Posters
Come meet the poster presenters to ask them questions and discuss their work
We would like to invite you to come and see the posters at our upcoming conference. The posters will showcase a diverse range of research topics, and will give delegates an opportunity to engage with the authors and learn more about their work. Whether you are a seasoned researcher or simply curious about the latest developments in your field, we believe that the posters will offer something of interest to everyone. So please join us at the conference and take advantage of this opportunity to learn and engage with your peers in industry and the academic community.
On 9 April at 17:15, we’ll also hold the main poster session and distinguish the 7 best posters of this year’s edition with our traditional Poster Awards Ceremony. Join us at the poster area to cheer and meet the laureates, and enjoy some drinks with all poster presenters!
We look forward to seeing you there!
PO085: Provence Grand Large: a key project in terms of harbor practices, lessons learnt and industrial de-risking before large-scale commercial floating wind farms
Ducrocq Aymeric, Offshore Wind Director - EDF Renewables, EDF Renouvelables
Abstract
Provence Grand Large (PGL) is a pilot project of three 8.3 MW floating offshore wind turbines located 17 km from Napoleon Beach in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône in a 100 meters water depth site. Following the offshore installation in the end of 2013, this 25 MW project is expected to be commissioned at the end of the year 2024. It will then produce the equivalent of the electricity consumption of 45,000 inhabitants. The Wind Turbine Generators (WTG), each about 900 meters apart and 174 meters high are installed on Tension-Leg Platforms (TPL) which are floaters with tensioned mooring lines. It is a good promising floating technology and it makes possible to deploy a comprehensive monitoring and experimental program to mitigate environmental, technical and regulatory risks for future projects. Even if a pilot wind farm as PGL can be qualified at first sight as small-scale commercial project, its completion is conditioned to adapted and appropriately sized port infrastructures, especially on the assembly hub where is carried out the assembly operations of turbines on floaters. Necessary efforts have been done for instance to prepare and protect the quays, to strengthen the solid ground in the storage areas of the WTG components, to add new bollards sized to the load and to install a gravel bed and load distribution plates for the lifting equipment. These port development works bring the french offshore wind industry today a very beneficial feedback on the identification of necessary port needs to commercially deploy floating wind. The presentation will highlight some examples of innovative harbor practices during construction and installation phases that will lead to a CAPEX decrease and a better risks management for large-scale commercial farms. It will also summarize the way in which a large number of local companies intervened in the project.
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