Site Selection for a Proposed Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation in Ice-Covered Waters for Field Data Collection
Ahmed Derradji-Aouat (National Research Council Canada)
Jaakko Heinonen (VTT Technical Research Center of Finland)
Hayo Hendrikse (TU Delft - Civil Engineering & Geosciences)
Mark Fuglem (C-CORE)
Malith Prasanna (VTT Technical Research Center of Finland)
Paul Stuckey (C-CORE)
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Abstract
Several European and Canadian ice experts/scientists met in the summer of 2025 to address the critical need for publicly accessible ice-load data on offshore wind foundations. They proposed a "scientific" offshore wind turbine (OWT) foundation to be deployed in a location where OWTs are currently envisaged in ice-covered waters. The focus of this work is on two regions: the Gulf of Bothnia (Europe) and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada). The paper presents preliminary analyses for the site selection of the proposed OWT foundation. The results of the analyses of the environmental conditions of the two regions are given, and several sites are proposed for each region. The study confirms that both regions meet the preset criteria. The final decision should balance the known environmental, geotechnical, and economic factors.