1. Deepwater Offshore Wind Installations 4th Year Project ProposalMonday 19th April 2010 Ewan Baird, SIMarEST, RINA
2. Purpose To explain choice of Proposed 4th Year Project on Deepwater Offshore Wind Installations
3. Ewan Baird - Origin 1989: Stavanger, Norway, parents with BP Exploration Father: BP Controls EngineerForties, Magnus, ULA, GYDA, Thistle Mother: BP Technical AssistantForties Alpha Cofferdam Step Father: Kongsberg MaritimeUK General Manager (Offshore)
4. Wind Power Sustainable infinite Source of Energy ≈ 72 TW ≈ 54,000 Million Tons of Oil ≈ 5x world Energy use in all forms Current OperationsWorldwide capacity 160 GW≈ 340 TWhr≈ 2% worldwide Electricity Consumption => Current Operations 0.222% of total source!
5. Wind Power in the UK UK demand around 40 GWeWind Resource of Offshore Only 2000 GWe – 50x demand UK Current: 2757 Turbines 4.113 GW UK Proposed: 7000+ Turbines 25+ GW Capacity [Target 35 GW by 2020] Target of 60% reduction in CO₂ Emissions by 2050Intermediate Target of 30% by 2020
6. EU2020 20% of EU Energy from Renewable Sources by 2020,with unique target per EU country UK Target 15% Energy Consumption from renewable Sources by 2020 = 35%-40% of UK Electricity Consumption= 33-35 GW of Wind Capacity
7. Rounds 1-3 UK proposed 3 Rounds of installation of Offshore Farms Round 1 – Completed and OperatingShallow Waters314 Turbines, 962.4 MW Capacity Round 2 – Under ConstructionIncreased water depth, still shallow2033 turbines, 7491 MW Capacity Round 3 – Future ProjectsSome Deepwater Operations32000+ MW Capacity
8. Deepwater Operations Proved feasible by UMass in 1970’s Increased Efficiency – lack of topographical features =>Competitive capital costs against near-shore installations Situated >12 miles, Reduced visual pollution– debatable! No real solutions for deepwater. No proven Concepts Experience lies in Shallow Fixed
9. Project Focus/Objectives With Offshore Wind Power moving into deeper water, the focus is to analyse and discuss deepwater concepts Related Subsea Infrastructure Round 3 includes deepwater regions, so a study of a suitable solution for application in this particular field of operation will be undertaken Methods of offshore installation for turbines
11. Timescale June 2010 – April 2011 Large topic to cover – planning is essential; Installation Methods/Subsea Infrastructure Summer 2010 SPAR September 2010 TLP October 2010 Buoyancy Stabilised November 2010 Comparison December 2010 Application for Round 3 January 2011 Other February 2011 onwards
12. Deliverables Industrial experience of subsea engineering, pipelay infrastructure and offshore installation In depth report, analysis and comparison of concept design(s) Projected benefits of proposed wind installations to meet current EU regulations against other renewable sources
13. Summer 2010 Allseas – Subsea and Pipelay Engineering 2000 employees 6 vessels Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Australia, Portugal, USA, UK and India Engineering Department - Delft, The Netherlands 3 month technical internship – 60 interns/summer
14. Allseas Internship Projects Pieter Schelte 5th Longest vessel in the world (4thKnock Nevis decommissioned) Offshore Installation/decommission $1.7 billion Project Construction phase to begin soon in Far East, expected delivery 2013 Control Systems by Kongsberg Maritime
15. Summary Wind Power Political Evolving Industry Current and Topical Massive Engineering Aspects Access to industy Relevant summer placement Future Career Prospects
