BackRelive the Online Seminar on the Co-existence of Offshore Wind Farms and Winter Navigation
Windfarms in Icy Waters: What Could Go Wrong?
On May 7 2025, experts from several maritime safety and security related projects and initiatives in the Baltic Sea Region met in an online seminar “Co-existence of Offshore Wind Farms and Winter Navigation”, presented their work and discussed ways moving forward. Did you miss it? Relive through the presentations and the recording.
The agenda below can guide you to where in the recording you want to focus.
12:30 Welcome
12:45 Session 1: Ice structure
- Aalto University: Windy Sea project – pylon effects on ice
- Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency: studies of ice structures within the WINMOS III-project
13:30 Session 2: Ship operations
- Uppsala University: CO2-emission effects by changing routes
- Finnish Geospatial Research Institute: Ice boat – ship optimization tool
- Finnish Meteorological Institute: Wind trapped – Proof of Concept traffic analysis
14:30 Session 3: impact on assistance
- Chalmers University of Technology & Uppsala University – Impact study
- Finnish Transport and Communications Agency & Ramboll – offshore wind farms without ice – risk analysis in the Bothnian Sea
- Swedish Maritime Administration & Research Institutes of Sweden – Offshore wind farms with ice – effects on shipping and icebreaking
15:50 Summary – which new research needs are identified
15:30 Closing
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