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New Innovative Offshore Wind Technology

To prepare for the future market of foundations, mooring and anchoring for the floating offshore wind industry, Offshore Wind Design is now developing, patenting and qualifying technology and innovative products and services. The new technologies and innovations are:

The new and innovative foundation, anchoring and mooring technology for offshore wind is currently being patented, developed and qualified for use in the near future..

The case studies done to date indicate a significant increase in sustained and short term load capacity when compared to standard gravity anchors, suction anchors, suction buckets for jacket structures and clump weight foundations.

Offshore wind cost reduction

New offshore wind technology - cost reduction

Significant Cost Reduction

The new innovative foundation, anchoring and mooring technology for floating offshore wind mooring and anchoring is taylor made to be optimized for large scale projects and supply chain standardisation which is key to significant cost reductions in large offshore wind projects like Utsira Nord, Trollvind, Sørlige Nordsjø II and ScotWind.

The geotechnical case studies for typical offshore wind mooring systems done to date indicate a significant cost reduction both for individual foundations and anchors and for a given total sustained or short term holding capacity when compared to standard gravity anchors, suction buckets for jackets and suction anchors used as mooring for floating wind turbines. Some of the commercial benefits:

  • Allow for standardisation and large scale production
  • Reduced material, welding and fabrication cost
  • Reduced vessel crane capacity required
  • Quicker to install, reduced installation vessel time
  • Increased load capacity versus normalised cost
  • Reduced mooring chain length, no proof testing
  • Reduce requirements for suction pumps and hammers
  • Easy decommissioning and recycling
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“By increasing the load capacity and reducing the required amount of steel produced for offshore wind projects, the technologies from Offshore Wind Design could save the globe from thousands of tonnes of CO2 emission every year from 2030 to 2040”

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