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Tall and elegant, spotless white in the open sea - in such a way offshore
windmills should energise the world, environmentally compatible and sustainable,
in the near future. A vision only? As technical advanced industrial plants have
offshore wind energy plants
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also a bearing on their environment. Hence, it is not surprising that the
utilisation of offshore wind energy not only causes enthusiasm but also meets
with questions and criticism.
Have you ever asked yourself how a wind energy farm is planned at all?
Wherefrom knows the planner which and how many plants should be build
and where? And why locations for instance near nature protection areas
or shipping routes are also taken into consideration?
Computer in support of a sustainable planning procedure
Software systems in the form of Information- and Decision Support Systems (IDSS)
can help answering these and a number of further questions. On the one hand
information and data about offshore wind energy can be shown in a user-friendly
manner – for example based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – and can be
well directed retrieved by different user groups.
Decision Support Systems provide on the other hand the unique opportunity for
an objective and fast evaluation of decisions as for instance the choice of
location for an offshore wind farm. In doing so the DSS considers socio-economic
as well as ecological factors. Accordingly planning companies, consultants and
decision makers will find a supporting tool for the assessment of projects in
such a Decision Support System.
For informing the broad public as well as for the objectification of the public
discussion about offshore wind energy, IMPULSE is presently developing the
web-based and interactive Information- and Decision Support System ANEMOS (Anemos Greek: wind).
ANEMOS: An interactive Game for Offshore Wind Energy
In ANEMOS people can slip in the different roles of a planner, an environmentalist,
a tourism manager or also a shipping representative and plan - alone or together
with other players - an offshore wind energy project. The user will become acquainted
with challenges but also synergies of offshore wind energy without the slightest effort;
he will discuss the project with other online-users and will finally try to find an
optimal solution – thus a project design that meets with the interests of all participants.
Feel free to test a first prototype of ANEMOS here.
ANEMOS has been also realised as board game: ANEMOS on Board. According to the principles
of the online-version, a user group will discuss and realise a virtual offshore wind
energy project under scientific guidance of one IMPULSE group member. This version is
particularly suitable for the application in schools and universities in the course of
dealing with the topic offshore wind energy. If you are interested in realising a workshop
with Anemos on Board at your school or university, please contact Oliver Lichte
or Susanne Adam.
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POWER - Pushing Offshore Windenergy Regions
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Our activities in the field of offshore wind energy are mainly based on the Interreg IIIb
project POWER – Pushing Offshore Wind Energy Regions, funded by the European Union. 37
organisations from Germany, UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium are working on the
formation of a concerted platform for discussion and exchange as well as economic and
technological utilisation of offshore wind energy by the North Sea Member States.
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IMPULSE leads on of four work packages in the POWER project: Work Package 1 – Planning
and Participation. Within WP 1 the Junior Research Group develops Information and
Decision Support Systems for the North Sea Region with the aim of:
Improvement of the integration of different planning systems within the North Sea
Region to achieve a consistent planning and information strategy for the planning
and erection of offshore wind energy plants.
Securing of stakeholder participation already in the early stage of decision
processes regarding offshore wind energy.
General improvement of societal decision making processes when building offshore
wind energy farms.
For further information, please go to: POWER - Pushing Offshore Wind Energy Regions and
Kids4Offshore - POWER Pupils' contest
Documents
ANEMOS Flyer
POWER Flyer
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