TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating North Sea Precipitation Variability: Implications for Offshore Wind Energy Siting and Condition Assessments
AU - Ivanova, Tsvetelina
AU - Porchetta, Sara
AU - Buckingham, Sophia
AU - Helsen, Jan
AU - Van Beeck, Jeroen
AU - Munters, Wim
N1 - Funding Information:
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.
Publisher Copyright:
© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85196419312
U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/2767/6/062009
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/2767/6/062009
M3 - Article
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 2767
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 6
M1 - 062009
ER -