Logistics Planning in Offshore Wind Farm Development: Interview with: Jim Lanard, President, Offshore Wind Development Coalition, a speaker at the marcus evans Wind Power Summit 2013, on avoiding costly mistakes in wind farm development.

1. Logistics Planning in
Offshore Wind Farm Development
established. Environmental studies The oil and gas industries receive
conducted at European sites, will also federal tax support. What does the
help US regulators and developers wind power industry need to
determine what types of research much compete, without relying on
be performed to ensure the incentives?
environment is protected, so that the
required permits can be issued. Oil and gas companies receive billions
every year in federal tax support,
The biggest lesson they can learn is the although they are some of the most
importance of logistics planning. There profitable companies in the world. We
is nothing new in building an offshore need a level playing field to be able to
wind farm. The platforms are similar to compete head-on.
oil and gas platforms that exist, and the
Interview with: Jim Lanard, turbines are similar to land-based The nascent offshore wind industry has
President, Offshore Wind turbines. The technology is pretty much to unite and speak with one voice, to
Development Coalition in place. push for long-term, sustainable policies
for offshore wind. We do not want a few
However, putting it all together, one-off projects. That would be
managing the logistics so that every unfortunate, as the economic, job
“In the offshore wind power industry, product, vessel and worker is at the creation opportunities and the
logistics planning is the dominant driver right place at the right time, is a major renewable energy being generated
to avoiding costly mistakes,” highlighted challenge. In the offshore wind power would be lost.
Jim Lanard, President, Offshore Wind industry, logistics planning is one of the
Development Coalition. key dominant drivers to avoiding costly
mistakes.
The technologies needed to set up
offshore wind farms are available in the
US, and what is needed the most is a
What are costly mistakes in this
industry?
There
are many
focus on logistics that would make them
happen efficiently, he added. A mistake would be to have turbines
ready to be brought up to the site, but
A speaker at the upcoming marcus
evans Wind Power Summit 2013,
in Dallas, Texas, February 25-26,
have a vessel tied up because of a
weather delay. Wind and water
conditions play a big role. When we plan
components
Lanard draws attention to wind farm
development and talks about the
to build a wind farm, we take into
account decades of historical data on to look at
lessons the industry can learn from wind and wave forces, so that we plan
Europe. for what we call weather windows and
weather contingencies.
to ensure
a smooth flow
What valuable lessons from Europe
could the US wind power industry The potential for weather delays is so
learn? high, that we have to factor in extra
Planning for offshore wind farms in the
US is at an advanced stage, while in
days, and manage the logistics behind
it. We cannot stack up turbines in a
port. Once more than a few arrive,
of product,
Europe they have been operating
successfully since 1991. The industry
there needs to be a vessel immediately
available to take them to the site. But vessel
has already benefited greatly from the the vessel can be delayed because of
experiences of European developers and
equipment manufacturers. As a result,
bad weather. There are many
components to look at to ensure a
and labor
we expect the number of offshore wind smooth flow of product, vessel and
farms in US waters to grow significantly, labor. Worst case planning in a critical
once the necessary infrastructure are part of this.

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