The University of Tokyo has established a new course called ‘Ocean Utilization Systems’ that is using Norwegian company Shoreline Wind’s platform to try and find the best approach to building an offshore wind farm in Japan.
Students will explore various infrastructure systems to find the most-efficient project approach in regards to time, foundations, construction vessel usage and more for a specific region targeted as promising in Japan.
University of Tokyo associate Professor Ryota Wada said the purpose of the lecture is to take a comprehensive view of the offshore wind farm projects looking at the entire lifecycle of the socio-technical system.
Wada said: “The overall purpose of this lecture is to bridge the gap between fundamental knowledge of ocean technologies and actual innovative systems that covers the full aspect of wind farm projects including design, fabrication, transportation, installation, and so on.
“With Shoreline Wind’s platform, we can learn the state-of-art method on how to evaluate the complex problems regarding cost and performance, by simplifying and visualising the processes for our master students.”
In the future, the plan is to expand and include Shoreline Wind’s solution in more extensive research fields on modern technologies, such as floating wind, but also for building an efficient supply-chain.