DNV Launches Guidance on Wind Farm Design for Tropical Cyclone Areas

Friday, September 24, 2021

Classification society and energy industry consultancy DNV has published a new Technical Note (TN) providing principles for determining site extreme wind speeds for wind farms caused by tropical cyclones. 

The company produced the document after an extensive industry collaboration to increase transparency and to reduce uncertainty in the design of wind farms in emerging offshore wind markets such as Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and the US.  

“In DNV’s latest Energy Transition Outlook report (ETO) we predict that the share of offshore wind in total wind electricity generation will rise to 40% in 2050, " says Kim Sandgaard-Mørk, Executive Vice President for Renewables Certification at DNV. “Especially for emerging offshore wind markets with ambitious roadmaps, tropical cyclone loads are of critical importance. Recent events like Hurricane Ida prove that wind farms need to be designed for these extreme local environmental conditions to support the plans to develop multi-megawatt offshore wind projects.”

“To grow offshore wind worldwide, the need to obtain reliable extreme wind speeds became urgent, as sufficient long-term wind speed measurements to estimate extreme wind speeds are hardly available onshore, and even less for offshore sites”, explains Marcus Klose, Head of Section for Steel Structures at DNV. 

“A lack of standardized approaches combined with little industry experience leads to high uncertainty on-site extreme wind speeds. This substantially impacts the reliability and economic feasibility of wind farm projects. All industry stakeholders acting in emerging markets in the Asia Pacific region and the US will benefit from the guidance we give in our Technical Note as it will help to minimize cost, warranty, and liability risks in wind farm projects.”

DNV said that the Technical Note “Site extreme wind speeds due to tropical cyclones for wind power plants” is a result of a global collaborative effort, with more than 20 wind industry leaders, including OEMs, project developers, designers, and experts from Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.  

"After only 18 months of work the Joint Industry Project ACE (Alleviating Cyclone and Earthquake Challenges for Wind farms), has been able to gather enough experiences from cross-industry players to align wind farm design principles for those extreme environmental conditions," the company said.


The document can be downloaded here. (Requires free registration)

Categories: Energy Renewable Energy Industry News Offshore Wind Activity

Related Stories

Timor Gap Boosts Stake in Finder Energy’s Timor-Leste Oil Fields

Yinson Production Nets DNV Approval for New FPSO Hull Design

Petronas to Leverage AI to Expedite Oil and Gas Exploration Activities

Brownfield Output Decline Accelerates, says IEA

PV Drilling Takes Ownership of Noble Corporation’s Stacked Jack-Up Rig

Hanwha Ocean Enlists ABB for Singapore’s First Floating LNG Terminal

Saipem Bags $1.5B Contract for Türkiye Largest Offshore Gas Field

Floating Offshore Wind Test Center Planned for Japan

PTTEP Hires McDermott for Deepwater Subsea Job off Malaysia

Baker Hughes, Petronas Team Up for Asia-Pacific Energy Resilience

Current News

Ventura Offshore’s Semi-Sub Rig to Keep Drilling for Eni in Asia

SBM Offshore, SLB to Optimize FPSO Performance Using AI

MODEC Ramps Up Hammerhead FPSO Work After ExxonMobil's Go-Ahead

Aesen, DOC JV Targets Subsea Cable Logistics

Timor Gap Boosts Stake in Finder Energy’s Timor-Leste Oil Fields

SBM Offshore Starts Construction of FSO for Trion Oil Field off Mexico

Russia Targets 2028 for Sakhalin-3 Gas Project Start Up

Seatrium Secures ABS Backing for Deepwater FPSO Design

MDL Secures Cable Laying Job in Asia Pacific

Hibiscus Petroleum Starts Drilling at Teal West Field off UK

Subscribe for AOG Digital E‑News

AOG Digital E-News is the subsea industry's largest circulation and most authoritative ENews Service, delivered to your Email three times per week

https://accounts.newwavemedia.com