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What are floating offshore wind turbine platform designs?

This paper reviews floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) platform designs which currently have or have previously had a prototype, demonstration, or farm scale device at sea. The common design goals and corresponding features of platforms used to achieve those goals are reviewed.

Does complex platform motion affect the power generation of floating wind turbines?

The results show that combined longitudinal rocking motion reduces a floating wind turbine’s average power generation, indicating that the complex platform motion can adversely affect the power generation of floating offshore wind turbines.

What is a combined wind-wave platform?

At the time, the combined wind-wave platform consisted of a triangular semi-sub with three cylindrical columns, with two counter-rotating 3 MW turbines on two of the columns and wave energy converters (totaling an additional 3 MW) connected between the columns.

How do floating offshore wind projects work?

The design and financing of commercial-scale floating offshore wind projects require a better understanding of how power generation differs between newer floating turbines and well-established fixed-bottom turbines. In floating turbines, platform mobility causes additional rotor motion that can change the time-averaged power generation.

How can offshore wind power platforms improve power generation capacity?

In addition to wind energy, there is also solar energy, wave energy, tidal energy, hydrogen energy, etc. Installing a variety of other energy generation devices on offshore wind power platforms can improve the overall power generation capacity of the wind power platform and improve the efficiency of power generation.

How have floating wind platforms changed over time?

As floating wind has developed, platform designs have begun to diverge from their oil- and gas-based predecessors, with the emergence of specialized design goals and their corresponding features.