Logistic Decisions in the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms: A Conceptual Framework
Offshore wind energy has achieved significant reductions in its levelized cost of energy (LCoE) in the past decade, but still needs efficiency improvements. Approximately 18% of the LCoE is related to logistical costs, underscoring the need for optimization in this area. Despite its importance, logi...
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| author | Mario O. A. González Gabriela Nascimento Dylan Jones Negar Akbari Andressa Santiso David Melo Rafael Vasconcelos Monalisa Godeiro Luana Nogueira Mariana Almeida Pedro Oprime |
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| description | Offshore wind energy has achieved significant reductions in its levelized cost of energy (LCoE) in the past decade, but still needs efficiency improvements. Approximately 18% of the LCoE is related to logistical costs, underscoring the need for optimization in this area. Despite its importance, logistical decisions during offshore wind farm installations remain underexplored in the literature. This article aims to identify and structure the relationships of logistic decisions to optimize total installation costs. A conceptual framework is proposed, detailing logistical decisions and their influencing factors. The results are based on a literature review and survey research for validation with specialists in logistics and offshore wind farms. The findings include the key decisions: port installation selection; vessel fleet selection; installation strategy selection; turbine pre-assembly method selection; aggregate planning approach; installation schedule coverage; storage strategy of components; and the degree of sharing information. The framework reveals the importance of coordinating the value chain in the installation process, mainly due to the influence of weather factors; the logistic decisions, when considered in a systemic view, can contribute to a global efficiency gain in the installation process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc75f253b0c549a2893edccf203485a02024-12-13T16:25:43ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732024-11-011723600410.3390/en17236004Logistic Decisions in the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms: A Conceptual FrameworkMario O. A. González0Gabriela Nascimento1Dylan Jones2Negar Akbari3Andressa Santiso4David Melo5Rafael Vasconcelos6Monalisa Godeiro7Luana Nogueira8Mariana Almeida9Pedro Oprime10CREATION Research Group in Renewable Energies and Power-to-X, Graduate Program in Production Engineering (PEP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Lagoa Nova University Campus, P.O. Box 1524, Natal 59078-900, RN, BrazilCREATION Research Group in Renewable Energies and Power-to-X, Graduate Program in Production Engineering (PEP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Lagoa Nova University Campus, P.O. Box 1524, Natal 59078-900, RN, BrazilCentre for Operational Research and Logistics, University of Portsmouth, Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth PO1 3AH, UKCentre for Operational Research and Logistics, University of Portsmouth, Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth PO1 3AH, UKCREATION Research Group in Renewable Energies and Power-to-X, Graduate Program in Production Engineering (PEP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Lagoa Nova University Campus, P.O. Box 1524, Natal 59078-900, RN, BrazilCREATION Research Group in Renewable Energies and Power-to-X, Graduate Program in Production Engineering (PEP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Lagoa Nova University Campus, P.O. Box 1524, Natal 59078-900, RN, BrazilCREATION Research Group in Renewable Energies and Power-to-X, Graduate Program in Production Engineering (PEP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Lagoa Nova University Campus, P.O. Box 1524, Natal 59078-900, RN, BrazilCREATION Research Group in Renewable Energies and Power-to-X, Graduate Program in Production Engineering (PEP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Lagoa Nova University Campus, P.O. Box 1524, Natal 59078-900, RN, BrazilCREATION Research Group in Renewable Energies and Power-to-X, Graduate Program in Production Engineering (PEP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Lagoa Nova University Campus, P.O. Box 1524, Natal 59078-900, RN, BrazilCREATION Research Group in Renewable Energies and Power-to-X, Graduate Program in Production Engineering (PEP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Lagoa Nova University Campus, P.O. Box 1524, Natal 59078-900, RN, BrazilGEPEQ, Graduate Program in Production Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR), University City, São Carlos 13565-905, SP, BrazilOffshore wind energy has achieved significant reductions in its levelized cost of energy (LCoE) in the past decade, but still needs efficiency improvements. Approximately 18% of the LCoE is related to logistical costs, underscoring the need for optimization in this area. Despite its importance, logistical decisions during offshore wind farm installations remain underexplored in the literature. This article aims to identify and structure the relationships of logistic decisions to optimize total installation costs. A conceptual framework is proposed, detailing logistical decisions and their influencing factors. The results are based on a literature review and survey research for validation with specialists in logistics and offshore wind farms. The findings include the key decisions: port installation selection; vessel fleet selection; installation strategy selection; turbine pre-assembly method selection; aggregate planning approach; installation schedule coverage; storage strategy of components; and the degree of sharing information. The framework reveals the importance of coordinating the value chain in the installation process, mainly due to the influence of weather factors; the logistic decisions, when considered in a systemic view, can contribute to a global efficiency gain in the installation process.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/23/6004offshore wind installationlogistics decisionssupply chainoptimizationvalue chaininstallation costs |
| spellingShingle | Mario O. A. González Gabriela Nascimento Dylan Jones Negar Akbari Andressa Santiso David Melo Rafael Vasconcelos Monalisa Godeiro Luana Nogueira Mariana Almeida Pedro Oprime Logistic Decisions in the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms: A Conceptual Framework Energies offshore wind installation logistics decisions supply chain optimization value chain installation costs |
| title | Logistic Decisions in the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms: A Conceptual Framework |
| title_full | Logistic Decisions in the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms: A Conceptual Framework |
| title_fullStr | Logistic Decisions in the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms: A Conceptual Framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Logistic Decisions in the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms: A Conceptual Framework |
| title_short | Logistic Decisions in the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms: A Conceptual Framework |
| title_sort | logistic decisions in the installation of offshore wind farms a conceptual framework |
| topic | offshore wind installation logistics decisions supply chain optimization value chain installation costs |
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