TY - JOUR
T1 - Floating wind turbines
T2 - marine operations challenges and opportunities
AU - Chitteth Ramachandran, Rahul
AU - Desmond, Cian
AU - Judge, Frances
AU - Serraris, Jorrit Jan
AU - Murphy, Jimmy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Rahul Chitteth Ramachandran et al.
PY - 2022/4/19
Y1 - 2022/4/19
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85129146375
U2 - 10.5194/wes-7-903-2022
DO - 10.5194/wes-7-903-2022
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85129146375
SN - 2366-7443
VL - 7
SP - 903
EP - 924
JO - Wind Energy Science
JF - Wind Energy Science
IS - 2
ER -
