ABSTRACT
In this paper, the availability of an offshore wind turbine is modelled and analysed based on Extended Coloured Stochastic Petri Nets (ECSPN).
1 INTRODUCTION
Wind power is one of the most important forms of renewable energy production. The German Wind Energy Association (BWE) reported in 2013 the construction of wind turbines with a total capacity of approximately 3,000 MW in Germany. In order to operate such a plant economically, despite the high investment costs, life times of about 20 years are provided (IWES 2009). This results in high demands on the reliability of a wind turbine.
