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Twigt, Tom (author)The European offshore wind industry has experienced significant growth in the past decade, mainly focusing on shallow areas in the North Sea to reduce the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCoE) and compete with fossil fuels. However, as shallow areas become scarcer and the industry seeks greater independence from government subsidies, a shift...master thesis 2024
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Santamaria Gonzalez, Gabriel Andres (author)The potential for developing more efficient offshore wind support structures becomes increasingly critical as the offshore wind sector is faced with challenges such as rising commodity prices and shrinking profit margins. These challenges not only impact the industry’s capacity to meet growing global demand but also hinder efforts to address the...master thesis 2023
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Koetzier, Daan (author)Floating offshore wind turbines offer a means to access wind resources in waters that are too deep for bottom-fixed offshore wind turbines. To operate a floating wind farm, it must be possible to perform maintenance on the turbines. A critical maintenance aspect is the exchange of a major component such as a blade. It involves a lift of a large...master thesis 2023
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Wemekamp, Nebo (author)The Netherlands has agreed, by signing the Paris Agreement, to be climate-neural by 2050. To reach this goal, many large-scale renewable energy projects need to be developed in the coming years using for example wind, geothermal or solar energy. The problem with these projects is that they require large amounts of land and are especially needed...master thesis 2023
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Schreuder, Camiel (author)The demand for clean energy has led to potential cost-effective solutions for the offshore industry. One of these solutions is shared mooring systems, where floating offshore structures for renewable energy are coupled to each other. While this approach saves mooring lines and anchors, it introduces new dynamic loading compared to conventional...master thesis 2023
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Berkouwer, Laurens (author)For the installation of suction pile jackets, a new installation method initiated by SPT Offshore could extend the allowable size for suction pile jackets used as foundations for offshore wind turbines. This method involves installing the suction piles separately from the jacket frame. First, the suction piles are installed on the seabed. Then,...master thesis 2023
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Tiwald, Philipp (author)Global warming represents the most significant threat to humankind, making the need for renewable energy more crucial than ever. However, in densely populated areas near the coast, electricity production faces competition from various sectors such as agriculture, housing, and tourism. To address this challenge, one viable solution is to explore...master thesis 2023
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Fox, Feline (author)As offshore wind turbines are moving further from the coast, floating wind turbines are being considered. These structures need to be able to endure high dynamic loads while remaining as still as possible in order to minimize internal stresses and maximize the efficiency of the turbine. To find ways to combat large responses, the effectiveness...master thesis 2023
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Dekeyser, Ruben (author)To meet global green energy targets, the bottom founded offshore wind industry is looking for ways to economically expand markets to deeper waters. A reduction of the hydrodynamic load is necessary to achieve this. One option is to perforate the monopile around the splash zone. Here the related work of Q. Star is continued through the...master thesis 2023
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Kluwer, Thomas (author)Global warming has caused an increasing demand for renewable energy. Currently, 50% of the renewable energy is provided by wind and solar combined. However, these renewable energy sources are highly volatile. Wave energy converters can provide a stable renewable energy source. Previous research has contributed to understanding various combined...master thesis 2023
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Pietersz, Torsten (author)With the increase in need for offshore wind exploitation a research is set up with aims to develop a preliminary design tool. The introduction begins with background information on what role floating wind will play in the offshore wind industry and why this is a relevant topic. A general overview of floaters is presented with a comparison of the...master thesis 2022
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Sinke, Bram (author)Continuous development in the wind turbine industry leads to increasing size of wind turbines. Allseas investigates the possibility to enter the offshore wind turbine installation industry with Pioneering Spirit.<br/>For Allseas’ preliminary wind turbine installation design, wind turbines are assembled offshore, requiring wind turbine components...master thesis 2022
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Star, Quinten (author)Perforated monopiles show promise in providing a better alternative to the commonly used jacket-like substructures used in intermediate water depths in the range of 30 to 120 m. By introducing perforations near the vicinity of the splash zone the wave loads on the monopile can be mitigated and the fatigue damage reduced, which is the main...master thesis 2022
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de Jong, Olivier (author)In contrast to traditional power cables for bottom-founded offshore wind turbines, power cables for floating wind turbines penetrate the water column and are exposed to cyclic loading. Due to the dynamic nature of the cable loading, the cables are prone to fatigue failure. Since the evaluation of the fatigue life of complex structures, like...master thesis 2022
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Ruesen, Joël (author)Large-scale cultivation of seaweed presents opportunities for multiple global challenges currently at play. Cultivated seaweed can provide a sustainable source of protein for humans and cattle without competing for land, freshwater supply or the use of fertilisers. Kelp forests are known to be a solid basis for an elaborate biome that supports...master thesis 2022
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Regout, Dorette (author)This thesis concerns a hydroelastic analysis of a multi-module very large floating structure (VLFS), analysed in the frequency domain. To this end, the fluid-structure interaction is described by a 2D model, where the VLFS is represented by four floating beams interconnected with rotational springs. The fluid is modelled as an ideal fluid, and...master thesis 2021
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van der Ploeg, Jorne (author)The offshore wind industry in Europe has experienced significant growth in the past decade, with wind farm development mostly focusing on the shallow area's in the North Sea. Naturally, the market is driven to reduce the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCoE) to become more competitive with fossil fuels and less dependent on government subsidies....master thesis 2021
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Modderman, Jan (author)In offshore engineering complex simulation models are constructed for design optimization using Monte Carlo methods. These models incur large computational costs. Multi-Level Multi-Fidelity Monte Carlo is proposed as a method to reduce the computational cost of these simulations. In addition, research is conducted on the use of porous media as...master thesis 2021
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van Duijn, Niels (author)A QUAD lift is a new lifting method in which dual crane vessels combine their vessel capability to increase their offshore lift performance. The use of the Jumbo J-Class vessels in a QUAD lift creates the opportunity to increase the offshore lift capacity and to install structures with larger dimensions. When floating vessels are close to each...master thesis 2020