PROOF

The project aims at establishing a common methodology that supports the planning of flexible and non-flexible maintenance works, using a weather informed algorithm to optimize maintenance planning according to various constraints like grid constraints and platform accessibility.

PROOF aims at developing an effective approach to offshore substation maintenance planning that fully integrates stakeholders’ interests, while assessing multiple variables, such as weather-related variables and accessibility conditions. In particular, our approach aims to significantly improve the planning by: 

(i) coordinating stakeholders' criteria in offshore substation maintenance planning;

(ii) effectively predicting the relevant uncertain variables (e.g. weather evolution) that play a critical role in regulatory, economic, technical and safety factors. 

Notably, aligning stakeholders' criteria in a holistic maintenance planning problem not only reduces the implicit cost of maintenance but also leads to the smooth operation of power systems during maintenance activities. On top of that we plan to publish a scientific paper for community knowledge sharing.