Methodology for Risk Assessment of Substructures for Floating Wind Turbines

This paper provides a methodology for the risk assessment of deep water floating wind turbine substructures, developed as part of the EU H2020 LIFES50+ project. The methodology developed draws on good practice for risk assessment and risk management and is designed to be flexible enough to be applicable to different types of risk. This paper deals with four categories: technology risks, manufacturing risks, health, safety and environmental (HSE) risks, and commercialisation risks. Each of these areas of risk are assessed using a bespoke method and at all stages of the technology's lifecycle process, from design through to decommissioning.