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PO149: Nature inclusive designs for floating offshore wind farms
Gael Verao Fernández, Postdoctoral Researcher, TU Braunschweig
Abstract
In recent years, awareness has grown that the expansion of offshore wind (OW) farm installations conflicts with the preservation of the marine environment and the social acceptance of the technology, while it remains a pillar of the green energy transition. OW farms however also have the potential to reduce their impact on the marine ecosystem or even to provide means of restoration by including nature inclusive designs (NIDs) as a core part of their design process [1,2,3]. However, to date, there are limited applications of NIDs in bottom fixed and floating OW farms due to challenges relating to hydrodynamic and structural engineering, transport and installation (T&I), and operation and maintenance (O&M). Moreover, it remains difficult to quantify their effects on the levelised cost of energy (LCOE), particularly in environmental and societal terms. The Horizon Europe INF4INiTY project (Integrated Designs for Future Floating Offshore Wind Farm Technology) [4] promises two groups of solutions to the above challenges. On one hand, it develops NID innovations for the sub-sea components of FOW systems, specifically the floating substructure and the gravity anchor and scour protection [5]. On the other hand, it aims to expand the current LCOE calculation framework by articulating not only the techno-environomic aspects (i.e., manufacturing, T&I, O&M, and end-of-life) but also the critical social and environmental aspects that enable the evaluation of the socio-environmental impact of FOW farms providing a holistic assessment.
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