Wind Farms
Wind Farm Example.jpg
Layer Info
Category Activities
Sub-Category Energy
Energy Type Green
Editable Yes
Data source OSPAR, manual updates
Bathymetry Min 0m
Bathymetry Max -150m
Production Min x MWh/KM2
Production Max x MWh/KM2
Resource Wind Speed
Types
6MW
9MW
Floater

Description:

Offshore wind power or offshore wind energy is the use of wind farms constructed in bodies of water, usually in the ocean on the continental shelf, to harvest wind energy to generate electricity. Higher wind speeds are available offshore compared to on land, so offshore wind power’s contribution in terms of electricity supplied is higher, and NIMBY opposition to construction is usually much weaker. Unlike the typical usage of the term "offshore" in the marine industry, offshore wind power includes inshore water areas such as lakes, fjords and sheltered coastal areas, utilizing traditional fixed-bottom wind turbine technologies, as well as deeper-water areas utilizing floating wind turbines.

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MSP Challenge 2050:

Wind Farms are used to produce green energy, the production amount is calculated based on the maximum amount of energy that can be produced in the designated area.

Wind Farms are polygons, i.e., geometric shapes that you can draw in, edit or remove when making a plan. They create the following pressures on the ecosystem:

Wind farms disallow all the bottom trawl, and industrial and pelagic trawl fishing fleets. Drift and fixed nets fleets are only disallowed during construction.

Placement Restrictions:

The placement restrictions decide whether the overlap of spatial elements causes:

Errors - Impossible to place these layers on top of each other due to physical limitation.

Warnings - Warnings that it should be done, but wont stop the placement.

Error Warning
Country x
Shipping Lane x
IMO Route x
Port x
Anchorage x

Type Overview:

The Wind Farm layer has "To Be Defined" types, this overview shows the core information, for further info you can navigate to the type using the InfoBox on the General Information tab.

Bathymetry Min Bathymetry Max Production per KM2
Type x x m x m x MW/km2

Pressure on Ecology:

The ecological pressures are scaled on a level from 0 to 1, with 0 having none, and 1 having the maximal impact on that pressure.

State Artificial Substrate Noise Surface Disturbance Bottom Disturbance
Under construction 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.6
In production 0.4 0.1 0.1

Energy Calculation:

The energy production is calculated using the following algorithm: N/A

Retrieved from:

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Description:

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This page was last edited on 7 November 2019, at 10:32. Content is available under GPLv3 unless otherwise noted.