Caisson Foundations for Competitive Offshore wind Farms in ITALY

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• 作者：Laura Govonip> ; p>p>l.govoni@unibo.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorp> ; Guido Gottardi ; Alessandro Antonini ; Renata Archetti ; Joerg Schweizer
• 关键词：offshore wind energy ; field data ; Northern Adriatic Sea ; caisson foundations
• 刊名：Procedia Engineering
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：158
• 期：Complete
• 页码：392-397
• 全文大小：1184 K

文摘

The research presented in the paper moves from the results of a feasibility study recently carried out for the development of an offshore wind farm off the cost of Rimini, in the Northern Adriatic Sea. The work, based on in-situ measurements of the environmental conditions, assessed the suitability of the considered area for the development of a relatively large wind farm, although at the profitability limit. The study has considered 60 offshore wind turbines installed on monopiles, as they are, at present, the most common solution and a quantification of the investment costs could be reliably completed. With reference to such case, the paper addresses the use of caisson foundations, a convenient alternative to monopiles in water of shallow to intermediate depth, with the final aim of improving the overall cost-effectiveness of the investment.