Main Challenges for Designing a Off-Shore a Wind Farm in Mexico

This article describes the main challenges involved for designing and planning of an offshore wind farm in Mexico. First, a brief description of the site is made and analysis of the wind resource is made in a maritime location located in the municipality of Magallanes, Tabasco, which has high wind potential. Subsequently, based on the characterization of the wind data, the type and class of the wind turbine is determined based on the characterization of the wind data. Then, the optimal distribution of the wind turbines is determined and the annual energy production and the losses caused by the wake effect are estimated. Also, the main components of the off-shore wind farm infrastructure are described and a parametric study is carried out to estimate the Joule losses of submarine cables. Finally, an economic viability study of the off-shore wind farm is made and a comparison is made with an on-shore wind farm.