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PO479: Floating offshore wind – a goals-based approach is key to reliable and economic design
Neil Morgan , Offshore Wind Engineering Manager, Lloyd's Register Group Services
Abstract
Floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) support structure concepts have developed rapidly and will continue to do so. The design of a FOWT support structure can be highly site specific and very sensitive to the supply chain to support the construction, operation and maintenance (e.g. port proximity, port water depth, concrete vs steel concept, tow to port during life or maintain on location). For a FOWT support structure concept to be successful it must meet requirements such personnel safety and structural integrity to demonstrate it is capable for power production to show that is insurable and bankable. These include that it must be feasible to construct the concept for commercial scale wind farms. A floating offshore wind turbine support structure design can take advantages from the features related with its topology of semisub, barge, spar or tension leg platform. It can also include design optimisation or more novel features to manage performance or integrity including active ballast, novel stability features or design optimisations where, for example, a trade off is made between capex and opex. This paper looks at floating offshore wind concepts and site development to discuss why a goals-based design approach is more suitable than a prescriptive approach for FOWT support structure design. The paper looks at some specific examples including site investigation requirements for floating wind where a large areal coverage of seabed is required but aims of site investigation differ to those traditionally practiced within the oil & gas industry and for anchor designs where novel anchor types may offer significant opportunity for design optimisation.
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