Impact of weather conditions on the windows of opportunity for operation of offshore wind farms in Portugal

Silva, N.; Simões, Teresa; Costa, Paula Silva; Estanqueiro, Ana

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The deployment of offshore wind parks face several challenges. Among them are the difficulties introduced by the atmospheric and sea conditions in accessing those wind parks. A window of opportunity is a timeframe when weather and sea conditions are acceptable and enable to perform specific tasks in the installation and operation/maintenance of the offshore wind park. This study identifies typical time periods of windows of opportunity to access three offshore Portuguese maritime regions. The accessibility conditions also take into account the system type transportation method for local access, namely, rubber boat, boat with OAS or helicopter.

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Silva, N.; Simões, T.; Costa, P.; Estanqueiro, A. Impact of weather conditions on the windows of opportunity for operation of offshore wind farms in Portugal. In: Proceedings of 7th European Seminar OWEMES 2012 - Offshore Wind and other Marine Renewable Enegies in Mediterranean and European Sea, Rome, Italy, 5-7 September, 2012, p.174-183