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Thursday, 29 September 2016
14:30 - 16:00 Floating wind: towards commercial deployment
Turbine technology  
Offshore    

Room: Hall G2

This session will look at the current position in floating wind energy, especially the latest technology developments towards its commercialization, and the challenges and future prospects of this exciting and promising way of harvesting offshore wind energy.

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Learning objectives

  • Understand the current state of development of floating wind energy;
  • Acquire an overview of the different technologies of floaters and the challenges associated with them;
  • Understand the key drivers toward commercial deployments of floating wind energy.
Co-chair(s):
Andrew Jamieson, CEO, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, United Kingdom
Po Wen Cheng, Professor, Stuttgart University, Germany

Presenter

Gordon Stewart NTNU, Norway
Co-authors:
Gordon Stewart (1) F Michael Muskulus (1)
(1) NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Presenter's biography

Biographies are supplied directly by presenters at WindEurope Summit 2016 and are published here unedited

Dr. Gordon Stewart got his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts in 2015, and has since moved to NTNU in Trondheim, Norway to pursue a post-doctoral studies. Gordon's research interests include structural design and simulation of floating offshore wind turbines.

Abstract

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