Assessment of allowable sea states for offshore wind turbine blade installation using time-domain numerical models and considering weather forecast uncertainty

Installation of offshore wind turbines, particularly blades, is challenging and should be executed within the allowable limit of sea states to ensure the safety and the efficiency of installation. During the execution phase where weather forecast will be used in the decision-making process, uncertainty in weather forecast is an important issue required to be dealt with. The purpose of this paper is to assess allowable sea states for offshore …