Offshore wind power plants

Glavni cilj rada je bio istražiti sektor priobalnih vjetrenih elektrana. U radu je pisano o povijesti iskorištavanja energije vjetra, opisana je energija vjetra kao grana industrije u energetici, analizirano je koja se tehnološka rješenja najčešće javljaju u izgradnji vjetroagregata, kakvo je trenutno stanje u svijetu u kapacitetu instalirane snage, kakvi su planovi razvoja cijelog sektora i na čemu će se temeljiti taj razvoj, koji izazovi stoje pred projektantima i graditeljima priobalnih vjetrenih elektrana. Opisano je i gospodarsko – političko stanje u Hrvatskoj, što se tiče priobalnih vjetrenih elektrana, ispitano ima li ta tehnologija perspektivu u našoj državi te kako bi se, eventualno, moglo uključiti hrvatsko gospodarstvo u taj sektor.The main objective of the research was to explore the offshore wind sector. In the research was written about the history of wind energy exploitation, the wind energy as industrial branch in the energy sector was described, analyzed which technology is most often applied in the construction of wind turbines, what is the world’s current status in installed power capacity, what are the plans for the development of the sector and which principles this development is going to be based on and what challenges designers and constructors of offshore wind farms are facing. It was also described the economic - political situation in Croatia, as regards of offshore wind farms, examined whether this technology has perspective in our country and how could Croatian economy be included in this sector