Offshore Wind Farms

<p>Part 1 Introduction to offshore wind energy and offshore wind farm siting</p> <p>1. Introduction to offshore wind energy</p> <p>2. Economics of building and operating offshore wind farms </p> <p>3. Wind resources for offshore wind farms: characteristics and assessment </p> <p>4. Remote sensing technologies for measuring offshore wind</p> <p><br>Part II Wind turbine components and design </p> <p>5. Developments in materials for offshore wind turbine blades</p> <p>6. Design of offshore wind turbine blades</p> <p>7. Design of gearbox and other drivetrain components for offshore wind turbines</p> <p>8. Design of generators for offshore wind turbines </p> <p>9. Modeling of power electronic components for evaluation of efficiency and power density of offshore wind power converters</p> <p>10. Design of offshore wind turbine towers</p> <p>11. Design of floating offshore wind turbines</p> <p><br>Part III Integration of wind farms into power grids</p> <p>12. Offshore wind farm arrays</p> <p>13. Cabling to connect offshore wind turbines to onshore facilities</p> <p>14. Integration of power from offshore wind turbines into onshore power grids</p> <p>15. Energy storage for offshore wind farms</p> <p>16. Hydropower flexibility and transmission expansion to support integration of offshore wind</p> <p><br>Part IV Installation and operation of offshore wind farms</p> <p>17. Assembly, transportation, installation and commissioning of offshore wind farms</p> <p>18. Condition monitoring of offshore wind turbines</p> <p>19. Health and safety of offshore wind farms</p> <p>20. Offshore wind-turbine foundations: analysis and design</p>