IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v18y2025i15p4187-d1719361.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Analysis of Offshore Wind Power Potential Considering Different Mesh Shapes in the Presence of Prevailing Wind and Deeper Water Depth: A Case Study in Akita, Japan

Author

Listed:
  • Takaaki Furubayashi

    (Faculty of Informatics and Data Science, Akita University, 1-1 Tegatagakuenmachi, Akita 0108502, Japan)

  • Komei Tsujie

    (Faculty of Engineering Science, Akita University, 1-1 Tegatagakuenmachi, Akita 0108502, Japan)

Abstract

With countries around the world required to change their energy systems to mitigate climate change, offshore wind power has become one of the most important renewable energy sources. This study aims to analyze the potential for offshore wind power generation based on the water depth and annual average wind speed in the Akita region, Japan. A geographical information system was used not only for a conventional square mesh but also for a rectangular mesh when there is a prevailing wind, and a greater water depth was also considered. The results obtained indicate that the use of a rectangular mesh reduces the potential for implantable offshore wind turbines compared to a square mesh. It was also found that the potential for offshore wind power generation is significant up to a water depth of 500 m.

Suggested Citation

  • Takaaki Furubayashi & Komei Tsujie, 2025. "Analysis of Offshore Wind Power Potential Considering Different Mesh Shapes in the Presence of Prevailing Wind and Deeper Water Depth: A Case Study in Akita, Japan," Energies, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-19, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:18:y:2025:i:15:p:4187-:d:1719361
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/15/4187/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/15/4187/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:18:y:2025:i:15:p:4187-:d:1719361. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.