News
Below you can find all relevant news generated during the DecomTools project period.
Economic and environmental assessments to support the decision making process in the offshore wind farm decommissioning projects’
01 December 2023The wind energy sector has experienced a significant expansion during the past two decades. With the current global appetite for the further expansion of offshore wind farms (OWFs) as one of the mai…
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Analysis and assessment of damages to wind turbines, onshore and offshore with the objective to reduce the risk of wind turbine failures and collapse - Master thesis
31 January 2023The aim of this study is to assess and analyze the damages to wind turbines onshore and offshore in order to reduce the risk of potential failures, damages and collapse of wind turbines. Thus, damage…
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Technical Feasibility of Decomtools Vessel Monopile Extraction System - Master thesis
31 January 2023As part of the EU-funded DecomTools project for offshore wind farm decommissioning, the Thesis set out to evaluate the technical feasibility of the monopile extraction system of the concept eco-innov…
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Decommisioning of Windturbines – Logistics business case
30 January 2023For both onshore and offshore wind turbines, the integral value chains of decommissioning (from dismantling to recycling the materials) were mapped, and the potential role of the port of Ostend and t…
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Report -Business model Repowering
28 January 2023The space for wind parks on land is limited and problems occur due to noise, wing shadow disturbance in the vicinity of urban settlements.
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Schooling Programme - Blade removal, Blade cutting, and Nacelle removing
27 January 2023BLADE REMOVAL BLADE CUTTING NACELLE REMOVING
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Simulation analysis
27 January 2023This paper look at eight different simulation models, which concretize different logistics strategies and dismantling configurations.
The models were created with the software "Plant Simulation" …
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Operation Analysis
27 January 2023Virtual Reality Modelling in the context of offshore-decommissioning
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End-of-Life phase and three circularity concepts for Wind Turbine Blades
19 December 2022In order to bring the “End-of-Life phase and three circularity concepts for wind turbine blades” into a larger context, this document presents the general overview about wind turbines, the materials…
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GAP ANALYSIS RULES AND REGULATIONS DECOM TOOLS 2022
27 October 2022Like any large operation, decommissioning requires clear and strong regulations.
This gap analysis focus on international and national regulations such as highlighting the overall regulations, as …
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