Navigational Safety Hazards Posed by Offshore Wind Farms: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis
As global energy production progressively turns toward a green environment and economy, one of the safety challenges to the maritime industry that has arisen lies within offshore wind farms (OWFs). As renewable sources of energy whose numbers are rapidly expanding, their impact to the safety of navi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/7/1330 |
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| Summary: | As global energy production progressively turns toward a green environment and economy, one of the safety challenges to the maritime industry that has arisen lies within offshore wind farms (OWFs). As renewable sources of energy whose numbers are rapidly expanding, their impact to the safety of navigation of the ships that navigate in their vicinity ought to be examined further. An ever-growing number of OWFs has led to safety concerns that have never been taken into consideration before. This article gives a structured quantitative analysis and an in-depth review of the literature connected to the safety of navigation, collision probability, and risk assessment that OWFs pose to all maritime industry agents. In this article, the main concerns of the impact of OWFs to the safety of navigation are analyzed using a combination of both the PRISMA and PICOC methodologies. Various types of scientific papers such as journal articles, conference proceedings, MSc theses, PhD theses, and online works of research are collated into a detailed bibliometric analysis and categorized by the most relevant parameters providing valuable perspectives on the current state of art in the field. The findings of this research emphasize the need for a further and more thorough analysis on the theoretical installment of OWFs and their inevitable impact on increasing maritime traffic complexity. The results of this article can form a strong basis for further scientific development in the field and can give useful insights to all maritime industry stakeholders dealing with OWFs. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1312 |