ASSESSING THE LOGISTICAL IMPACT OF WIND SPEED AND WAVE HEIGHT FLUCTUATIONS ON THE INSTALLATION OF OFFSHORE WIND FARM

Abstract

The introduction of offshore wind power generation is accelerating in response to the Japanese government's 2030 renewable energy ratio target. In this study, meteorological and oceanographic data were refined to evaluate the effects of meteorological and oceanographic conditions on the construction process of the foundation and wind turbine. A multi-agent simulation (MAS) was used to simulate the foundation and windmill construction process, and an evaluation of process delays was conducted based on data from ERA5 (ECMWF), MSM, and CWM (Japan Meteorological Agency). The results show that the number of construction days increases by a factor of up to 1.3 compared to the case using MSM/CWM data and ERA5 data.