A potential offshore wind farm arrangement off the Bozcaada shores

Throughout the world, energy demand and the need for energy production is rising day by day. Fossil fuels are not compromising in the long run, due to the usage of them, there is an increase in pollution and CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. The increase in CO2 concentration causes the temperatures to rise in the atmosphere and the acidity to increase in the ocean. These changes are the main reasons of global warming. Global warming causes the climates to change and the temperatures to raise around the globe.Raise in the temperature affects living creatures and their adaptation capabilities. In addition to that, due to the draught and temperature raise causes photosynthetic plants to decrease their O2 production rates. Thus, accelerating the global climate change. In order to reduce the adverse effects, of global warming, green energy demand is on the rise. Some of the developed countries (such as China, USA, Germany, UK, Denmark) have issued decisions on producing more green energy and supporting companies to use green energy and to build green energy plants. Governments give support to those companies, which chose to use green energy in their activities, and reduce the taxes on green energy to make it widely used. Even households are installing energy plants on top of their rooftops and governments buy excess produced energy. Green energy is the energy, which comes from natural and renewable resources, such as sun, wind and water. Solar energy plants, hydroelectrical plants and wind farms are established around the world for specific locations according to efficiency of the renewable source. Recent studies claimed that, amongst renewable energy sources, wind energy technology might be the most innovative and harmless answer for green energy supply of the future. A wind turbine is a structure, which converts the kinetic energy from winds to electricity. Especially, offshore wind energy farms have been considered as a solution, since offshore winds have no obstruction in front of them and thus, blow more steadily. However, one must consider the offshore conditions to construct such a structure to withstand for years. As mentioned priorly, Germany, China, USA, UK and Denmark are taking the lead amongst other countries on the power generating by offshore wind farms. In order to arrange an offshore wind farm, first of all, wind map of planned location has been checked to find the initial wind farm location. Çanakkale offshore has been selected as starting point. After selecting the location, wind speed, wind direction, water depth, turbine type, turbine foundation, shipping and migration routes have been checked to select the most proper location. Northeastern shores of Bozcaada have been selected for final location after evaluating aforementioned parameters. Wave forces have been calculated by using Morrison's Equation on the second phase of this dissertation and results are included on the following pages of this paper.