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Sustainable Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms Based on the Deep Wind Forecasting

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  • Xue Zhou

    (School of Economics and Management, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550003, China)

  • Yajian Ke

    (School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China)

  • Jianhui Zhu

    (School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China)

  • Weiwei Cui

    (School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China)

Abstract

Offshore wind farms are becoming a pivotal solution to address the increasing energy demand worldwide and reduce carbon emissions to achieve a sustainable energy sector. Considering the higher operational and maintenance cost of offshore wind farms, it is important to make a good maintenance plan to guarantee the system’s reliability and reduce the total cost related to maintenance activities at the same time. Because maintenance planning is a long-term decision problem and the wind force is random, long-term wind force prediction is needed to help managers evaluate the loss caused by maintenances to be executed in the future. However, long-term wind force prediction is naturally complicated, which is much harder than the short-term (e.g., day-ahead) prediction widely investigated in the literature. In order to overcome this difficulty, we design a deep learning framework combining variational mode decomposition, a convolution neural network, long short-term memory network, and full-connected network. Using the public data from the city of Leeds, the prediction accuracy of the above framework is validated by comparing it with other prediction techniques. Then, the predicted wind force is input into the established optimization model determining preventive maintenances during a predefined period. Because the uncertainty of wind force is replaced by the prediction value, the optimization model can be established as a mixed-integer linear programing model, which only contains limited variables and can be solved quickly. Lastly, an abundance of numerical experiments are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed optimization model, based on which some managerial insights are provided to the managers of offshore wind farms about the optimal operations and maintenance strategy. The research outcome will greatly promote the development of the wind power industry in the future.

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  • Xue Zhou & Yajian Ke & Jianhui Zhu & Weiwei Cui, 2023. "Sustainable Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms Based on the Deep Wind Forecasting," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-26, December.
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