The research presented in the paper moves from the results of a feasibility study recently carried out for the development of an offshore wind farm off the cost of Rimini, in the Northern Adriatic Sea. The work, based on in-situ measurements of the environmental conditions, assessed the suitability of the considered area for the development of a relatively large wind farm, although at the profitability limit. The study has considered 60 offshore wind turbines installed on monopiles, as they are, at present, the most common solution and a quantification of the investment costs could be reliably completed. With reference to such case, the paper addresses the use of caisson foundations, a convenient alternative to monopiles in water of shallow to intermediate depth, with the final aim of improving the overall cost-effectiveness of the investment.

Caisson Foundations for Competitive Offshore wind Farms in Italy / Govoni, Laura; Gottardi, Guido; Antonini, Alessandro; Archetti, Renata; Schweizer, Joerg. - In: PROCEDIA ENGINEERING. - ISSN 1877-7058. - ELETTRONICO. - 158:(2016), pp. 392-397. (Intervento presentato al convegno 6th Italian Conference of Researchers in Geotechnical Engineering, CNRIG 2016 tenutosi a Auditorium of Department of Arts of the Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna; Italy nel 22 September 2016 through 23 September 2016; Code 123733) [10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.461].

Caisson Foundations for Competitive Offshore wind Farms in Italy

GOVONI, LAURA;GOTTARDI, GUIDO;ARCHETTI, RENATA;SCHWEIZER, JOERG
2016

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The research presented in the paper moves from the results of a feasibility study recently carried out for the development of an offshore wind farm off the cost of Rimini, in the Northern Adriatic Sea. The work, based on in-situ measurements of the environmental conditions, assessed the suitability of the considered area for the development of a relatively large wind farm, although at the profitability limit. The study has considered 60 offshore wind turbines installed on monopiles, as they are, at present, the most common solution and a quantification of the investment costs could be reliably completed. With reference to such case, the paper addresses the use of caisson foundations, a convenient alternative to monopiles in water of shallow to intermediate depth, with the final aim of improving the overall cost-effectiveness of the investment.
2016
Procedia Engineering
392
397
Caisson Foundations for Competitive Offshore wind Farms in Italy / Govoni, Laura; Gottardi, Guido; Antonini, Alessandro; Archetti, Renata; Schweizer, Joerg. - In: PROCEDIA ENGINEERING. - ISSN 1877-7058. - ELETTRONICO. - 158:(2016), pp. 392-397. (Intervento presentato al convegno 6th Italian Conference of Researchers in Geotechnical Engineering, CNRIG 2016 tenutosi a Auditorium of Department of Arts of the Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna; Italy nel 22 September 2016 through 23 September 2016; Code 123733) [10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.461].
Govoni, Laura; Gottardi, Guido; Antonini, Alessandro; Archetti, Renata; Schweizer, Joerg
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