Investigating North Sea Precipitation Variability: Implications for Offshore Wind Energy Siting and Condition Assessments

Tsvetelina Ivanova; Sara Porchetta; Sophia  Buckingham; Jan Helsen; Jeroen Van Beeck; Wim Munters

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2767/6/062009

Investigating North Sea Precipitation Variability: Implications for Offshore Wind Energy Siting and Condition Assessments

Tsvetelina Ivanova, Sara Porchetta, Sophia Buckingham, Jan Helsen, Jeroen Van Beeck, Wim Munters

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Rain-driven wind turbine blade erosion, particularly in offshore locations, has been observed as early as within 5 to 7 years of turbine operation, which is below the lifetime expectancy design age of 20 to 25 year. Due to the harsh atmospheric conditions offshore, the preservation of wind turbine blade integrity has become a fundamental necessity. To address this challenge, we compare precipitation maps from two distinct sources (satellite data and a reanalysis product) over 12 years in the region of the North Sea, and we pursue insights into local weather patterns through temporal analysis. This integrated approach enhances the understanding of offshore conditions by focusing on precipitation and wind speed data analysis in time and space. This enables more efficient wind farm planning, operation and maintenance, as well as wind farm siting via informed decisions that account for the risk of rain-driven blade erosion and allow for mitigation measures.

Original language	English
Article number	062009
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	2767
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2767/6/062009
Publication status	Published - 2024

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The authors acknowledge the RS4OWE and RAINBOWprojects, funded by Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) of the Flemish Government. Gratitude is extended to the Flemish government (Vlaanderen Waterinfo and to Meetnet Vlaamse Banken) for the available precipitation observations in Belgium. The results in this paper are obtained using open-access data (NASA's IMERG and ECMWF's ERA5), as well as free open-source software: the authors thank the communities that build and support these powerful tools.

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