Highlighting game-changing O&M projects and promoting best practice among the offshore wind community
Providing unique insight into the strategies used to solve some of the offshore wind industry’s most pressing maintenance challenges, our regular series of offshore wind O&M-focused case studies is supported by our O&M forum and funded by The Crown Estate and the Offshore Wind Programme Board. From crew transfer to training, foundations to fault detection, these studies aim to highlight game-changing O&M projects, and promote the dissemination of knowledge among the offshore wind O&M community.
The project, sponsored by the Offshore Wind Programme Board and The Crown Estate, addresses a need first identified by ORE Catapult’s O&M Forum, a group of industry representatives who meet on a regular basis to discuss O&M topics and concerns. They wanted a mechanism to share knowledge and experience, and these case studies have provided a platform for operations and maintenance experts from across the UK offshore wind sector to share their knowledge on specific technical, commercial and operations challenges.
Case Study Reports
The case study topics were proposed by members of the O&M Forum and were used to showcase best practice and raise awareness of common issues and experiences from across the sector. They draw on the operational experience of key resources and highlight the key learning outcomes and recommendations to others arising from each topic.
- Next generation Operations and Control: Wind Industry Digital Landscape Review
- Cybersecurity in Offshore Wind: How to protect against an unseen enemy
- Operations and Maintenance Centre of Excellence: Brochure
- Clean Maritime and Decarbonisation: the ELMWind project
- Novel Transfer Method to Jacket Foundation: Jacket Foundation O&M: Early Adopter Experience
- Self perform turbine maintenance: Strategic Approaches to Planned & Reactive Maintenance
- Managing H2S inside turbine foundations: H2S Gas in Offshore Wind Sub-Structures
- Post warranty O&M strategy – 3rd party and in-house approach: An Alternative End-of-Warranty Contracting Strategy
- Developing multi-skilled control room operatives: Multi-Skilling Control Room Staff at Gwynt y Môr
- Use of advanced SCADA for failure prediction: Early Fault Detecting Using SCADA
- Using combined sources of data for windfarm management: Operational Data Integration Using CORE
- Early experience of SOV use: Service Operating Vessel Logistics at Dudgeon
- Better management of statutory inspections to reduce frequency requirements: Extending Turbine Lift Statutory Inspection Intervals
- Owner-led offshore windfarm gearbox exchange: Offshore Wind Gearbox Replacement
“To improve performance and reduce the costs associated with offshore wind farms, there needs to be greater collaboration amongst industry players to share best practice and learning. If we are going to capitalise on the economic opportunity presented by a strong offshore supply chain, then we need to develop a collective view on what the key technology challenges are, and where the industry should be focusing its combined efforts on developing innovative solutions to drive cost reductions.” Chris Hill – Operational Performance Director, ORE Catapult
