The impact of COVID -19 on offshore wind project productivity – A case study

Lerche, Jon; Lorentzen, Sindre; Enevoldsen, Peter; Neve, Hasse H.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2022.112188

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“…Overreliance on offshore wind power could jeopardize the feasibility of securing economies of scale for the UK's green hydrogen production base within a net-zero time-horizon. In addition to the uncertainties associated with spatio-temporal variability [200,201], scaling up offshore wind capacity is subject to external factors beyond the UK's borders [202], which may leave the country vulnerable to meeting its renewable targets. Prospects are further compounded by the government's stance towards onshore wind planning [49], which remains hostile and unambitious compared to offshore wind targets.…”

Section: Barriers To a Green Hydrogen Pathwaymentioning

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Socio-technical barriers to domestic hydrogen futures: Repurposing pipelines, policies, and public perceptions

2023

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Section: Barriers To a Green Hydrogen Pathwaymentioning

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Socio-technical barriers to domestic hydrogen futures: Repurposing pipelines, policies, and public perceptions

2023

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“…The factors to consider are as follows: lodging facilities, outdoor operations, storage, material handling, noise/vibration pollution, ergonomics, ventilation, lighting, radiation exposure, chemical exposure, biological hazards, and epidemics or pandemics. Recently, there was high prevalence of Coronavirus globally during the COVID19 pandemic of 2019–2022 period, both pre-COVID19 [ 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246 , 247 ] and post-COVID19 [ 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 ]. These studies show that the pandemic had a huge effect on the global economy and all sectors.…”

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Guidelines on Asset Management of Offshore Facilities for Monitoring, Sustainable Maintenance, and Safety Practices

Amaechi

Reda

Kgosiemang

et al. 2022

Sensors

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Recent activities in the oil and gas industry have shown an increasing need for monitoring engagements, such as in shipping, logistics, exploration, drilling, or production. Hence, there is a need to have asset management of these offshore assets (or facilities). Much of the offshore infrastructure is currently approaching or past its operational life expectancy. The study presents an overview on asset management of offshore facilities towards monitoring, safe practices, maintenance, and sustainability. This study outlines the major considerations and the steps to take when evaluating asset life extensions for an aging offshore structure (or asset). The design and construction of offshore structures require some materials that are used to make the structural units, such as offshore platform rigs, ships, and boats. Maintaining existing assets in the field and developing new platforms that are capable of extracting future oil and gas resources are the two key issues facing the offshore sector. This paper also discusses fault diagnosis using sensors in the offshore facilities. The ocean environment is constantly corrosive, and the production activities demand extremely high levels of safety and reliability. Due to the limited space and remote location of most offshore operations, producing cost-effective, efficient, and long-lasting equipment necessitates a high level of competence. This paper presents the guidelines on asset monitoring, sustainable maintenance, and safety practices for offshore structures. In this study, the management of offshore structures were also presented with some discussions on fault monitoring using sensors. It also proposes sustainable asset management approaches as guidelines that are advised, with policy implications.

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“…As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, economies worldwide Land 2024, 13, 678 2 of 23 are facing fiscal challenges [14,15], limiting their ability to provide large-scale compensations for OWFs and hindering the further advancement of offshore wind energy. For both governments and businesses, compensation implies higher costs [16][17][18]. In today's post-pandemic era, realizing distributive justice for offshore wind energy urgently requires a new avenue for loss compensation.…”

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Offshore Wind Farms and Tourism Development Relationship to Energy Distribution Justice for the Beibu Gulf, China

Nie,

Ma,

Chen

et al. 2024

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Energy distribution justice is of primary concern within the energy justice framework and it is crucial to increase public acceptance of offshore wind energy and further advance its development. The rapid development of offshore wind energy in China has inevitably impacted the livelihoods of coastal vulnerable groups (CVGs) engaged in fisheries and tourism in the coastal zone. While current policies often compensate for livelihood losses through cash payments, the fiscal strain caused by COVID-19 renders this approach unsustainable. Consequently, this research pioneers the exploration of Chinese tourist groups’ landscape preferences towards offshore wind farms (OWFs). This study proposes a new approach to enhance OWF landscapes for tourism development, thereby balancing the distribution of costs and benefits between CVGs and tourists. The research focuses on Beihai City in the Beibu Gulf Economic Region, utilizing a combination of Q-methodology and choice experiments that incorporates cut-offs. Answers to eighty Q-methodology questionnaires and 1324 choice experiment questionnaires are obtained. The findings indicate that this region can achieve energy distribution justice by compensating for the livelihood losses of CVGs through tourism. Contrary to traditional assumptions about wind farm noise preferences, Chinese tourists prefer proximity to OWFs, as an appropriate coastal acoustics landscape can enhance their tourism experience. In light of these findings, this paper presents policy recommendations towards energy distribution justice.

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The impact of COVID -19 on offshore wind project productivity – A case study

Cited by 8 publications

References 88 publications

Socio-technical barriers to domestic hydrogen futures: Repurposing pipelines, policies, and public perceptions

Socio-technical barriers to domestic hydrogen futures: Repurposing pipelines, policies, and public perceptions

Guidelines on Asset Management of Offshore Facilities for Monitoring, Sustainable Maintenance, and Safety Practices

Offshore Wind Farms and Tourism Development Relationship to Energy Distribution Justice for the Beibu Gulf, China

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