Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Maarten Timmerman
March 5th 2008
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Presentation
Evelop / Econcern
Project Development
Development phase Offshore Wind Farms
Engineering & Procurement
Site Investigations
Data Integration – Design Basis
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Evelop: Part of the Econcern group
Shareholders Econcern:-Management & Employees -SHV
Shareholders Ecostream:- SHV- Entrepreneurs Fund
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Founded in 1984
900 employees
19 countries
Econcern offices worldwide
Antilles: Curaçao | Belgium: Brussels, Bruges | Brazil: Sao Paolo | Bulgaria: Sofia | Canada:Missisauga, Toronto, Vancouver | China; Beijing, Hongkong, Wuhan | Chile: Santiago | Czech Republic: Praque | France: Lyon, Paris, Soissons | Gambia: Banjul | Germany: Cologne, Nueremberg, Berlin, Aachen-Heerlen | Italy: Turin | Netherlands: Utrecht, Heerlen-Aachen, Goes, Zoetermeer | Poland: Poznan, Warsaw | Spain: Barcelona, Sevilla, Madrid | Switzerland: Zug | Turkey: Istanbul | UK: London, Sheffield | USA: Sacramento
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
A global player in the sustainable energy market
~100 employees
Target to develop 4000 MW - 5000 MW installed capacity
In-house: development, realization & contracting, O&M, financial engineering
Who is Evelop?
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Organization chart
Evelop International
Financial Engineering
Evelop Projects(SPC Holding)
Real Estate & Energy Infra
Renewables Operations & Maintenance
Solar
Biomass digestion
SWAC
Wind offshore
Wind on land
Biomass combustion
Energy Infra
Commercial
Housing
Ecopower
Breeze
Q7
BEC1
Piscadera
Scira
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Antilles: Curaçao | Belgium: Brussels | China: Peking| Czech Republic: Prague | France: Vienne, Soissons | Netherlands: Utrecht, Goes, Leeuwarden | Poland: Poznan | Spain: Barcelona | UK: Sheffield
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Evelop Renewables
Onshore wind
Offshore wind
Biomass digestion
Biomass combustion
Solar
Sea Water Air Conditioning (SWAC)
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Evelop Renewables
Onshore wind
Offshore wind
Biomass digestion
Biomass combustion
Solar
Sea Water Air Conditioning (SWAC)
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Windpark Q7 Capacity 120 MW 125.000 households 23 km offshore Investment € 383 M Construction started
October 2006 Expected to be operational
spring 2008 First non recourse financed
offshore wind farm ever Euro Money deal of the year
award See also: www.q7wind.com
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Scira
Capacity 315 MW 178.000 households 9 nautical miles offshore Investment € 800 M 2nd round, expected to be operational end 2010 Partner: StatoilHydro See also: www.scira.co.uk
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Belwind
330 MW
350.000 households
46 km offshore
Investment 900 € M Expected to be operational
2009 – 2010
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Project development from idea to realization and exploitation
Financial engineering
Initiation
Development
Construction
Operations &
Maintenance
Contracting
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Development phase
Select site (data acq, desk research)
Land (or sea bed): buy, lease, concession
Permits (all: building, environmental, cables)
Engineering & procurement
Financing (equity, debt)
Insurance
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Development phase
Select site (data acq, desk research)
Land (or sea bed): buy, lease, concession
Permits (all: building, environmental, cables)
Engineering & procurement
Financing (equity, debt)
Insurance
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Engineering & Procurement
Preliminary Site Assessment
Preliminary Design Basis
Conceptual foundation design
Site Investigations
Preliminary Foundation design
Design Basis
Tender procedure
Contract
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Preliminary Site Assessment
Geological model of the site
Preliminary definition key geological processes
Preliminary Metocean conditions
Identification Geotechnical risks
Identification of areas insufficient information
Outline scope additional survey
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Preliminary Site Assessment
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Preliminary Site Assessment
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Preliminary Site Assessment
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Preliminary Site Assessment
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Preliminary Site Assessment
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Preliminary Site Assessment
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Preliminary Site Assessment
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Site Investigations
Geophysical Survey
Geotechnical survey
Metocean Study
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Geophysical survey
Establish bathymetry
Identification and location of significant seabed features
Determination geometry of subsurface layers
Extrapolation of local geotechnical data across the site
Outline scope of Geotechnical survey
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Bathymetry
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Significant seabed features
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Geometry of subsurface layers
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Geometry of subsurface layers
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Outline scope of Geotechnical Survey
Size, location and foundation type of any seabed structures.
Complexity of geological model.
Presence and distribution of geotechnical hazards.
Variability and uncertainty in geotechnical properties.
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Outline scope of Geotechnical Survey
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Geotechnical Survey
Refined geological model
variation in ground conditions
Idealized ground profile at foundation location
Geotechnical parameters for foundation design
Identification of geotechnical hazards
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Geotechnical Survey
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Geotechnical Survey
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Geotechnical Survey
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Refined Geological model
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Refined Geological model
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Parameters for foundation design
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Parameters for foundation design
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Metocean Data
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Metocean Data
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Foundation Design
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Foundation Design
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
Data Integration – Design Basis
Site conditions
Codes standards and requirements
Design
Installation & Commissioning
Operation & Maintenance
=> Contracting phase
Offshore Wind Farm Development & Geophysics
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