Offshore Technology / Risk management

 

 

Offshore Technology / Risk management                            
In addition to wind energy being a carbon dioxide and fossil free energy production,
the main benefit with offshore construction as opposed to onshore is more frequent and
stronger winds, which of course means a higher energy production. There are however
also some disadvantages, building offshore is complex, cost intensive and is associated
with more risks than onshore construction.
The purpose of this thesis was to identify the major risks in offshore wind farm
development and to unravel how those risks are controlled. Furthermore, the thesis
aimed to investigate how the offshore wind farm industry is working with risk
management and to provide suggestions for improvements by researching existing
theories on risk management. Lastly, the Swedish offshore wind farm development as
well as the potential risk reduction of building offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea
will be analyzed. To achieve the purpose, a case study on the offshore wind farm,
Rødsand 2, was conducted where several of the actors involved in the project were
interviewed regarding which risks they were exposed to and how those risks were
controlled. The risk management plan used by E.ON for this particular project was
analyzed and compared with existing theories on risk management.