Objectives

The present project attempts to take the most from both by coupling advanced hydrodynamics with advanced marine observation systems in order to evidence the benefits of a hybrid strategy where digitalization is coordinated with observation (Digitalization + Copernicus). This application to floating offshore wind is ideal since it is a novel technology willing to untap ocean resources at deep and very deep waters, the next frontier for civil applications.

From the application of the methodology developed by the consortium composed by Environmental Hydraulics Institute of Cantabria (IHCantabria) and Ingeteam Power Technology S.A., Service Division (POSEIDOM and TRITOM projects) to reference floating offshore wind farms, we can conclude that the O&M logistics has a strong impact over the wind farm availability. Differences about a 5% between optimized and non-optimized O&M logistics have been evidenced. Moreover, it has been identified that the importance of the size of the CTV to be used, something which is a balance between cost and availability. Many other parameters like the logistic time between alarm and mobilization, the boatlanding orientation and position, may lead to extra 1% of availability losses in a floating offshore wind farm.  Therefore, the main objective of the FLOCOP initiative is to develop a downstream service where the information collected by COPERNICUS system (marine and atmospheric services) will become one of the three main pillars of the O&M system, providing short and long-term metocean data key for the digitalization of O&M logistics.

This objective will be achieved through 3 specific objectives:

 

  1. To examine the challenges of the O&M in offshore wind farms.
  2. To analyse how Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Services can improve the methodologies for optimizing the O&M strategies.
  3. To use Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Services in the strategies for operation and maintenance offshore wind farms.
A project funded by

This project is supported by the European Union’s Caroline Herschel Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake under grant agreement No FPA 275/G/GRO/COPE/17/10042, project FPCUP (Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake), Action 2021-3-21, Floating Offshore wind warm O&M logistics optimization based on Copernicus environment-FLOCOP, SGA Nº 2022/S12.879181 / SGA 21.