Session description

The session covers design problems related to floating wind turbines and how current research is overcoming these hurdles through innovative platform concepts, experimental methods and mooring system analysis. In particular, technical and economic studies and analyses for three different novel concepts will be presented, including one vertical axis concept, a concrete platform design and a combined wind & wave energy device. In addition, a new methodology for experimental model testing with a focus on aerodynamics and control will be presented, as well as a detailed assessment on long-term mooring system loads.

Learning objectives

• Learn about a novel experimental methodology for floating wind turbine aerodynamic and controller testing
• Identify challenges and benefits of an innovative vertical axis concept
• Understand the design and potential benefits and challenges of a concrete platform
• Assess structural fatigue damage of a multi-modal wind/wave energy device
• Learn about a new methodology capable of reproducing life cycle mooring loads

This session will be chaired by:
Denis Matha, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Co-chair: Antoine Peiffer, Marine Innovation and Technology, United States

Ilmas Bayati
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Wind tunnel tests on floating offshore wind turbines: design of a 6-dof robotic platform for floating motion simulation

Uwe Schmidt Paulsen
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
The 5 MW Deepwind floating offshore vertical wind turbine concept design - status and perspective

Climent Molins
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Monolithic concrete off-shore floating structure for wind turbines

Feargal Brennan
Cranfield University, United Kingdom
Structural integrity considerations for the H2OCEAN multi modal wind-wave platform

RAUL GUANCHE
IH Cantabria, Spain
Long term mooring loads assessment on a semisubmersible wind platform