Floating wind turbines: marine operations challenges and opportunities

Rahul Chitteth Ramachandran; Cian Desmond; Frances Judge; Jorrit Jan Serraris; Jimmy Murphy

doi:10.5194/wes-7-903-2022

Floating wind turbines: marine operations challenges and opportunities

Rahul Chitteth Ramachandran
, Cian Desmond
, Frances Judge
, Jorrit Jan Serraris
, Jimmy Murphy

Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions
Maritime Research Institute Netherlands

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Abstract

The global floating offshore wind energy industry is rapidly maturing, with several technologies having been installed at pilot and demonstration scales. As the industry progresses to full array-scale deployments, the optimization of marine activities related to installation, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning presents a significant opportunity for cost reduction. This paper reviews the various marine operations challenges towards the commercialization of floating wind in the context of spar-type, semi-submersible and tension leg platform (TLP) technologies. Knowledge gaps and research trends are identified along with a review of innovations at various stages of development, which are intended to widen weather windows, reduce installation costs, and improve the health and safety of floating-wind-related marine operations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	903-924
Number of pages	22
Journal	Wind Energy Science
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-903-2022
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2022

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