Underwater Noise Emission Due to Offshore Pile Installation: A Review

Apostolos Tsouvalas
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Apostolos Tsouvalas: Sections of Dynamics of Solids and Structures & Offshore Engineering, Departments of Engineering Structures & Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628CN Delft, The Netherlands

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-41

Abstract: The growing demand for renewable energy supply stimulates a drastic increase in the deployment rate of offshore wind energy. Offshore wind power generators are usually supported by large foundation piles that are driven into the seabed with hydraulic impact hammers or vibratory devices. The pile installation process, which is key to the construction of every new wind farm, is hindered by a serious by-product: the underwater noise pollution. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art computational methods to predict the underwater noise emission by the installation of foundation piles offshore including the available noise mitigation strategies. Future challenges in the field are identified under the prism of the ever-increasing size of wind turbines and the emerging pile driving technologies.

Keywords: offshore wind; pile installation; underwater noise; noise levels; noise mitigation; air bubble curtain; sound exposure level; peak pressure Level; vibroacoustics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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