Autor: Anne Schweizer

Logistic Network of Offshore Wind Energy and Its Dynamic Effects

Logistic Network of Offshore Wind Energy and Its Dynamic Effects

Bewältigung dynamischer Einflüsse
Anne Schweizer, Thies Beinke, Bernd Scholz-Reiter ORCID Icon
The relevance of wind energy for the German energy supply increases steadily. This development is driven by the German withdrawal from nuclear energy as well as the ambitious climate policy goals. Furthermore, the fossil energy resources are limited. The logistic network which is needed to create an offshore-wind park is affected by dynamic disturbances like weather conditions as well as other influences. They have an impact on the material-pull which is initiated by the offshore construction site. Already scheduled processes cannot be proceeded which necessitates rescheduling of material flow process-plans. Sometimes material is also pushed back into the network.
Industrie Management | Volume 27 | 2011 | Edition 6 | Pages 13-16
Weather-Dependent Planning

Weather-Dependent Planning

Improving supply chain and offshore plant control
Bernd Scholz-Reiter ORCID Icon, Anne Schweizer, Michael Lütjen ORCID Icon, Wolf Lampe
The assembly and usage of offshore wind energy plants will increase during the next years. The German government updated the Renewable Energies Act in 2009 which pushes the offshore development ahead. One German offshore wind energy park has been assembled and put into operation so far. Transport, construction and assembly underlie strong influences like weather conditions on sea as well as material availability. The presented article shows these influences and a concept in which adaptive planning and control strategies are used to keep the overall process under control.
Industrie Management | Volume 26 | 2010 | Edition 6 | Pages 62-66