PORT FEASIBILITY STUDY TO SUPPORT OFFSHORE WIND FARMS AROUND EGYPT

A pervious study to assist Egyptian’s offshore wind potentials identified three different locations around the Red Sea, which can produce 33 GW of wind energy. The paper seeks to establish a feasibility assessment for the... [ view full abstract ]

A pervious study to assist Egyptian’s offshore wind potentials identified three different locations around the Red Sea, which can produce 33 GW of wind energy. The paper seeks to establish a feasibility assessment for the infrastructure and logistics port. Seven ports were evaluated using a group of criteria: quay length, water depth, loading capacity, cranes structure, distance to location, layout suitability and road network. The most suitable port final decision was rated using Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methodology. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to calculate the relative importance of the different criteria considered. The primary results showed that “distance between port and wind farm location” factor is the most effective factor in the final decision.