Current status and future trends in the operation and maintenance of offshore wind turbines: A review

G Rinaldi, PR Thies, L Johanning - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Operation and maintenance constitute a substantial share of the lifecycle expenditures of an
offshore renewable energy farm. A noteworthy number of methods and techniques have …

Applications of robotics in floating offshore wind farm operations and maintenance: Literature review and trends

O Khalid, G Hao, C Desmond, H Macdonald… - Wind …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Marine operations required to transfer technicians and equipment represent a significant
proportion of the total cost of offshore wind. The profile of sites being considered for floating …

Powering the 21st century by wind energy—Options, facts, figures

K Rohrig, V Berkhout, D Callies, M Durstewitz… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This review article aims to provide an overview and insight into the most relevant aspects of
wind energy development and current state-ofthe-art. The industry is in a very mature stage …

A lifecycle financial analysis model for offshore wind farms

F Judge, FD McAuliffe, IB Sperstad, R Chester… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Simulation and modelling allow a range of offshore wind farm stakeholders to test and
improve a project's viability in a cost-effective and safe manner. This paper presents a model …

[PDF][PDF] Addressing the issues of maintenance management in SMEs: towards sustainable and lean maintenance approach

A Bakri, MFM Alkbir, N Awang, F Januddi… - Emerg. Sci …, 2021 - researchgate.net
This paper outlines on the preliminary outcomes of pilot project aimed at exploring the issue
related to managing of maintenance activity in the Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises …

A methodology for reliability assessment and prognosis of bearing axial cracking in wind turbine gearboxes

Y Guo, S Sheng, C Phillips, J Keller, P Veers… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article describes an interdisciplinary methodology to calculate the probability of failure
for bearing axial cracking, the dominant failure mode in the intermediate and high-speed …

Cost‐benefit assessment framework for robotics‐driven inspection of floating offshore wind farms

O Khalid, G Hao, H MacDonald, A Cooperman… - Wind …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Operations and maintenance (O&M) of floating offshore wind farms (FOWFs) poses various
challenges in terms of greater distances from the shore, harsher weather conditions, and …

[HTML][HTML] Optimising O&M scheduling in offshore wind farms considering weather forecast uncertainty and wake losses

M de Matos Sá, FXC da Fonseca, L Amaral, R Castro - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Offshore wind farms, while strategically positioned to maximise wind energy capture, are
exposed to harsh environments, impacting their reliability and accessibility. Low reliability …

Reliability‐based layout optimization in offshore wind energy systems

CE Clark, G Barter, K Shaler, B DuPont - Wind Energy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Existing methods for optimizing wind array layouts typically use power or cost objectives and
rarely consider reliability‐based objectives. Component and system failure rates, however …

A decision support tool for long-term planning of marine operations in ocean energy projects

FX Correia da Fonseca, L Amaral… - Journal of Marine Science …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ocean energy is a relevant source of clean renewable energy, and as it is still facing
challenges related to its above grid-parity costs, tariffs intended to support in a structured …