Jorge Pérez García Raúl Guanche García |
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| description | Most offshore wind farms are bottom-fixed at sites with less than 50 m of water depth. For deeper waters, floating platforms are economically viable and, for many countries that have steep continental shelves, this is the only option for developing offshore wind farms. If wind energy is being harvested far offshore in deep waters (more than 200 m depth and hundreds of km from the coast), one possible alternative is the use of Floating Production and Storage (FPS) sailing ships that navigate through the ocean using wind force and utilize part of the harvested wind power to produce and store fuel. These ships are called “energy ships”. The objective of this paper is to carry out a qualitative determination of the global marine areas suitable for the operation of energy ships. To that purpose, wind and wave ship operation ranges have been defined and global databases of wind and waves have been used to obtain statistics of operational parameters. From the global analysis carried out the most promising areas and seasons for energy ship operation have been identified and qualified in terms of the aforementioned operational parameters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06bb9a5faa08477eb24c538951e35a6c2023-11-21T19:06:35ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122021-05-019551710.3390/jmse9050517Wind Energy Ships: Global Analysis of OperabilityCésar Vidal Pascual0Jorge Pérez García1Raúl Guanche García2IHCantabria-Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, SpainIHCantabria-Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, SpainIHCantabria-Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, SpainMost offshore wind farms are bottom-fixed at sites with less than 50 m of water depth. For deeper waters, floating platforms are economically viable and, for many countries that have steep continental shelves, this is the only option for developing offshore wind farms. If wind energy is being harvested far offshore in deep waters (more than 200 m depth and hundreds of km from the coast), one possible alternative is the use of Floating Production and Storage (FPS) sailing ships that navigate through the ocean using wind force and utilize part of the harvested wind power to produce and store fuel. These ships are called “energy ships”. The objective of this paper is to carry out a qualitative determination of the global marine areas suitable for the operation of energy ships. To that purpose, wind and wave ship operation ranges have been defined and global databases of wind and waves have been used to obtain statistics of operational parameters. From the global analysis carried out the most promising areas and seasons for energy ship operation have been identified and qualified in terms of the aforementioned operational parameters.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/5/517offshore wind energydeep waterenergy shipsglobal operability maps |
| spellingShingle | César Vidal Pascual Jorge Pérez García Raúl Guanche García Wind Energy Ships: Global Analysis of Operability Journal of Marine Science and Engineering offshore wind energy deep water energy ships global operability maps |
| title | Wind Energy Ships: Global Analysis of Operability |
| title_full | Wind Energy Ships: Global Analysis of Operability |
| title_fullStr | Wind Energy Ships: Global Analysis of Operability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wind Energy Ships: Global Analysis of Operability |
| title_short | Wind Energy Ships: Global Analysis of Operability |
| title_sort | wind energy ships global analysis of operability |
| topic | offshore wind energy deep water energy ships global operability maps |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/5/517 |
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