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Failure Rates of Offshore Wind Transmission Systems

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  • John Warnock

    (Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George St, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK)

  • David McMillan

    (Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George St, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK)

  • James Pilgrim

    (Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK)

  • Sally Shenton

    (Generating Better Ltd., Workington CA14 4TP, UK)

Abstract

In the offshore wind industry, failures are often costlier than those experienced onshore. Through examination of the literature, it is clear that failures occurring in offshore transmission systems are not well documented. As a result of this, many developers and other parties involved in the planning processes associated with offshore wind farms will defer back to existing reliability metrics in the public domain. This article presents a review of European offshore wind farm transmission failures based on fusing information from multiple public domain sources. The results highlight both the spread of the reliability performance of these assets and the reliability performance over time. The results also reinforce the industry view that installation practices could lead to low reliability in the initial years of operation, resulting in increased repair costs and decreased revenue for wind farm owners and operators. The information collated in the review is also compared to metrics from across the literature to evaluate the difference in forecasted failure rates to those experienced within the industry. In general, it is found that the experienced failure rates are subject to a much higher spread in practice than those published until now.

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  • John Warnock & David McMillan & James Pilgrim & Sally Shenton, 2019. "Failure Rates of Offshore Wind Transmission Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-12, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:14:p:2682-:d:247855
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    1. Santhakumar, Srinivasan & Smart, Gavin & Noonan, Miriam & Meerman, Hans & Faaij, André, 2022. "Technological progress observed for fixed-bottom offshore wind in the EU and UK," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    2. Jinjing An & Guoping Chen & Zhuo Zou & Yaojie Sun & Ran Liu & Lirong Zheng, 2021. "An IoT-Based Traceability Platform for Wind Turbines," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-17, May.
    3. Asad Rehman & Mohsin Ali Koondhar & Zafar Ali & Munawar Jamali & Ragab A. El-Sehiemy, 2023. "Critical Issues of Optimal Reactive Power Compensation Based on an HVAC Transmission System for an Offshore Wind Farm," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-19, September.
    4. Yi Yang & Jannie Sønderkær Nielsen, 2021. "Availability-Based Selection of Electricity Delivery Network in Marine Conversion Systems Using Bayesian Network," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-14, June.
    5. Shengjin Wang & Hongru Yang & Quoc Bao Pham & Dao Nguyen Khoi & Pham Thi Thao Nhi, 2020. "An Ensemble Framework to Investigate Wind Energy Sustainability Considering Climate Change Impacts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-17, January.
    6. Bains, Henna & Madariaga, Ander & Troffaes, Matthias C.M. & Kazemtabrizi, Behzad, 2020. "An economic model for offshore transmission asset planning under severe uncertainty," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 1174-1184.

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