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Coupled with advanced probabilistic structural design and operation methodologies following appropriate standards and guidance promises the cost reduction needed to make offshore wind structures cost competitive.
RISING TO THE CHALLENGE The industry has in recent years risen to the challenge and has embarked on a number of research, development and training initiatives putting it at the forefront of offshore engineering innovation. This includes for example major industry led programmes such as PISA (Pile Soil Analysis) researching geotechnical aspects of soil-structure interaction with universities such as Oxford, Imperial College and University College Dublin and the SLIC (Offshore Wind Structural Life Industry Collaboration) project a pan-industry collaborative initiative working with Cranfield University to accelerate the development of standards for the design of fatigue and corrosion-fatigue resistant structures.
Cranfield and Oxford in addition, have teamed up to lead a world-unique Renewable Energy Marine Structures (REMS) Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) which with EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and industry funding will train at least fifty Engineering Doctorates over the coming years. This next generation of Offshore Engineering Leaders will ensure the sector continues the momentum to innovate in order to ensure the UK and Europe continues to lead the world in this vitally important contributor to the renewable energy mix.
STANDARDS AND DESIGN GUIDANCE Standards and Design Guidance are necessary for fabricators, designers and the wider supply chain to engage. This in-turn serves to broaden the supply base driving competition, increasing quality and reducing cost. The coming years will see an increase in materials and structures testing and other related research, the benefits of which will reinforce the sector for generations to come.
Professor Feargal Brennan Director of Energy Cranfield University
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