Short Course 3
Short course 3 – 4 November – 9:30 – 16:30 CET
An Introduction to Offshore Wind
The purpose of this course, is to provide the participants with a comprehensive introduction into offshore wind, it’s development and the role of the geoscientist in this process. During the course, the participants are taken through all the basic building blocks of the offshore wind development.
After have completed the course, the participants should have a better understanding of how offshore wind farms are being developed and what factors are influencing the design and the business case of such farms.
Date
4 November 2024
Time
9:30-16:30 CET
LOcation
Hague - Shell Headquarters
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Course outline
1. Offshore Wind Basics
- Introduction
- Options for renewable energy and why choose offshore wind
- How does offshore wind work
- Stages of offshore wind development
- Permits & regulations
- Common options for offshore wind site investigation ownership
2. Site Selection
- Desktop studies on wind, geology, archaeology, morphodynamics
- Stakeholders and stakeholder management
- Seabed occupation/UXO
- Grid connection to shore
- Ports/logistics hub
- Site selection and tender process
3. Data acquisition
- What types of surveys do we need and why (MetOcean, geophysical and geotechnical survey types)
- Various types of data and its use
- Wind, waves and currents: MetOcean data
- Seabed and soil data: Soil data
- Building an integrated Ground Model
- Defining your site investigation
4. Foundation types
- Purpose of a foundation
- Offshore wind turbine foundations:
- Fixed Bottom structures
- Floating Wind structures
- Geotech for offshore wind foundations
5a. Offshore wind geophysics
- Types of data acquisition: 2D and 3D seismics, side scan sonar, MBES, magnetometer, sub-bottom profiler
- Survey layout and parameters
- Processing of geophysical offshore wind data
- Innovations: (e.g. unmanned vessels, processing techniques, AI generated CPTs)
5b. Offshore wind geotechnics & Ground Model
- Development of the borehole/locations plan
- Difference in Survey requirements
- Fixed vs Floating foundations
- Cable Routes
- Various CPT and downhole measurement tools, including downhole geophysics.
- Data obtained with geotechnical tools and use
- How to view and understand as a non-specialist
- The laboratory testing program
- Deriving relevant design parameters
- Integration into a ground model
- Innovations
Participant Profile
The course is designed for anybody who wants to learn more about offshore wind development and who is keen to learn to understand the basic building blocks of offshore wind.
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of geophysical and geotechnical methods will help, but the course can also easily be followed with limited knowledge of these subjects.
- A basic understanding of physics will help to understand the overall idea of wind energy and its associated issues.
Short Course
An Introduction to Offshore Wind
Jeroen Godtschalk
Senior Consultant, AFRY
Course Description
The purpose of this course, is to provide the participants with a comprehensive introduction into offshore wind, it’s development and the role of the geoscientist in this process. During the course, the participants are taken through all the basic building blocks of the offshore wind development.
After have completed the course, the participants should have a better understanding of how offshore wind farms are being developed and what factors are influencing the design and the business case of such farms.
Time
To be confirmed
Date
8 November 2024
Location
To be confirmed
Important information
- You will need to bring a laptop for this course. EAGE won’t provide this element.
- Participants should have prior knowledge of basic Python programming.
Course Outline
1. Offshore Wind Basics
• Introduction
• Options for renewable energy and why choose offshore wind
• How does offshore wind work
• Stages of offshore wind development
• Permits & regulations
• Common options for offshore wind site investigation ownership
2. Site Selection
• Desktop studies on wind, geology, archaeology, morphodynamics
• Stakeholders and stakeholder management
• Seabed occupation/UXO
• Grid connection to shore
• Ports/logistics hub
• Site selection and tender process
3. Data acquisition
• What types of surveys do we need and why (MetOcean, geophysical and geotechnical survey types)
• Various types of data and its use:
• Wind, waves and currents: MetOcean data
• Seabed and soil data: Soil data
• Building an integrated Ground Model
• Defining your site investigation
4. Foundation types
• Purpose of a foundation
• Offshore wind turbine foundations:
– Fixed Bottom structures
– Floating Wind structures
• Geotech for offshore wind foundations
5a. Offshore wind geophysics
• Types of data acquisition: 2D and 3D seismics, side scan sonar, MBES, magnetometer, sub-bottom profiler
• Survey layout and parameters
• Processing of geophysical offshore wind data
• Innovations: (e.g. unmanned vessels, processing techniques, AI generated CPTs)
5b. Offshore wind geotechnics & Ground Model
• Development of the borehole/locations plan
• Difference in Survey requirements
– Fixed vs Floating foundations
– Cable Routes
• Various CPT and downhole measurement tools, including downhole geophysics.
• Data obtained with geotechnical tools and use
– How to view and understand as a non-specialist
• The laboratory testing program
• Deriving relevant design parameters
• Integration into a ground model
• Innovations
Participant Profile
The course is designed for anybody who wants to learn more about offshore wind development and who is keen to learn to understand the basic building blocks of offshore wind.
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of geophysical and geotechnical methods will help, but the course can also easily be followed with limited knowledge of these subjects.
- A basic understanding of physics will help to understand the overall idea of wind energy and its associated issues.
