Site Selection for a Proposed Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation in Ice-Covered Waters for Field Data Collection

Ahmed Derradji-Aouat; Jaakko Heinonen; Hayo Hendrikse; Mark Fuglem; Malith Prasanna; Paul Stuckey

Site Selection for a Proposed Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation in Ice-Covered Waters for Field Data Collection

Ahmed Derradji-Aouat
, Jaakko Heinonen
, Hayo Hendrikse
, Mark Fuglem
, Malith Prasanna
, Paul Stuckey

BA4907 Arctic infrastructure

National Research Council Canada (NRC)
Delft University of Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

Abstract

Several European and Canadian ice experts/scientists met in the summer of 2025 to address the critical need for publicly accessible ice-load data on offshore wind foundations. They proposed a "scientific" offshore wind turbine (OWT) foundation to be deployed in a location where OWTs are currently envisaged in ice-covered waters. The focus of this work is on two regions: the Gulf of Bothnia (Europe) and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada). The paper presents preliminary analyses for the site selection of the proposed OWT foundation. The results of the analyses of the environmental conditions of the two regions are given, and several sites are proposed for each region. The study confirms that both regions meet the preset criteria. The final decision should balance the known environmental, geotechnical, and economic factors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Publisher	International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers ISOPE
Pages	531-540
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781880653722
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2026
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	36th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2026 - Orlando, United States Duration: 31 May 2026 → 5 Jun 2026

Conference

Conference	36th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2026
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	31/05/26 → 5/06/26

Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the RePower project funded by the European Union NextGenerationEU. The RePower project is part of the strategic research opening “Electric Storage” of VTT, launched with the support of the additional chapter of the RePowerEU investment and reform programme for sustainable growth in Finland.

Keywords

Gulf of Bothnia, Gulf of St. Lawrence
Offshore
Turbine, Ice
Wind

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Derradji-Aouat, A., Heinonen, J., Hendrikse, H., Fuglem, M., Prasanna, M., & Stuckey, P. (Accepted/In press). Site Selection for a Proposed Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation in Ice-Covered Waters for Field Data Collection. In Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (pp. 531-540). International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers ISOPE.

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Site Selection for a Proposed Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation in Ice-Covered Waters for Field Data Collection. / Derradji-Aouat, Ahmed; Heinonen, Jaakko; Hendrikse, Hayo et al.
Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers ISOPE, 2026. p. 531-540.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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