SeaRoc, JBA to support Choshi wind farm project offshore Japan

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (TEPCO) has commissioned SeaRoc and JBA Consulting (JBA) to support the development of the Choshi offshore wind farm, a 370 MW-project off the coast of Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture.

If approved, the wind farm is expected to reach operational stage after 2024.

SeaRoc is leading the project and providing TEPCO with offshore wind farm construction and operational analysis support, including engineering and vessel information for running the models.

The project is looking at European and Japanese methods for construction and operations and will compare these two approaches. The analysis also includes the pre-assembly construction phase in port.

Neil Pittam, SeaRoc’s Head of Consultancy, said: “The ongoing collaboration between SeaRoc and our strategic partner, JBA, to support the expansion of offshore wind in Japan is important to provide clients with the support which they need, and to allow the industry to develop and grow efficiently using market leading techniques.”

JBA will use its logistics and metocean risk management software – ForeCoast Marine – to help optimise and plan the project’s construction and operation and maintenance strategies.

The software will simulate the project in a virtual world, representing all the operations which are required, their interdependencies, and associated metocean affects. These simulations will then be used to evaluate the performance of various strategies in terms of costs, programme and weather downtime.

Choshi Offshire Wind Farm K K  is a joint venture company between Ørsted and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings.

Source: Offshore Magazine