A feasibility study is presented for offshore wind farms in various sites off the Italian coast (Strait of Sicily, Adriatic Sea), highlighting operational oceanography’s fundamental role in supplying relevant information. Sites have been chosen in the open sea out of sight from the land. In order to make wind farms, various favourable conditions need to be present in terms of both the wind regime and the depth of the seabed. Using fixed-foundation technology, in fact, realizing turbines where the depth is greater than 40 / 50 m is not economically justifiable. We conclude discussing the possibility of coupling a wind farm with a wave-energy convertor.
R. Archetti, N. Pinardi, A. Lamberti, F. Cesari, D. Pettenuzzo (2012). Quale e quanta energia disponibile nei nostri mari? What energy is available in our seas. and how much of it is there?. Bologna : ARPA EMR.
Quale e quanta energia disponibile nei nostri mari? What energy is available in our seas. and how much of it is there?
ARCHETTI, RENATA;PINARDI, NADIA;LAMBERTI, ALBERTO;
2012
Abstract
A feasibility study is presented for offshore wind farms in various sites off the Italian coast (Strait of Sicily, Adriatic Sea), highlighting operational oceanography’s fundamental role in supplying relevant information. Sites have been chosen in the open sea out of sight from the land. In order to make wind farms, various favourable conditions need to be present in terms of both the wind regime and the depth of the seabed. Using fixed-foundation technology, in fact, realizing turbines where the depth is greater than 40 / 50 m is not economically justifiable. We conclude discussing the possibility of coupling a wind farm with a wave-energy convertor.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
