Technical Definition of the TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Foundation
With the deployment of the TetraSpar demonstrator, a significant cost-reduction is realized in the field of offshore floating wind turbines. The TetraSpar floating wind turbine foundation brings a milestone that emphasizes on a modular and fully industrialized foundation that consists of main compon...
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| author | Michael Borg Morten Walkusch Jensen Scott Urquhart Morten Thøtt Andersen Jonas Bjerg Thomsen Henrik Stiesdal |
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| description | With the deployment of the TetraSpar demonstrator, a significant cost-reduction is realized in the field of offshore floating wind turbines. The TetraSpar floating wind turbine foundation brings a milestone that emphasizes on a modular and fully industrialized foundation that consists of main components already widely available in the current wind energy supply chain. In an effort to provide an open approach to the development of the concept, this paper aims at giving a description of the design in order to enable an educated discussion of different design philosophies and their influence on material usage and production times. The description of the different subcomponents of the system should allow any entity to build a model for comparison and/or benchmarking any of their own findings against this concept. It is the authors’ expectation that this open approach to technological discussion is paramount to obtaining continued cost-reduction in the area of floating offshore wind—for this concept and others. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75ad40de77e4488a8fbaed2ef5e2bbc72023-11-20T14:18:24ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-09-011318491110.3390/en13184911Technical Definition of the TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine FoundationMichael Borg0Morten Walkusch Jensen1Scott Urquhart2Morten Thøtt Andersen3Jonas Bjerg Thomsen4Henrik Stiesdal5Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S; Nørrevoldgade 45, 5000 Odense C, DenmarkStiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S; Nørrevoldgade 45, 5000 Odense C, DenmarkStiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S; Nørrevoldgade 45, 5000 Odense C, DenmarkDepartment of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Thomas Manns Vej 23, 9220 Aalborg Ø, DenmarkDepartment of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Thomas Manns Vej 23, 9220 Aalborg Ø, DenmarkStiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S; Nørrevoldgade 45, 5000 Odense C, DenmarkWith the deployment of the TetraSpar demonstrator, a significant cost-reduction is realized in the field of offshore floating wind turbines. The TetraSpar floating wind turbine foundation brings a milestone that emphasizes on a modular and fully industrialized foundation that consists of main components already widely available in the current wind energy supply chain. In an effort to provide an open approach to the development of the concept, this paper aims at giving a description of the design in order to enable an educated discussion of different design philosophies and their influence on material usage and production times. The description of the different subcomponents of the system should allow any entity to build a model for comparison and/or benchmarking any of their own findings against this concept. It is the authors’ expectation that this open approach to technological discussion is paramount to obtaining continued cost-reduction in the area of floating offshore wind—for this concept and others.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/18/4911TetraSpardemonstratorfloating wind turbinetechnical descriptiontechnology overview |
| spellingShingle | Michael Borg Morten Walkusch Jensen Scott Urquhart Morten Thøtt Andersen Jonas Bjerg Thomsen Henrik Stiesdal Technical Definition of the TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Foundation Energies TetraSpar demonstrator floating wind turbine technical description technology overview |
| title | Technical Definition of the TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Foundation |
| title_full | Technical Definition of the TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Foundation |
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| title_short | Technical Definition of the TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Foundation |
| title_sort | technical definition of the tetraspar demonstrator floating wind turbine foundation |
| topic | TetraSpar demonstrator floating wind turbine technical description technology overview |
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