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Investigating Alternative Application Ranges for Floating Offshore Wind

Wind
The current technological developments within the offshore wind industry reveal a trend towards larger wind turbine MW-classes for both bottom-fixed and floating support structures.
Mareike Leimeister
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Sustainable Offshore Wind Potential in Continental Portugal [PDF]

, 2010
This study intends to depict the availability of the sustainable offshore wind energy for Continental Portugal and identify the preliminary areas for developing offshore wind parks.
Costa, P., Estanqueiro, Ana, Simões, Teresa   +2 more
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Numerical modeling of a mooring line system for an offshore floating wind turbine in Vietnamese sea conditions using nonlinear materials

Water Science and Engineering
The offshore renewable energy industry has been developing farms of floating offshore wind turbines in water depths up to 100 m. In Vietnam, floating offshore wind turbines have been developed to increase the production of clean and sustainable energy ...
Hien Hau Pham
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Floating offshore wind power: Global development, key technologies and future trends [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Floating offshore wind power, as an emerging renewable energy technology, has demonstrated significant development potential and market prospects in the context of global energy transition.
Li Xuefeng, Yue Qi, Sang Xinchun, Zhang Xiangguo   +3 more
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State of the Art in the Optimisation of Wind Turbine Performance Using CFD [PDF]

, 2019
Wind energy has received increasing attention in recent years due to its sustainability and geographically wide availability. The efficiency of wind energy utilisation highly depends on the performance of wind turbines, which convert the kinetic energy ...
Haghnegahdar, Mohammad Amin, Kolios, Athanasios, Lander, Martin, Mussetta, Marco, Shourangiz-Haghighi, Alireza, Wang, Lin   +5 more
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Numerical Study of an Innovative Concept for a Multibody Anti-Pitching Semi-Submersible Floating Wind Turbine

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
The floating offshore wind turbine provides a feasible solution for the development of renewable ocean energy. However, the sizeable rotor diameter of the wind turbine results in large wind heeling moments and pitch amplitude.
Tianhui Fan, Jianhu Fang, Xinkuan Yan, Yuan Ma   +3 more
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Model test of an inverted conical cylinder floating offshore wind turbine moored by a spring-tensioned-leg

International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 2014
A new 5-MW floating offshore wind turbine moored by a spring-tensioned-leg was proposed for installation in about 50m water depth. Its substructure is a platform of the inverted conical cylinder type with massive ballast weight plate at the bottom.
Hyunkyoung Shin, Sangrai Cho, Kwangjin Jung   +2 more
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Seasonal Correction of Offshore Wind Energy Potential due to Air Density: Case of the Iberian Peninsula [PDF]

, 2019
A constant value of air density based on its annual average value at a given location is commonly used for the computation of the annual energy production in wind industry.
Carreno-Madinabeitia, Sheila, González-Rojí, Santos J., Ibarra-Berastegi, Gabriel, Sáenz, Jon, Ulazia, Alain   +4 more
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Towing Resistance and Design of a Towing Scheme for a Floating Wind Turbine

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Towing operation is an important part of the transportation and installation of offshore floating wind turbines. The study of towing resistance is of great significance to the efficient construction of floating wind turbine towing.
Pengfei Gao, Xiaobin Yuan, Shihua Liu, Wen Lin, Mingsheng Chen, Zhiqiang Wang, Yichang Tang, Xingyu Jiang   +7 more
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Brief review about floating offshore wind turbines projects

Annals of "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galaţi: Fascicle XI Shipbuilding, 2018
The main purpose of this article is to point out the actual progress on offshore wind turbine projects by stressing their differences of construction in all their main parts: turbines, floats, mooring and foundations systems and the installation ...
Aurel – Dan Maimon
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