Mitchell, D., Blanche, J., Harper, S., Lim, T., Gupta, R., Zaki, O., Tang, W., Robu, V., Watson, S. and Flynn, D. (2022) A review: Challenges and opportunities for artificial intelligence and robotics in the offshore wind sector. Energy and AI, 8, 100146. (doi: 10.1016/j.egyai.2022.100146)
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Abstract
The UK has set plans to increase offshore wind capacity from 22GW to 154GW by 2030. With such tremendous growth, the sector is now looking to Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) in order to tackle lifecycle service barriers as to support sustainable and profitable offshore wind energy production. Today, RAI applications are predominately being used to support short term objectives in operation and maintenance. However, moving forward, RAI has the potential to play a critical role throughout the full lifecycle of offshore wind infrastructure, from surveying, planning, design, logistics, operational support, training and decommissioning. This paper presents one of the first systematic reviews of RAI for the offshore renewable energy sector. The state-of-the-art in RAI is analyzed with respect to offshore energy requirements, from both industry and academia, in terms of current and future requirements. Our review also includes a detailed evaluation of investment, regulation and skills development required to support the adoption of RAI. The key trends identified through a detailed analysis of patent and academic publication databases provide insights to barriers such as certification of autonomous platforms for safety compliance and reliability, the need for digital architectures for scalability in autonomous fleets, adaptive mission planning for resilient resident operations and optimization of human machine interaction for trusted partnerships between people and autonomous assistants. Our study concludes with identification of technological priorities and outlines their integration into a new ‘symbiotic digital architecture’ to deliver the future of offshore wind farm lifecycle management.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Blanche, Dr Jamie and Harper, Mr Samuel and Mitchell, Mr Daniel and Flynn, Professor David |
Authors: | Mitchell, D., Blanche, J., Harper, S., Lim, T., Gupta, R., Zaki, O., Tang, W., Robu, V., Watson, S., and Flynn, D. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Autonomous Systems and Connectivity College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy |
Journal Name: | Energy and AI |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 2666-5468 |
ISSN (Online): | 2666-5468 |
Published Online: | 15 February 2022 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in Energy and AI 8:100146 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons Licence |
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