Structural Integrity of Offshore Wind Turbines Oversight of Design, Fabrication, and Installation - Special Report 305 (2011) / Chapter Skim
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7 Summary of Key Findings and Recommendations
7 Summary of Key Findings and Recommendations
Pages 127-136
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During its review, the committee noted that the U.S. government, having committed to exploiting the offshore wind energy resource, has an interest in industry performance for reasons beyond its statutory mandate to ensure the safe, orderly, and environmentally responsible use of the outer continental shelf (OCS)
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Many sets of standards and guidance documents for offshore wind turbines are available from standards organizations, classification soci eties, and at least one government. Many, if not most, have elements that are relevant to the United States and can be applied to installations in U.S.
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• The United States urgently needs a set of clear and specific standards to reduce uncertainty in the requirements that projects must meet, facilitate the orderly development of offshore wind energy, and sup port the stable economic development of a nascent industry. States and private companies are developing plans for offshore wind energy projects in state waters and on the OCS.
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fostering innovation and competitiveness. Improvements in the efficiency of offshore wind turbine installations and reductions in capital and operating costs are needed if offshore wind energy is to become a highly competitive renewable energy source.
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4. BOEMRE should take a leading role in promoting awareness of lessons learned in the offshore wind and offshore oil and gas industries among project developers, industry professionals, and standards development bodies.
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3. Type certification of a wind turbine may be substituted for portions of third-party design review if the type certificate is appropriate for site conditions [e.g., the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
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; b. Experienced in performing scopes of work similar to that being reviewed, with detailed knowledge of the codes and standards being applied; familiarity with the approaches proposed by the developer; and the technical expertise and engineering judgment to verify assumptions, conclusions, and results independently; and c.
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Have experience with the dominant environmental effects for the project location (e.g., earthquake-resistant design experience for offshore West Coast locations)
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5. BOEMRE should actively participate in the IEC Wind Turbines Certi fication Bodies Advisory Committee as a means of staying informed on issues relating to wind turbine certification and the accreditation of CVAs.
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It could also advise BOEMRE on how CVAs can assess compliance with goal-based standards and on how the agency and industry can learn from the deficiencies and other concerns that CVAs identify in projects. Finally, for the initial offshore wind develop ment projects, such an expert panel could help BOEMRE review the packages of Guidelines -- standards, rules, industry guidelines, and rec ommended practices -- submitted for application to a particular project or submitted for preapproval for use in future projects.
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