TURN TOWARDS NON- CONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF ENERGY WITH OFFSHORE WIND POWER

With the risk of exhausting conventional sources of energy increasing day by day, more and more non-conventional sources of energy are being explored and looked for. People all over the world are becoming active and conscious of the environment that has led them to turn towards exploiting nature in a way that is not harmful to it. What is offshore wind power? One such option is to employ the offshore wind power. This power is generated through the construction or installation of wind farms, not in land but in the water bodies itself. This is due to the reason that the offshore wind power is much stronger as compared to that on land. This is also the reason as to why the contribution to the total energy generated is also high. Where can they be installed? These wind farms may be installed on any kind of water bodies. These water bodies need not necessarily be oceans; they can be installed or constructed on lakes, coastal areas. They can also be fixed on the offshore wind turbines at the bottom. What is it used for?

Typically this method is used to generate electricity with the help of offshore wind farms. Structures of Offshore Wind Turbines These structures mainly are dependent on the stability that is required by the water farm and the depth of the water body that the farm is being installed in. Various kinds of structures of offshore wind turbines that are available are:

Single Column Style The diameter of this structure is six meters and the maximum depth is thirty meters. They are also popularly known as monopole turbines.

Gravity Base Structures The minimum depth is twenty meters. However, the maximum is eighty meters.

Tripod Piled Structure This structure too is from twenty to eighty meters.

Conventional Steel Jacket Structures These structures can be used for twenty to eighty meters deep too.They are mainly used by the oil and gas companies.

Floating Wind Turbines These are meant for water bodies whose depth is more than eighty meters. The glitch while using Offshore Wind Power Though, the energy production is higher in these farms, on Shore turbines are more accessible as compared to off shore ones. This also hints to the fact that reliability becomes one of the major concerns while using these turbines. Accessibility is only through a helicopter or a vessel. However, there are some offshore turbines that also have places to live such as quarters on the site of the farms for minimal maintenance needs. How is this beneficial to you? The production cost of this kind of energy is much less as compared to the others. Getting the structures to be constructed or installed is the only task, once installed; they can be used to power huge communities and businesses. More than anything else, it is environmental friendly. It is a renewable source of energy that reduces air pollution and the green house gases. The most important thing to be noted here is that the water life is also not interrupted in any way by these farms.

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