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As more offshore wind parks are commissioned, the focus will inevitably shift from a planning, construction, and warranty focus to an operation, maintenance, and investment payback focus. In this latter case, both short-term risks associated with wind turbine component assemblies, and long-term risks related to integrity of the support structure, are highly important. This research focuses on the role of condition monitoring to lower costs and risks associated with short-term reliability and long-term asset integrity. This enables comparative estimates of the life cycle costs and reduction in uncertainty, both of which are of value to investors.
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Thöns, S., McMillan, D. (2014). Condition Monitoring Benefit for Operation Support of Offshore Wind Turbines. In: Karki, R., Billinton, R., Verma, A. (eds) Reliability Modeling and Analysis of Smart Power Systems. Reliable and Sustainable Electric Power and Energy Systems Management. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1798-5_11
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